Self-hosted open-source payment processor supporting 50+ coins including Monero
Privacy 9.2
Safety 7.3
Payment Gateways Reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Bitrequest review
Open-source app for creating crypto payment requests and watching them arrive
- No account needed
- Accepts Monero
- Never holds your funds
- Open source
- Accepts Lightning
- No email needed
ID never required KYC 0 Documentation reviewed
Privacy
9.0/ 10
Excellent
Safety
7.0/ 10
Strong
Based on terms and documentation. No test transactions published yet. See the arithmetic
Bitrequest review in short
Bitrequest is a payment gateway. Its terms put it at KYC level 0 of 4: ID never required. NoKYC Score grades it 9.0/10 for privacy (excellent) and 7.0/10 for safety (strong). In its favour: no account needed, no email needed and no phone number. No incidents are on record.
- Category
- Payment Gateways
- KYC level
- 0 of 4: ID never required
- Grades
- Privacy 9.0/10, Safety 7.0/10
- Sign-up
- No account needed
- Custody
- non-custodial
- Fees
- Free software; no fees listed
- Incidents on record
- 0
- Last reviewed
- 22 Oct 2026
Cite this review
NoKYC Score, "Bitrequest review", reviewed 22 Oct 2026, https://nokycscore.com/service/bitrequest
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What Bitrequest is
Bitrequest is a non-custodial point-of-sale and payment-request app for the web, iOS and Android, with a WooCommerce plugin. It generates payment requests and watches the blockchain to confirm them, supporting Bitcoin and Lightning, Monero through view-key scanning, Ethereum and its layer-2 networks, Litecoin and several other coins. The terms say the developer cannot access funds, private keys or seed phrases, that the software is free, and that it relies on third-party APIs such as block explorers and exchange-rate providers. The code is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence. No company or jurisdiction is named.
What Bitrequest offers, and what to watch
8 of 13 privacy and safety features, 0 warnings in its terms.
"Not stated" means its own pages do not say.
Identity
- ID never required Yes The terms rule identity checks out, or the design makes them impossible.
- No account needed Yes Usable without creating an account, or the account is only a random number.
- No email needed Yes An email address is not required to sign up or use it.
- No phone number Yes A phone number is never required.
Payment
- Accepts Monero Yes Monero hides sender, receiver and amount, so the payment cannot be traced to you.
- Accepts Lightning Yes Bitcoin Lightning payments: fast, cheap and more private than on-chain.
Access
- Tor onion address Not stated
- Works without JavaScript Not stated
Trust
- Never holds your funds Yes The operator never controls user funds, so it cannot freeze them.
- Open source Yes The code that matters is public and can be inspected.
- Independent audit Not stated
- Company named Not stated
- 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 Not in terms
Does Bitrequest require KYC?
- 0 Never
- 1 Not mentioned
- 2 Rare
- 3 On risk flag
- 4 Mandatory
KYC level 0: ID never required. The terms rule out identity checks, or the design makes them impossible.
Non-custodial software with no account; terms state the developer does "not hold, store, or have access to your funds".
How the grades add up
Both grades start at 50 points and move by fixed, published amounts. Nothing is adjusted by hand. The total is divided by ten.
Privacy
9.0- Starting points 50
- KYC level 0: ID never required +20
- No registration +6
- No email needed +3
- No phone needed +1
- Accepts Monero +4
- Accepts Lightning +1
- Open source +2
- Non-custodial +3
- Total, clamped to 0–100 90
Safety
7.0- Starting points 50
- Open source +8
- Non-custodial +12
- Total, clamped to 0–100 70
Test ledger
Real transactions run by our editors. A badge without a ledger is an assertion; this is the proof.
No test transactions published yet
The grades above rest on Bitrequest’s terms and documentation. Tests will appear here with the date, route, amount band and result as they are run.
Incidents on record
No incidents are on record for Bitrequest. If you have a documented case, report it.
User reviews
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Bitrequest: common questions
Does Bitrequest require KYC?
Bitrequest is rated KYC level 0 of 4 on this site: ID never required. Non-custodial software with no account; terms state the developer does "not hold, store, or have access to your funds".
Is Bitrequest safe to use?
Bitrequest has a Safety grade of 7.0 out of 10 and a Privacy grade of 9.0 out of 10. No incidents are on record. Evidence level: documentation reviewed.
Is Bitrequest legit?
Bitrequest is a working payment gateway. Being real is not the same as being safe: its Safety grade here is 7.0 out of 10, built from custody, liquidity, track record and incidents.
Is Bitrequest 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 Bitrequest.
Do I need an account or email to use Bitrequest?
No account needed.
What fees does Bitrequest charge?
Free software; no fees listed. Fees were recorded from Bitrequest's own pages and can change; check before you send.
Does Bitrequest have a Tor onion address?
No official onion address was found on Bitrequest's own pages.
Which cryptocurrencies does Bitrequest support?
Bitrequest supports BTC, XMR, ETH, LTC, BCH, DOGE, DASH, KAS.
Is Bitrequest custodial?
No. Bitrequest is non-custodial: the operator does not control user funds.
Can I use Bitrequest over Tor?
Bitrequest does not publish an official onion address.
Listing history
- Listing added. Facts and KYC level set from the service's own terms and documentation.