# Swap Market review: KYC policy, privacy and safety grades

> Swap Market is a swap service operating since 2024. Its terms put it at KYC level 0 of 4: ID never required. NoKYC Score grades it 9.3/10 for privacy (excellent) and 7.3/10 for safety (strong). In its favour: no account needed, no email needed and no phone number. No incidents are on record.

Source: NoKYC Score, "Swap Market review", reviewed 22 Oct 2026, https://nokycscore.com/service/swap-market

## Key facts
- **Category:** Instant Swaps
- **KYC level:** 0 of 4: ID never required
- **Grades:** Privacy 9.3/10, Safety 7.3/10
- **Sign-up:** No account needed
- **Custody:** non-custodial
- **Fees:** Set by each backend provider and shown before the swap
- **Limits:** Set by each backend provider
- **Onion address:** Yes
- **Incidents on record:** 0
- **Last reviewed:** 22 Oct 2026
- **Official website:** https://swapmarket.github.io

## What it is
Swap Market is a fork of the Boltz web app, published as a static GitHub Pages site, that lets the user choose among several independent swap backends for atomic swaps between on-chain Bitcoin, Lightning, Liquid and Rootstock. The project readme says swaps are atomic, keys never leave the user's wallet, and the front end validates the invoices and addresses a backend supplies. There are no accounts; settings and swap history are kept only in the browser. The code is AGPL-3.0, can be self-hosted, and an onion mirror is published in the readme. No terms of service or identity requirement appear in the project documentation.

## What the terms say about ID
Static open-source front end for atomic swaps with no accounts and no personal data collected; per the readme all settings and history are stored only in the user's browser.

## 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: yes; Works without JavaScript: not stated
- **Trust:** Never holds your funds: yes; Own liquidity: not stated; Refund without ID: not stated; 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; Passes orders to partners: 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 Swap Market require KYC?
Swap Market is rated KYC level 0 of 4 on this site: ID never required. Static open-source front end for atomic swaps with no accounts and no personal data collected; per the readme all settings and history are stored only in the user's browser.

### Is Swap Market safe to use?
Swap Market has a Safety grade of 7.3 out of 10 and a Privacy grade of 9.3 out of 10. No incidents are on record. Evidence level: documentation reviewed.

### Is Swap Market legit?
Swap Market is a working swap service that has operated since 2024. Being real is not the same as being safe: its Safety grade here is 7.3 out of 10, built from custody, liquidity, track record and incidents.

### Is Swap Market 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 Swap Market.

### Do I need an account or email to use Swap Market?
No account needed.

### What fees does Swap Market charge?
Set by each backend provider and shown before the swap. Fees were recorded from Swap Market's own pages and can change; check before you send.

### What are Swap Market's limits?
Set by each backend provider.

### Does Swap Market have a Tor onion address?
Yes. Swap Market publishes an official onion address, shown on this page. Open it in Tor Browser.

### Which cryptocurrencies does Swap Market support?
Swap Market supports BTC, L-BTC, RBTC.

### Is Swap Market custodial?
No. Swap Market is non-custodial: the operator does not control user funds.

### Can I use Swap Market over Tor?
Yes. Swap Market publishes an official onion address, shown on this page.

## Sources
- https://swapmarket.github.io
- https://github.com/SwapMarket/swapmarket.github.io
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SwapMarket/swapmarket.github.io/main/README.md
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SwapMarket/swapmarket.github.io/main/src/configs/mainnet.ts

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