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P2P exchanges

Order-book or escrow systems where you trade with an individual counterparty instead of an exchange. KYC is up to the peer; payment methods are wide (cash, SEPA, gift cards). Trade safety depends on the escrow design.

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What to look for

Use the table below as a starting point. The same rules apply across the site: every claim is dated, sources are linked from each service page, and a service with tiered KYC is no-KYC only up to a threshold that the operator can change at any time. See methodology for how we evaluate entries.

Services (8)

Name KYC Status Jurisdiction Last verified
AgoraDesk no KYC active Hong Kong (operator-disclosed)
Bisq no KYC active decentralized (non-profit DAO)
Bitvalve optional KYC active Estonia (operator-disclosed)
Haveno no KYC active decentralized (federation of independent networks)
Hodl Hodl no KYC active Estonia (operator-disclosed)
Peach Bitcoin optional KYC active Switzerland (operator-disclosed)
RoboSats no KYC active decentralized (operator-disclosed federation of coordinators)
Vexl no KYC active Czech Republic (operator-disclosed)

Defunct or degraded (2)

Name KYC Status Jurisdiction Last verified
LocalMonero no KYC defunct Hong Kong (operator-disclosed)
Paxful KYC required degraded United States (Paxful Inc.)