Verdict
Effectively tied
Both services score within a hair of each other (8.9 vs 9.1). Pick based on the specific feature you need — see the row-by-row breakdown below.
Note: Scores are our independent assessment. Both services have valid use cases — read each detail page before deciding.
Score breakdown
Overall /10
Hodl Hodl
8.9
Good
BasicSwap
9.1
Good
Privacy /100
Hodl Hodl
100
Good
BasicSwap
100
Good
Trust /100
Hodl Hodl
88
Good
BasicSwap
86
Good
Side by side
KYC level
L1Anonymous
L0Trustless
Tagline
Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin marketplace with 2-of-3 multisig escrow, running since 2016 — 100+ fiat currencies, 300+ payment methods, 0.5-0.6% fees. Email required but no ID; US not served.
Cross-chain atomic-swap DEX from the Particl Project, run locally as a self-hosted node with Docker — trustless BTC↔XMR swaps via adaptor signatures, no accounts, no fees, MIT-licensed.
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom (Hodlex Ltd)
No HQ
Founded
2016
2020
Tor / .onion
No
No
Categories
Exchange, P2P
Exchange, DEX, P2P
Feature comparison 11
Hodl Hodl
BasicSwap
Bitcoin (BTC)
Accepts Monero (XMR)
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Cash
—
Non-custodial
Open source
No signup required
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Tor (.onion) available
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Peer-to-peer
Accepts fiat
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Available worldwide
Requires email
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Read the full reviews
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