Phoenix vs ZEUS
They are level on Privacy. Phoenix has the higher Safety grade, 8.5 against 8.0.
Phoenix
Self-custodial mobile Lightning wallet from ACINQ with automatic channels and swaps
Privacy
8.6/ 10
Excellent
Safety
8.5/ 10
Excellent
ID never required KYC 0 Docs reviewed Full review →
ZEUS
Open-source self-custodial Bitcoin and Lightning wallet and remote node manager
Privacy
8.6/ 10
Excellent
Safety
8.0/ 10
Strong
ID never required KYC 0 Docs reviewed Full review →
Side by side
| Phoenix | ZEUS | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Wallets | Wallets |
| KYC policy | ID never required | 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 |
| Fees | Sending via Lightning 0.4% + 4 sat; receiving with existing liquidity free; receiving with insufficient liquidity or requesting liquidity 1% + mining fees; channel creation 1,000 sat; on-chain sends pay user-chosen mining fees. | Olympus LSP just-in-time channels: 10,000 sat per new channel up to 1M sat, 1% for 1M to 5M sat, 2 sat per wrapped invoice without a channel open (low-fee conditions). Swaps carry a service fee plus network fee shown before confirming. ZEUS Pay Zaplocker addresses: no fee. |
| Limits | By default incoming payments are rejected if the fee exceeds 5,000 sat or 50% of the amount (adjustable). | Swaps have provider-set minimum and maximum amounts. |
| Founded | 2019 | 2019 |
| Jurisdiction | France | Not published |
| Incidents on record | 0 | 0 |
| Published tests (180 days) | 0 | 0 |
Only Phoenix
Legal entity disclosed
Both
No registrationNo email neededNo phone neededAccepts LightningOpen sourceNon-custodial5+ years operating
Only ZEUS
Nothing distinct
Where they sit among wallets
Questions
Is Phoenix or ZEUS safer?
Phoenix has the higher Safety grade: Phoenix 8.5, ZEUS 8.0, out of 10.
Does Phoenix or ZEUS require KYC?
Phoenix is KYC level 0 (ID never required). ZEUS is KYC level 0 (ID never required).
Which has more incidents on record?
Phoenix has 0 and ZEUS has 0 documented incidents in the registry.