Person-to-Person bitcoin Trading Platforms
Following is a list of P2P Trading Platforms (also referred to as P2P exchanges) for trading Bitcoin. Common payment methods include bank transfer, cash deposited in the seller's bank account, in-person cash (face-to-face) trades as well as payment networks such as Zelle, Alipay, even Cash App and PayPal, for example.
- Bisq (💵) client [NO KYC] <-- Fully decentralized and non-custodial. Uses Tor, automatically. L-BTC / Blockstream's Liquid Network (🌊) is a supported payment method. Guide
- RoboSats (💵, ⚡) [NO KYC] <-- Non-custodial. Requires Tor browser. @robosatsOB OrderBook. Guide [Note: Trade chat is not saved. To protect yourself as buyer, use additional method to verify payment instructions before sending fiat payment.]
- HodlHodl (💵) [NO KYC] <-- Non-custodial. Not available in the U.S. Supported payment methods include Lightning network (⚡) as well as Liquid Network (🌊) (BTC, Tether, CAD).
- LocalCoinSwap (💵) [NO KYC] <-- Non-custodial
- LocalCryptos (💵) [NO KYC] <-- Non-custodial
- AgoraDesk (💵) [NO KYC] <-- "No Javascript" mode for use with Tor
- Bitcoin.Global (💵) [NO KYC]
- Bitzlato [NO KYC]
- BitValve [NO KYC]
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channel in the Bisq Keybase team [NO KYC] <-- Guide- AS.Exchange Spot Market [NO KYC] <-- Announcement
- BitQuick [NO KYC (when trx amount is under $400)]
- Remitano [NO KYC for Seller (only Buyer must KYC)]
- Totalcoin mobile app [NO KYC (other than phone number verification)]
- Mycelium Local Trader mobile app [Map] (💵) [NO KYC]
- CryptoLocally (💵) [KYC: Phone number required] <-- Not available in the U.S. and 18 other countries
- Paxful.com (💵, ⚡) [KYC]
- LocalBitcoins [KYC] <-- No more in-person, cash trading
- Binance P2P (💵) [KYC]
- Coindirect Marketplace <-- List of countries permitted
- Huobi OTC
- OKEx P2P
- PexPay <-- Active CNY trading
- OTCBTC
- Vertex
- CGem/CryptoGem
- CoinCola
- WazirX [KYC]
- Shiftal [KYC]
- Giottus [KYC]
- BuyCoins [KYC]
- ScaleX [KYC] <-- Nigeria
- Busha [KYC] <-- Nigeria
- BitBargain.co.uk <-- U.K.
- VEX - Venezuela Exchange <-- Venezuela
- P2P Trading <-- Brazil
- SwapN>Go
- Kyshi <-- Coming soon
- Valuto Exchanges <-- Coming soon
- r/Cash4Cash <-- Take seriously the risks and recommendations in the General Information PSA
- r/GiftCardExchange <-- Take seriously the risks and recommendations in the GSX Safe Trading Guide
- r/GCTrading <-- Take seriously the risks and recommendations in the GSX Safe Trading Guide
- r/BitMarket <-- Take seriously the risks and recommendations in the GSX Safe Trading Guide
- BitHalo software [NO KYC]
- SideSwap Swap Market [NO KYC] <-- P2P Trading on Liquid Network (🌊), between L-BTC and stablecoins (i.e., either USDT, or EurX)
Altcoin-only P2P Trading exchanges (Includes where Bitcoin may be the payment method, but it is not the trading currency)
Note: An Altcoin-only exchange means bitcoin is not one of the trading currencies. There may be offers though where Bitcoin is one of the payment methods available though.
- Haveno DEX client (💵) [NO KYC]← Fully decentralized and non-custodial. Uses Tor, automatically. FAQ
- LocalMonero (💵) [NO KYC] <-- "No Javascript" mode for use with Tor
- ByBit P2P <-- USDT only, initially. Not available in the U.S.
- Benkiko <-- USDB only, initially
- Timbuktu [NO KYC (for offer taker)]
- DAIHard (💵) [NO KYC]
- Dether (💵) [NO KYC]
- Ethfinex Trustless OTC
- Hubi
- KuCoin OTC
- Whales Heaven <-- Requires a browser extension
- Wakala [Coming soon]
- LocalKSM [Coming soon]
Aggregator/Search and Helper Sites
- Yadio BTC Market Filtered search across a half dozen P2P Platforms
- Monetory Search P2P offers for the best rates
- ExchangeRates.Pro Real-time price comparison
Note: When using any of the above P2P Trading Platforms (which are essentially “matchmaking” services), please trade with caution and do your own due diligence.
This list does not include exchanges not in English (e.g., 58Coin), deserted or defunct marketplaces (e.g., OpenBazaar, BuyCrypto.Today, Cancoin, and Rahakott), not-yet launched (e.g., OTCBoss), ones that operate only through dark markets, or online-only DEX/decentralized exchanges (another list of DEXes).
Also, there are a number of variants that don’t fit the P2P OTC exchanges category:
- Physical Stores where you can Buy or Sell bitcoin
- Online stores (e.g., Bitsell X [💳] [NO KYC, requires browser extension], CoinCorner [💳] [NO KYC when £900 or less, not available in U.S.], CEX.io, Coinify, Jubiter, Bittylicious, BitIreland, Kuna.io Money, LiteBit.eu, Switchere, Conio.com App, CryptoVoucher.io, BitQuick QuickBuy [NO KYC (when trx amount is under $400)], Cash App, Strike and CoinMama)
- Instant exchanges / Online-only Swap (i.e., for converting from one digital currency to another)
- Precious metals brokers which buy your gold and/or silver in exchange for bitcoin (e.g., Veldt Gold [NO KYC]).
- Gift card exchanges (e.g., CardCoins for paying with a non-reloadable, prepaid GIFT card (VISA/Mastercard/AMEX/Discover), Redeeem, CryptoVoucher.io for paying with gift cards for numerous brands, CardXCoin, and BitOf for paying with Amazon UK gift cards)
- Vouchers (retail) (e.g., Azte.co (⚡, 💵), FastBitcoins (⚡, 💵), LibertyX (💵), Rise Wallet (💵), FlexEPin (💵), Neosurf (💵), Yellow Card (💵), Tikebit (💵), BitIns (💵), and BitNovo (💵)). One Azte.co vendor offers the @BitcoinVoucherBot on Telegram, for [NO KYC] purchase using SEPA/EUR bank transfer (and @BitcoinVoucherGroup for support).
- Vending (e.g., Bitcoin ATMs (💵), Coinstar (💵) (with 2,100+ locations in the U.S.) and SBB/Swiss Railway ticketing)
- Bill/Invoice swap services (e.g., SWAPIN (formerly PiixPay))
- Satoshi Square Trading Events / In-Person Trading (e.g., Satoshi Square L.A., and find a person to trade with at many Bitcoin conferences and Bitcoin meetups)
- OTC Trading Desks (e.g., Cumberland, SigOne Capital, and several dozen others)
- Software to automate P2P Trading for dealers on the market that helps with auto-setting the fees to stay on top of the listing, etc. (e.g., P2PTrader.Pro)
See Also
- KYC-Free-Instant-Exchanges <-- Superset of the listings in the "crypto-to-crypto" section above
- Physical Stores where you can Buy or Sell bitcoin
- Exchanges with support for Lightning Network
Additions, corrections, and other feedback welcome and can be submitted as an issue or pull request on GitHub, or via e-mail.
[Note: There is also a corresponding post on Medium with this information as well.]