Long-established open-source Bitcoin wallet with Lightning support
Privacy 8.6
Safety 8.5
Wallets Reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Breez (Glow) review
Maker of the Breez SDK and Glow, a non-custodial Lightning app built on it
- No account needed
- Never holds your funds
- Open source
- Accepts Lightning
- No email needed
- No phone number
ID never required KYC 0 Documentation reviewed
Privacy
7.6/ 10
Strong
Safety
7.0/ 10
Strong
Based on terms and documentation. No test transactions published yet. See the arithmetic
Breez (Glow) review in short
Breez (Glow) 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, "Breez (Glow) review", reviewed 22 Oct 2026, https://nokycscore.com/service/breez
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What Breez (Glow) is
Breez develops the Breez SDK, a toolkit for adding non-custodial bitcoin and stablecoin payments to apps, and Glow, a reference wallet app for iOS and Android built on it. The site describes Glow as non-custodial by design, with passkey-based onboarding, a Lightning address, fast on-chain deposits and the ability to send and receive stablecoins from the bitcoin balance; the providers behind the stablecoin conversion are not named on the page. No built-in fiat purchase feature is described. The Glow apps are published under the MIT licence. Terms, fees and the status of the earlier Breez mobile app were not confirmed during this review.
What Breez (Glow) 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 Breez (Glow) 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.
Glow is described as "Non-custodial by design" with passkey onboarding; no 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 Breez (Glow)’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 Breez (Glow). If you have a documented case, report it.
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Breez (Glow): common questions
Does Breez (Glow) require KYC?
Breez (Glow) is rated KYC level 0 of 4 on this site: ID never required. Glow is described as "Non-custodial by design" with passkey onboarding; no identity information is mentioned.
Is Breez (Glow) safe to use?
Breez (Glow) 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 Breez (Glow) legit?
Breez (Glow) 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 Breez (Glow) 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 Breez (Glow).
Do I need an account or email to use Breez (Glow)?
No account needed.
Does Breez (Glow) have a Tor onion address?
No official onion address was found on Breez (Glow)'s own pages.
Which cryptocurrencies does Breez (Glow) support?
Breez (Glow) supports BTC.
Can I use Breez (Glow) over Tor?
Breez (Glow) does not publish an official onion address.
Listing history
- Listing added. Facts and KYC level set from the service's own terms and documentation.