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P2P Exchanges Since 2022 Reviewed 22 Oct 2026

RoboSats review

Tor-based P2P bitcoin exchange settling over Lightning with robot identities

  • No account needed
  • Tor onion address
  • Open source
  • Accepts cash
  • Accepts Lightning
  • No email needed
ID never required KYC 0 Documentation reviewed
Visit learn.robosats.org Onion address Report an incident Watch

Privacy

8.7/ 10

Excellent

Safety

5.7/ 10

Fair

Based on terms and documentation. No test transactions published yet. See the arithmetic

RoboSats review in short

RoboSats is a P2P exchange operating since 2022. Its terms put it at KYC level 0 of 4: ID never required. NoKYC Score grades it 8.7/10 for privacy (excellent) and 5.7/10 for safety (fair). In its favour: no account needed, no email needed and no phone number. One incident is on record, the latest from 11 Jun 2026.

Category
P2P Exchanges
KYC level
0 of 4: ID never required
Grades
Privacy 8.7/10, Safety 5.7/10
Sign-up
No account needed
Custody
mixed
Fees
About 0.2% total per trade, per a third-party comparison
Jurisdiction
Decentralised / none
Onion address
Yes
Incidents on record
1
Last reviewed
22 Oct 2026
Cite this review

NoKYC Score, "RoboSats review", reviewed 22 Oct 2026, https://nokycscore.com/service/robosats

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What RoboSats is

RoboSats is an open-source peer-to-peer exchange for trading bitcoin against national currencies, reached through Tor Browser. The quick-start guide says a user needs only a Lightning wallet and a Tor-enabled browser; identities are disposable robot avatars generated from a token, with no account data. Trades settle over the Lightning Network using hold invoices for the bond and escrow, which the documentation says minimises custody and trust requirements. Orders are hosted by independent coordinators in a federation.

What RoboSats offers, and what to watch

8 of 16 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.
  • Accepts cash Yes Cash by post or in person: no bank and no blockchain record.

Access

  • Tor onion address Yes An official .onion address, reachable only through Tor.
  • Works without JavaScript Not stated

Trust

  • Never holds your funds Not stated
  • Refund without ID Not stated
  • Escrow it cannot spend alone Not stated
  • 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 RoboSats require KYC?

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4

KYC level 0: ID never required. The terms rule out identity checks, or the design makes them impossible.

Access needs only a Tor browser and a Lightning wallet; identities are generated robot tokens and no personal data is collected.

Read the terms we assessed ↗

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

8.7
  • Starting points 50
  • KYC level 0: ID never required +20
  • No registration +6
  • No email needed +3
  • No phone needed +1
  • Tor onion service +4
  • Accepts Lightning +1
  • Open source +2
  • Total, clamped to 0–100 87

Safety

5.7
  • Starting points 50
  • Open source +8
  • Project website reported down from 11 June to 5 July 2026 low · resolved · 134 days ago -1
  • Total, clamped to 0–100 57

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 RoboSats’s terms and documentation. Tests will appear here with the date, route, amount band and result as they are run.

Incidents on record

low

Outage

Project website reported down from 11 June to 5 July 2026

The public event log of the directory kycnot.me recorded that the RoboSats site was down between 11 June and 5 July 2026. RoboSats is operated as a federation of independent coordinators reached mainly through Tor, so an outage of the project website does not necessarily mean that trading through coordinators stopped. The cause of the outage was not stated in the material reviewed. The documentation site was reachable in October 2026.

Resolved Source: kycnot.me ↗

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RoboSats: common questions

Does RoboSats require KYC?

RoboSats is rated KYC level 0 of 4 on this site: ID never required. Access needs only a Tor browser and a Lightning wallet; identities are generated robot tokens and no personal data is collected.

Is RoboSats safe to use?

RoboSats has a Safety grade of 5.7 out of 10 and a Privacy grade of 8.7 out of 10. There is 1 incident on record, listed with sources on this page. Evidence level: documentation reviewed.

Is RoboSats legit?

RoboSats is a working P2P exchange that has operated since 2022. Being real is not the same as being safe: its Safety grade here is 5.7 out of 10, built from custody, liquidity, track record and incidents.

Is RoboSats a scam?

NoKYC Score does not label services as scams; it records documented incidents with their sources and outcomes. RoboSats has 1 incident on record, all resolved, the latest: "Project website reported down from 11 June to 5 July 2026". Each is listed on this page with its source.

Do I need an account or email to use RoboSats?

No account needed.

What fees does RoboSats charge?

About 0.2% total per trade, per a third-party comparison. Fees were recorded from RoboSats's own pages and can change; check before you send.

Does RoboSats have a Tor onion address?

Yes. RoboSats publishes an official onion address, shown on this page. Open it in Tor Browser.

Which cryptocurrencies does RoboSats support?

RoboSats supports BTC, and fiat payments in EUR, USD.

Is RoboSats custodial?

RoboSats uses a mixed custody model. Read the listing for details.

Can I use RoboSats over Tor?

Yes. RoboSats publishes an official onion address, shown on this page.

Listing history

  • Listing added. Facts and KYC level set from the service's own terms and documentation.
  • Incident recorded: Project website reported down from 11 June to 5 July 2026