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- P2P Exchanges
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- Official website
- hodlhodl.com
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Scored 82 out of 100 under methodology 2026.10.18, from the evidence read in September 2026.
Hodl Hodl
Non-custodial Bitcoin P2P marketplace
P2P Exchanges
#1 Overall
Ranked #1 of 8 P2P exchanges in the published ranking
82
ChainChoice Score
The ChainChoice Score, shown against 100: published scores run from 41 to 99.- High evidence confidence
Is Hodl Hodl right for you?
Right for you if these matter most
- What you actually pay over the market price9/10, the category best
- Who can move the coins while the trade is open9/10, the category best
- What the platform promises when the trade goes wrong9/10, the category best
- What identity gate stands between you and a trade10/10, the category best
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What will Hodl Hodl cost you?
Not priced on this basis
- How do you buy?
- One-time
- Amount
- $1k
How safe is Hodl Hodl?
- Evidence: verified4 of 4 criteria rest on quoted, sourced receipts. Read September 2026.
- LicenceMiCA (EU): no register record on file here.
Alternatives to Hodl Hodl
Compare all 4- 2Bisq12 points below · weaker on dispute standard (4 against 9)70
- 3Peach Bitcoin19 points below · weaker on all in cost over spot (4 against 9)63
- 4RoboSats20 points below · weaker on dispute standard (3 against 9)62
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Why it leads
Why Hodl Hodl ranks #1
Each strength is read from evidence on a 0–10 ladder and weighted as the published methodology states. The 32 objective points these produce (29.3 here) sit inside the score; availability, friction, trust record and measured data add the rest. Best in this ranking on every criterion.
4 published criteria · Σ weight 100
CriterionWeightStrength · 0–10ScoreContrib.MedianBestRankEvidence
359+10.084.09#1/8Loading evidence…
309+8.646.09#1/8Loading evidence…
209+5.764.59#1/8Loading evidence…
1510+4.807.010#1/8Loading evidence…
Hairline = best in this ranking · tick = its median · a missing bar is "not scored", never zero
Margin+12over Bisq, #2
RobustnessHoldsacross a one-point change to each of its 4 criterion scores, the re-run scores 82–83 and stays #1
Evidence4 of 4 scored4 quoted, 4 with a source link
What would move the rank
Each line is the ranking run again with one of Hodl Hodl’s criterion scores changed and every other value held: the smallest whole-point change on that criterion that moves its rank, and where the re-run puts it. Up to 4 climbs and 3 falls are listed, smallest change first. Nothing here is a forecast.
What you actually pay over the market price 9 → 3 on its ladder · Bisq passes it−679#1 → #2
Who can move the coins while the trade is open 9 → 2 on its ladder · Bisq passes it−779#1 → #2
Strengths
4 from the score dataWhere it leads
Best for readers who weight
- What you actually pay over the market price — 9/10, the category best
- Who can move the coins while the trade is open — 9/10, the category best
- What the platform promises when the trade goes wrong — 9/10, the category best
- What identity gate stands between you and a trade — 10/10, the category best
Tradeoffs
0 from the score dataWhere it trails
No scored criterion trails the category best by two points or more, so no tradeoff can be stated from the data.
Record watch-outs
- The fee's incidence is genuinely ambiguous across Hodl Hodl's own surfaces: the FAQ says "Trading fee of 0.75% for every registered user" and "Max 0.75% per trade", the homepage says "Trading fee split between buyer & seller, deducted from BTC amount", and the offers API returns a per-offer nested field fee.author_fee_rate — 66 of the 100 offers at "0.00750000" and 34 at "0.00500000". Budget the full 0.75%. Separately, the cheapest prices in the EUR book are stablecoin and Lightning offers — if you filter on price alone you will end up in a crypto-to-crypto trade, not the fiat purchase you came for.
Competitive position
Where Hodl Hodl leads and where it trails
Rank on every objective dimension among the rows scored on it. A criterion in the top third of its pool is listed as a lead, the bottom third as a trail; the middle is neither. Popularity, size and commercial terms are not dimensions.
Availability#1 / 814.0 of 20 · constant here
Published criteria#1 / 822.0 of 30 · pool best
Friction#1 / 82.7 of 10 · constant here
Trust record#1 / 83.2 of 8 · constant here
Measured data#1 / 88.3 of 18 · constant here
Where Hodl Hodl leads
- What you actually pay over the market price#1 / 8
- Who can move the coins while the trade is open#1 / 8
- What the platform promises when the trade goes wrong#1 / 8
- What identity gate stands between you and a trade#1 / 8
Where it trailsNo criterion in the bottom third of its pool.
Closest alternatives
The 3 nearest rows by score
Nearest by published score in either direction. Each card states the criteria on which the two rows differ and the cost difference under the same scenario inputs; the compare arithmetic below shows why the higher one ranks higher.
Bisq#2 of 8 · score 70 · 12.0 points behind
Hodl Hodl leads on
- Who can move the coins while the trade is open9 vs 6
- What the platform promises when the trade goes wrong9 vs 4
Bisq leads onNo scored criterion
Largest single reason Hodl Hodl is ahead: published criteria (+12.0 display points).Scenario cost: Bisq has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Peach Bitcoin#3 of 8 · score 63 · 19.0 points behind
Hodl Hodl leads on
- What you actually pay over the market price9 vs 4
- Who can move the coins while the trade is open9 vs 7
- What the platform promises when the trade goes wrong9 vs 7
Peach Bitcoin leads onNo scored criterion
Largest single reason Hodl Hodl is ahead: published criteria (+19.2 display points).Scenario cost: Peach Bitcoin has no verified pricing for this scenario.
