# Breez (Glow) review: KYC policy, privacy and safety grades

> 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.

Source: NoKYC Score, "Breez (Glow) review", reviewed 22 Oct 2026, https://nokycscore.com/service/breez

## Key facts
- **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
- **Official website:** https://breez.technology

## What it 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 the terms say about ID
Glow is described as "Non-custodial by design" with passkey onboarding; no identity information is mentioned.

## 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: 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 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.

## Sources
- https://breez.technology
- https://breez.technology/glow
- https://github.com/breez

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