# Ashigaru review: KYC policy, privacy and safety grades

> Ashigaru is a wallet operating since 2024. Its terms put it at KYC level 0 of 4: ID never required. NoKYC Score grades it 8.9/10 for privacy (excellent) and 6.6/10 for safety (fair). In its favour: no account needed, no email needed and no phone number. To watch: it has no publicly accountable operator. No incidents are on record.

Source: NoKYC Score, "Ashigaru review", reviewed 23 Oct 2026, https://nokycscore.com/service/ashigaru

## Key facts
- **Category:** Wallets
- **KYC level:** 0 of 4: ID never required
- **Grades:** Privacy 8.9/10, Safety 6.6/10
- **Sign-up:** No account needed
- **Custody:** non-custodial
- **Jurisdiction:** Decentralised / none
- **Onion address:** Yes
- **Incidents on record:** 0
- **Last reviewed:** 23 Oct 2026
- **Official website:** https://ashigaru.rs

## What it is
Ashigaru is a self-custodial Bitcoin wallet for Android plus a desktop 'Terminal' application, developed by the Ashigaru Open Source Project. Its about page says the project formed after the Samourai Wallet developers were charged in the United States and development of that wallet stopped, and that its members were Samourai users with no relationship to the original team. Features listed on the site include Whirlpool coinjoins through the project's own coordinator, PayNym (BIP47) payment codes, Ricochet, coin control, batch spending and connection to a user's own Dojo node over Tor. The code is released under the GPLv3 and hosted on a Tor-only Gitea repository; binaries are downloaded with the Tor Browser. The privacy policy says the project never receives usage data from the apps and keeps no logs on its websites. No individuals or company are named.

## What the terms say about ID
Self-custodial open-source software with no account; the privacy policy describes no identity collection.

## Features and warnings
- **Identity:** ID never required: yes; No account needed: yes; No email needed: yes; No phone number: yes
- **Payment:** Accepts Monero: not stated; Accepts Lightning: not stated
- **Access:** Tor onion address: yes; Works without JavaScript: not stated
- **Trust:** Never holds your funds: yes; Open source: yes; Independent audit: not stated; Company named: no; 5+ years operating: not stated
- **Warnings:** May ask for ID: not in terms; Screens deposits: not in terms; Holds your funds: not in terms; Email required: not in terms; Phone number required: not in terms; Closed source: not in terms; Nobody accountable: yes

## Questions
### Does Ashigaru require KYC?
Ashigaru is rated KYC level 0 of 4 on this site: ID never required. Self-custodial open-source software with no account; the privacy policy describes no identity collection.

### Is Ashigaru safe to use?
Ashigaru has a Safety grade of 6.6 out of 10 and a Privacy grade of 8.9 out of 10. No incidents are on record. Evidence level: documentation reviewed.

### Is Ashigaru legit?
Ashigaru is a working wallet that has operated since 2024. Its operators do not publish a company or names, so nobody is publicly accountable for it. Being real is not the same as being safe: its Safety grade here is 6.6 out of 10, built from custody, liquidity, track record and incidents.

### Is Ashigaru a scam?
NoKYC Score does not label services as scams; it records documented incidents with their sources and outcomes. No incidents are on record for Ashigaru.

### Do I need an account or email to use Ashigaru?
No account needed.

### Does Ashigaru have a Tor onion address?
Yes. Ashigaru publishes an official onion address, shown on this page. Open it in Tor Browser.

### Which cryptocurrencies does Ashigaru support?
Ashigaru supports BTC.

### Can I use Ashigaru over Tor?
Yes. Ashigaru publishes an official onion address, shown on this page.

## Sources
- https://ashigaru.rs
- https://ashigaru.rs/about/
- https://ashigaru.rs/legal/
- https://ashigaru.rs/privacy-policy/
- https://ashigaru.rs/download/

How grades are calculated: https://nokycscore.com/methodology