Ninja.Exchange vs Swap Market
Swap Market has the higher grade on both axes: Safety 7.3 against 3.9, and Privacy 9.3 against 3.6.
Ninja.Exchange
Account-free instant exchange routing trades to large centralised exchanges
Privacy
3.6/ 10
Poor
Safety
3.9/ 10
Poor
ID on risk flag KYC 3 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
| Ninja.Exchange | Swap Market | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Instant Swaps | Instant Swaps |
| KYC policy | ID on risk flag | ID never required |
| Custody | Custodial | Non Custodial |
| Sign-up | No account needed | No account needed |
| Open source | No | Yes |
| Tor onion address | No | Yes |
| Coins | BTC, ETH, XMR, LTC, ZEC, MATIC | BTC, L-BTC, RBTC |
| Pay with | Crypto, Monero | Crypto, Lightning |
| Fees | Not published | Set by each backend provider and shown before the swap |
| Limits | FAQ: minimums of about $80 to $120 depending on the coin; no stated maximum | Set by each backend provider |
| Founded | Not published | 2024 |
| Not available in | Terms section 9: USA, United Kingdom, Afghanistan, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Cuba, Syria, Lebanon and other listed or sanctioned countries; VPN and proxy use prohibited | Not published |
| Incidents on record | 0 | 0 |
| Published tests (180 days) | 0 | 0 |
Only Ninja.Exchange
Accepts MoneroThird-party liquidityMay request IDRefund without IDExcludes US usersClosed sourceAnonymous operator
Both
No registration
Only Swap Market
No email neededNo phone neededTor onion serviceAccepts LightningOpen sourceNon-custodialSelf-hostable
Where they sit among instant swaps
Questions
Is Ninja.Exchange or Swap Market safer?
Swap Market has the higher Safety grade: Ninja.Exchange 3.9, Swap Market 7.3, out of 10.
Does Ninja.Exchange or Swap Market require KYC?
Ninja.Exchange is KYC level 3 (ID on risk flag). Swap Market is KYC level 0 (ID never required).
Which has more incidents on record?
Ninja.Exchange has 0 and Swap Market has 0 documented incidents in the registry.