# HiddenSwap review: KYC policy, privacy and safety grades > HiddenSwap is a swap service. Its terms put it at KYC level 3 of 4: ID on risk flag. NoKYC Score grades it 3.4/10 for privacy (poor) and 3.6/10 for safety (poor). In its favour: no account needed, no email needed and no phone number. To watch: it may ask for ID, screens deposits and passes orders to partner exchanges. No incidents are on record. Source: NoKYC Score, "HiddenSwap review", reviewed 22 Oct 2026, https://nokycscore.com/service/hiddenswap ## Key facts - **Category:** Instant Swaps - **KYC level:** 3 of 4: ID on risk flag - **Grades:** Privacy 3.4/10, Safety 3.6/10 - **Sign-up:** No account needed - **Custody:** custodial - **Fees:** Service fee and exchange spread included in the quoted rate; payout network fee deducted from the amount received; USD 50 plus network fees to recover a wrongly sent deposit - **Limits:** Per-pair minimum and maximum shown in the swap form - **Incidents on record:** 0 - **Last reviewed:** 22 Oct 2026 - **Official website:** https://hiddenswap.com ## What it is HiddenSwap is a crypto-to-crypto swap website with no accounts: each swap gets an order ID, and for most coins the form also asks for the address the deposit will be sent from, which is pre-checked before the order is created. Its terms say third-party service providers carry out the swaps, that the site or those providers may pause or refuse a swap and request more information before it continues, and that a paused swap which does not continue is refunded minus network fees unless the law, an authority or a stolen-coin report requires the coins to be kept. The operator states that it does not publish names or an address; swap records are kept for 90 days without name or IP address, and the clearnet site loads Google Analytics and PostHog outside order pages. The site says it works in Tor Browser and with JavaScript turned off; its privacy policy mentions an onion address, but none was published on the pages read during this review. ## What the terms say about ID Terms section 8 lets the site or its service providers pause or refuse a swap and request unspecified further information before it continues; the AML policy adds that swaps are monitored and sending addresses pre-checked. Identity documents are not named, and not ruled out. ## Features and warnings - **Identity:** ID never required: no; No account needed: yes; No email needed: yes; No phone number: yes - **Payment:** Accepts Monero: yes; Accepts Lightning: not stated - **Access:** Tor onion address: not stated; Works without JavaScript: yes - **Trust:** Never holds your funds: no; Own liquidity: no; Refund without ID: yes; Open source: no; Independent audit: not stated; Company named: no; 5+ years operating: not stated - **Warnings:** May ask for ID: yes; Screens deposits: yes; Passes orders to partners: yes; Holds your funds: yes; Email required: not in terms; Phone number required: not in terms; Closed source: yes; Nobody accountable: yes ## Questions ### Does HiddenSwap require KYC? HiddenSwap is rated KYC level 3 of 4 on this site: ID on risk flag. Terms section 8 lets the site or its service providers pause or refuse a swap and request unspecified further information before it continues; the AML policy adds that swaps are monitored and sending addresses pre-checked. Identity documents are not named, and not ruled out. ### Is HiddenSwap safe to use? HiddenSwap has a Safety grade of 3.6 out of 10 and a Privacy grade of 3.4 out of 10. No incidents are on record. Evidence level: documentation reviewed. ### Is HiddenSwap legit? HiddenSwap is a working swap service. Its operators do not publish a company or names, so nobody is publicly accountable for it. Being real is not the same as being safe: its Safety grade here is 3.6 out of 10, built from custody, liquidity, track record and incidents. ### Is HiddenSwap 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 HiddenSwap. Its terms also allow it to hold a flagged deposit and ask for identity documents. ### Do I need an account or email to use HiddenSwap? No account needed. ### What fees does HiddenSwap charge? Service fee and exchange spread included in the quoted rate; payout network fee deducted from the amount received; USD 50 plus network fees to recover a wrongly sent deposit. Fees were recorded from HiddenSwap's own pages and can change; check before you send. ### What are HiddenSwap's limits? Per-pair minimum and maximum shown in the swap form. ### Does HiddenSwap have a Tor onion address? No official onion address was found on HiddenSwap's own pages. ### Which cryptocurrencies does HiddenSwap support? HiddenSwap supports XMR, BTC, ETH, USDT, SOL, LTC, ZEC. ### Is HiddenSwap custodial? Yes. HiddenSwap holds funds during a trade, which means it is able to delay or freeze them. ### Can I use HiddenSwap over Tor? HiddenSwap does not publish an official onion address. ## Sources - https://hiddenswap.com - https://hiddenswap.com/terms - https://hiddenswap.com/aml-policy - https://hiddenswap.com/privacy - https://hiddenswap.com/refunds - https://hiddenswap.com/fees - https://hiddenswap.com/faq - https://hiddenswap.com/how-it-works - https://hiddenswap.com/about - https://hiddenswap.com/open-source - https://hiddenswap.com/methodology - https://hiddenswap.com/official - https://hiddenswap.com/why-hidden - https://hiddenswap.com/pay/terms - https://hiddenswap.com/press - https://hiddenswap.com/support - https://hiddenswap.com/llms.txt How grades are calculated: https://nokycscore.com/methodology