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Lightning Loop vs THORChain

It is a trade-off. Lightning Loop has the higher Safety grade (8.0 against 5.9), while THORChain has the higher Privacy grade (8.5 against 7.8).

Lightning Loop

Lightning Labs' non-custodial submarine swap service for moving sats between Lightning and on-chain

Privacy

7.8/ 10

Strong

Safety

8.0/ 10

Strong

No ID mentioned KYC 1 Docs reviewed Full review →

THORChain

Cross-chain DEX protocol for native asset swaps, with an official swap interface

Privacy

8.5/ 10

Excellent

Safety

5.9/ 10

Fair

ID never required KYC 0 Docs reviewed Full review →

Side by side

Lightning LoopTHORChain
Category Instant Swaps Instant Swaps
KYC policy No ID mentioned ID never required
Custody Non Custodial Non Custodial
Sign-up No account needed No account needed
Open source Yes Yes
Tor onion address No No
Coins BTC BTC, ETH, LTC, BCH, DOGE, ZEC, SOL, RUNE
Pay with Crypto, Lightning Crypto
Fees Loop service fee varying with on-chain conditions, plus on-chain and routing fees; 30,000-sat no-show prepayment on Loop Out Source-chain gas, outbound gas and a liquidity fee that varies with swap size and pool depth (per FAQ)
Founded 2019 Not published
Not available in Not published Site terms exclude sanctioned jurisdictions and those flagged by FATF; the FAQ says the protocol has no geographic restrictions
Incidents on record 0 1
Published tests (180 days) 0 0

Only Lightning Loop

Accepts Lightning5+ years operating

Both

No registrationNo email neededNo phone neededNon-custodialOpen source

Only THORChain

Anonymous operator

Where they sit among instant swaps

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Questions

Is Lightning Loop or THORChain safer?

Lightning Loop has the higher Safety grade: Lightning Loop 8.0, THORChain 5.9, out of 10.

Does Lightning Loop or THORChain require KYC?

Lightning Loop is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned). THORChain is KYC level 0 (ID never required).

Which has more incidents on record?

Lightning Loop has 0 and THORChain has 1 documented incident in the registry.

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