# Bitrequest review: KYC policy, privacy and safety grades

> 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.

Source: NoKYC Score, "Bitrequest review", reviewed 22 Oct 2026, https://nokycscore.com/service/bitrequest

## Key facts
- **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
- **Official website:** https://www.bitrequest.io

## What it 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 the terms say about ID
Non-custodial software with no account; terms state the developer does "not hold, store, or have access to your funds".

## Features and warnings
- **Identity:** ID never required: yes; No account needed: yes; No email needed: yes; No phone number: yes
- **Payment:** Accepts Monero: yes; Accepts Lightning: yes
- **Access:** Tor onion address: not stated; Works without JavaScript: not stated
- **Trust:** Never holds your funds: yes; Open source: yes; 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

## 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.

## Sources
- https://www.bitrequest.io
- https://github.com/bitrequest/bitrequest.github.io/wiki/Terms-and-conditions
- https://github.com/bitrequest/bitrequest.github.io

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