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Proton Wallet vs ZEUS

ZEUS has the higher grade on both axes: Safety 8.0 against 6.9, and Privacy 8.6 against 6.4.

Proton Wallet

Open-source self-custodial Bitcoin wallet tied to a Proton account, from Swiss Proton Financial AG

Privacy

6.4/ 10

Fair

Safety

6.9/ 10

Fair

No ID mentioned KYC 1 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

Proton WalletZEUS
Category Wallets Wallets
KYC policy No ID mentioned ID never required
Custody Non Custodial Non Custodial
Sign-up Email required No account needed
Open source Yes Yes
Tor onion address No No
Coins BTC BTC
Pay with Crypto, Card, Bank transfer Not published
Fees Not published 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 Not published Swaps have provider-set minimum and maximum amounts.
Founded Not published 2019
Jurisdiction Switzerland Not published
Not available in Territories under comprehensive sanctions, including Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Syria and certain Ukrainian regions Not published
Incidents on record 0 0
Published tests (180 days) 0 0

Only Proton Wallet

Third-party liquidityLegal entity disclosed

Both

Open sourceNon-custodial

Only ZEUS

No registrationNo email neededNo phone neededAccepts Lightning5+ years operating

Where they sit among wallets

2 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 10 PRIVATE AND SAFE SAFE, ASKS MORE PRIVATE, LESS PROVEN PRIVACY GRADE → SAFETY GRADE → Electrum Privacy 8.6 · Safety 8.5 Phoenix Privacy 8.6 · Safety 8.5 Wasabi Wallet Privacy 8.9 · Safety 8.0 ZEUS Privacy 8.6 · Safety 8.0 Bitkey Privacy 6.8 · Safety 7.5 Muun Privacy 6.8 · Safety 7.5 Cake Wallet Privacy 8.6 · Safety 7.4 Monerujo Privacy 8.6 · Safety 7.4 Feather Wallet Privacy 9.4 · Safety 7.0 Monero GUI and CLI W Privacy 9.3 · Safety 7.0 Monfluo Privacy 8.9 · Safety 7.0 BlueWallet Privacy 8.6 · Safety 7.0 Envoy Privacy 8.5 · Safety 7.0 Sparrow Wallet Privacy 8.5 · Safety 7.0 Blixt Wallet Privacy 7.6 · Safety 7.0 Breez (Glow) Privacy 7.6 · Safety 7.0 Nunchuk Privacy 7.5 · Safety 7.0 Stack Wallet Privacy 8.6 · Safety 6.9 AQUA Wallet Privacy 8.3 · Safety 6.9 Ledger Wallet (forme Privacy 8.2 · Safety 6.9 Trezor Suite Privacy 8.2 · Safety 6.9 Proton Wallet Privacy 6.4 · Safety 6.9 Exodus Privacy 7.0 · Safety 6.8 Ashigaru Privacy 8.9 · Safety 6.6 Blockstream app (Gre Privacy 8.3 · Safety 6.4 Unstoppable Wallet Privacy 8.2 · Safety 6.4 Edge Privacy 7.2 · Safety 6.4 Zodl (formerly Zashi Privacy 7.2 · Safety 6.4 Atomic Wallet Privacy 7.4 · Safety 5.3 Trust Wallet Privacy 7.0 · Safety 5.3 Guarda Privacy 3.7 · Safety 5.4
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Questions

Is Proton Wallet or ZEUS safer?

ZEUS has the higher Safety grade: Proton Wallet 6.9, ZEUS 8.0, out of 10.

Does Proton Wallet or ZEUS require KYC?

Proton Wallet is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned). ZEUS is KYC level 0 (ID never required).

Which has more incidents on record?

Proton Wallet has 0 and ZEUS has 0 documented incidents in the registry.

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