RoboSats
grade A
P2P exchange bitcoin for national currencies. Robosats simplifies the peer-to-peer user experience.
grade A
What the documents mean for you
RoboSats requires Tor to connect and gives you no account: a one-click robot avatar replaces email, phone and username. Chat with your trading peer is PGP-encrypted, and only that peer learns what you type. It advises a new identity for every trade.
The page never mentions identity verification, KYC, AML screening or source-of-funds requests. It states the opposite of a registration flow: a one-click robot avatar with no email, phone or username, so there is no point at which identity data is collected in the text provided.
Nothing in this page sets off an identity check. You create a robot avatar with one click, and no email, phone number or username is asked for. The page does not mention KYC, AML screening, flagged deposits or fund holds at all, so it says nothing about what happens if the operator suspects a trade.
Warnings
The page reviewed is community-maintained documentation about privacy features. It contains no terms of service, no AML policy and no statement about fund holds, disputes or account termination.
The page states it is under construction and invites users to edit it on GitHub. Details it does not yet cover cannot be treated as commitments.
How the score was reached
Privacy100/100
Trust97/100
Overall = (privacy × 0.6 + trust × 0.4) / 10, rounded = 10/10, grade A. Each attribute above rests on a clause quoted below or was assigned by a moderator; the rest is what the listing knows.
Attributes12 moved the score
Identity-free registrationprivacy +10
Users can create accounts without giving personal information such as a full name, address or phone number.
Verifiedtrust +10
Passed repeated checks over time and showed consistent behavior.
Non-custodial walletprivacy +3 · trust +5
The user holds and manages the private keys; the service never has custody of the funds.
Open source codetrust +7
The source code of the service is publicly available and licensed as open source.
Peer to peer networkprivacy +2 · trust +5
A decentralised network in which individual computers connect directly rather than through the operator.
Escrow availabletrust +6
A trusted third party holds funds during a peer-to-peer transaction until both sides have delivered.
Accepts Moneroprivacy +5
This service accepts Monero, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that provides enhanced anonymity.
Has Onion or I2P URLsprivacy +5
Onion (Tor) and I2P URLs enhance privacy and anonymity.
Mature servicetrust +5
This service has been operational for 4 years. While this indicates stability, it is not a future-proof guarantee.
No registration neededprivacy +5
Users can access and use the service without creating an account.
The page states there is no registration; a generated robot avatar is all that is needed to use the service.
“**No registration at all.** With a single click you will generate a robot avatar: that’s all you need.”
https://robosats.org/docs/private
Uses hodl invoicestrust +5
A hodl invoice holds a Lightning payment until the service delivers, like escrow on the Lightning Network.
Peer to peer markettrust +4
A marketplace where unknown people trade directly with one another rather than with the operator.
The service is described as a peer-to-peer exchange where you trade and chat with a trading peer rather than with the operator.
“Learn RoboSats A Simple and Private Lightning P2P Exchange”
https://robosats.org/docs/private
What costs you most first. Tap one to read the clause it rests on, or what the listing knows, priced as kycnot.me prices it.
What the documents say
You hand over no email, phone number, username or any other input. A one-click robot avatar is the whole sign-up.
“Since no email, phone, username or any input from the user is needed, there is no possible way to make a mistake and doxx yourself. Your Robot avatars cannot be linked to you.”
https://robosats.org/docs/private
The service runs over Tor only, so the operator's node and your trading peers do not see your IP address or location. You need Tor to reach it.
“**Tor Network Only.** Your location or IP address is never known to the node or your trading peers.”
https://robosats.org/docs/private
Your trading peer is the one party who can learn things about you, through what you write in the trade chat for the fiat payment.
“Only your trading peer can get to know things about you while you chat. Keep the chat short and concise and avoid providing more information than strictly necessary for the fiat exchange.”
https://robosats.org/docs/private
You can use a different robot avatar for every trade, and the page states observers then cannot tell that several trades came from the same user.
“In RoboSats there is no way for observers to know that several trades have been made by the same user if he used different robot avatars.”
https://robosats.org/docs/private
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