Anon vs The Bitcoin Company
The Bitcoin Company has the higher grade on both axes: Safety 5.0 against 4.7, and Privacy 5.9 against 5.8.
Anon
Virtual prepaid Visa cards of up to $1,000 each, funded with crypto
Privacy
5.8/ 10
Fair
Safety
4.7/ 10
Caution
No ID mentioned KYC 1 Docs reviewed Full review →
The Bitcoin Company
App and web store for gift cards and prepaid Visa/Mastercard paid in bitcoin
Privacy
5.9/ 10
Fair
Safety
5.0/ 10
Caution
No ID mentioned KYC 1 Docs reviewed Full review →
Side by side
| Anon | The Bitcoin Company | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Gift Cards | Gift Cards |
| KYC policy | No ID mentioned | No ID mentioned |
| Custody | Custodial | N/A |
| Sign-up | Email required | Email required |
| Open source | No | No |
| Tor onion address | No | No |
| Coins | BTC, XMR, LTC, ETH, BCH, USDT | BTC |
| Pay with | Crypto, Monero | Crypto, Lightning |
| Fees | Card creation and load fees apply at issuance (amounts not published on the pages reviewed) | Not published |
| Limits | Up to $1,000 per card; unlimited number of cards; Apple Pay and Google Pay only for cards loaded with more than $500 | Not published |
| Jurisdiction | United States | Not published |
| Not available in | Cards not redeemable in Albania, Belarus, Congo, DR Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, South Korea, Lebanon, Libya, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen and Zimbabwe | Not published |
| Incidents on record | 0 | 0 |
| Published tests (180 days) | 0 | 0 |
Only Anon
Accepts MoneroCustodialClosed sourceNo phone neededLegal entity disclosed
Both
Requires email
Only The Bitcoin Company
Accepts Lightning
Where they sit among gift cards
Questions
Is Anon or The Bitcoin Company safer?
The Bitcoin Company has the higher Safety grade: Anon 4.7, The Bitcoin Company 5.0, out of 10.
Does Anon or The Bitcoin Company require KYC?
Anon is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned). The Bitcoin Company is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned).
Which has more incidents on record?
Anon has 0 and The Bitcoin Company has 0 documented incidents in the registry.