NEAR Intents vs Swap Market
Swap Market has the higher grade on both axes: Safety 7.3 against 4.7, and Privacy 9.3 against 6.4.
NEAR Intents
Cross-chain swap front end where market makers compete to fill each order
Privacy
6.4/ 10
Fair
Safety
4.7/ 10
Caution
No ID mentioned KYC 1 Docs reviewed Full review →
Swap Market
Open-source front end for atomic swaps between Bitcoin, Lightning, Liquid and Rootstock
Privacy
9.3/ 10
Excellent
Safety
7.3/ 10
Strong
ID never required KYC 0 Docs reviewed Full review →
Side by side
| NEAR Intents | Swap Market | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | No | Yes |
| Tor onion address | No | Yes |
| Coins | BTC, ETH, SOL, NEAR, ZEC, USDC, USDT | BTC, L-BTC, RBTC |
| Pay with | Crypto | Crypto, Lightning |
| Fees | 0.2% front-end swap fee plus a 0.0001% protocol fee (per docs) | Set by each backend provider and shown before the swap |
| Limits | Not published | Set by each backend provider |
| Founded | Not published | 2024 |
| Not available in | Restricted persons and comprehensively sanctioned jurisdictions; geo-blocking may be applied (no country list in the terms) | Not published |
| Incidents on record | 0 | 0 |
| Published tests (180 days) | 0 | 0 |
Only NEAR Intents
AML screening
Both
No registrationNo email needed
Only Swap Market
No phone neededTor onion serviceAccepts LightningOpen sourceNon-custodialSelf-hostable
Where they sit among instant swaps
Questions
Is NEAR Intents or Swap Market safer?
Swap Market has the higher Safety grade: NEAR Intents 4.7, Swap Market 7.3, out of 10.
Does NEAR Intents or Swap Market require KYC?
NEAR Intents is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned). Swap Market is KYC level 0 (ID never required).
Which has more incidents on record?
NEAR Intents has 0 and Swap Market has 0 documented incidents in the registry.