Long-established open-source Bitcoin wallet with Lightning support
Wallets Reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Blixt Wallet review
Open-source Lightning wallet that runs a full lnd node on the phone
- No account needed
- Never holds your funds
- Open source
- Accepts Lightning
- No email needed
- No phone number
Privacy
7.6/ 10
Strong
Safety
7.0/ 10
Strong
Based on terms and documentation. No test transactions published yet. See the arithmetic
Blixt Wallet review in short
Blixt Wallet is a wallet. Its terms put it at KYC level 0 of 4: ID never required. NoKYC Score grades it 7.6/10 for privacy (strong) 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
- Wallets
- KYC level
- 0 of 4: ID never required
- Grades
- Privacy 7.6/10, Safety 7.0/10
- Sign-up
- No account needed
- Custody
- non-custodial
- Incidents on record
- 0
- Last reviewed
- 22 Oct 2026
Cite this review
NoKYC Score, "Blixt Wallet review", reviewed 22 Oct 2026, https://nokycscore.com/service/blixt-wallet
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What Blixt Wallet is
Blixt is a non-custodial Bitcoin Lightning wallet for Android and iOS that runs lnd with Neutrino directly on the phone and says it uses no centralised servers for transactions. It includes an integrated Lightning service provider, Dunder, which opens a channel automatically when the user receives a payment, and supports Lightning Address, LNURL and WebLN. No swap or fiat purchase feature is described on the site, and no terms or privacy page was found. The project is MIT-licensed and led by an individual developer.
What Blixt Wallet offers, and what to watch
7 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 Not stated
- 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 Blixt Wallet 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 wallet running its own node on the device; no account or identity information is mentioned.
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
7.6- Starting points 50
- KYC level 0: ID never required +20
- Accepts Lightning +1
- Open source +2
- Non-custodial +3
- Total, clamped to 0–100 76
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 Blixt Wallet’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 Blixt Wallet. If you have a documented case, report it.
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Blixt Wallet: common questions
Does Blixt Wallet require KYC?
Blixt Wallet is rated KYC level 0 of 4 on this site: ID never required. Non-custodial wallet running its own node on the device; no account or identity information is mentioned.
Is Blixt Wallet safe to use?
Blixt Wallet has a Safety grade of 7.0 out of 10 and a Privacy grade of 7.6 out of 10. No incidents are on record. Evidence level: documentation reviewed.
Is Blixt Wallet legit?
Blixt Wallet is a working wallet. 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 Blixt Wallet 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 Blixt Wallet.
Do I need an account or email to use Blixt Wallet?
No account needed.
Does Blixt Wallet have a Tor onion address?
No official onion address was found on Blixt Wallet's own pages.
Which cryptocurrencies does Blixt Wallet support?
Blixt Wallet supports BTC.
Can I use Blixt Wallet over Tor?
Blixt Wallet does not publish an official onion address.
Listing history
- Listing added. Facts and KYC level set from the service's own terms and documentation.