RoboSats#4 of 8 · score 62 · 20.0 points behind
Hodl Hodl leads on
- What you actually pay over the market price9 vs 6
- Who can move the coins while the trade is open9 vs 6
- What the platform promises when the trade goes wrong9 vs 3
RoboSats leads onNo scored criterion
Largest single reason Hodl Hodl is ahead: published criteria (+19.8 display points).Scenario cost: RoboSats has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Against #2
82 vs 70 · gap 12.0Why Hodl Hodl ranks above Bisq
DimensionThisBisqGap share
Availability · 23% weight · constant here14.014.0same
Published criteria · 35% weight22.017.4+12.0, better
Friction · 12% weight · constant here2.72.7same
Trust record · 9% weight · constant here3.23.2same
Measured data · 21% weight · constant here8.38.3same
Published criterionThisBisqPoints
Who can move the coins while the trade is open · w3096+2.88, better
What the platform promises when the trade goes wrong · w2094+3.20, better
Net8270+12.0
Your scenario
Hodl Hodl is not priced for this scenario
Taker fee on what you buy: on one purchase, or for a year of purchases or of trading. Fixed purchase fees and deposit fees are not published as fields yet, so they are excluded, as are network gas and any withdrawal fee. Change an input and every figure recomputes from the published rate; the published rank does not move.
cost on your amount · default scenario — set your own
How do you buy?
How do you buy? · your inputOne-time
Amount · your input$1k
Rate read from the provider’s published pricing ↗ on 24 September 2026.
cost on your amountCost is stated as cost on your amount in USD; it is never a yield, never annualised, and it does not enter the score.
Not priced on this basis
Under the default inputs · USDCategory medianNot priced0 of 8 rows priced
Cheapest pricedNone pricedDifference not stated · availability not applied — set your country to filter
8 of 8 rows in this ranking have no verified rate for this scenario and are absent from the median, not counted as free.
Evidence
Evidence read 24 September 2026
One row per published criterion: the page each strength was read from, its source type by domain, the reading date and whether the file and the published table agree. Open a row for the quote and the receipt.
4 of 4 cells scored
Score evidenceVerified4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from receipts
4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from a quoted, sourced receipt equal to the published strength.Public receiptsReading…4 quoted with a source URL
The receipt file has not been read yet.Evidence confidenceHighcoverage and corroboration, never freshness
4/4 criteria scored, with 4 dated sources quoted.RobustnessHoldsrank #1 across every one-point re-run
Whether the position holds when one criterion score is changed by one point and the ranking is run again. It is always a re-run of the ranking, never an estimate.The newest evidence read on the platform is 3 November 2026; this category's reading is older. The scores stand as read on 24 September 2026.
Reading the evidence ledger…
CriterionSourceTypeReadFreshnessStatusReceipt
What you actually pay over the market pricestrength 9 · weight 35Report an error—24 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.Who can move the coins while the trade is openstrength 9 · weight 30Report an error—24 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.What the platform promises when the trade goes wrongstrength 9 · weight 20Report an error—24 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.What identity gate stands between you and a tradestrength 10 · weight 15Report an error—24 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Custody failure (Hodl Hodl 9/10): whoever holds the assets loses or withholds them.Scored by Who can move the coins while the trade is open · 30%
- Execution failure (Hodl Hodl 9/10): you get a worse price, later, or nothing.Scored by What the platform promises when the trade goes wrong · 20%
- Information failure (Hodl Hodl 10/10): the number is wrong or bought, or your data leaks.Scored by What identity gate stands between you and a trade · 15%
Not assessed by this ranking: Control failure, Liveness failure, Insolvency failure, Regulatory failure, Exit failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means. Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: What you actually pay over the market price (35%).
Facts
facts, not scoresWhat the record publishes
- Pricing
- Published fee, hodlhodl.com/faq fetched 24 September 2026 (HTTP 200), every string below located in the page's raw HTML in this session: "There are different trading fee rates available on the trading platform: Trading fee of 0.75% for every registered user. Trading fee of 0.5% for referrals that registered on the platform with a referral code. This also applies to users who have referred at least one active trader." The same page now words the summary as "Cheap - Low fee: Max 0.75% per trade, a discounted fee of 0.5% applies for referrers and referred users." ANCHOR MEASUREMENT, same session, from the public offers API (GET https://
hodlhodl .com /api /v1 /offers ?filters[side]=sell&filters[currency_code]=EUR&pagination[limit]=100, HTTP 200, no key required): 100 sell offers denominated in EUR were returned. The cheapest offer whose range spans the EUR 200-1,000 anchor on a SEPA rail quoted "price":"75760.54" with "min_amount":"400.00","max_amount":"700.00" and payment methods Revolut, "SEPA (EU) bank transfer" and "SEPA (EU) Instant"; a fixed-size offer at "price":"75000.00" with "min_amount":"1000.00","max_amount":"1000.00" over "SEPA (EU) Instant" fills the anchor only at its upper bound. ARITHMETIC against the Kraken XBTEUR mid of 74,309.55 fetched in the same session (ask 74,309.60 / bid 74,309.50): 75760.54 / 74309.55 = 1.01953, i.e. +1.95% (about +2.70% all-in with the 0.75% maximum fee); 75000.00 / 74309.55 = 1.00929, i.e. +0.93% (about +1.68% all-in). NOTE the traps: the book also carried a SEPA Instant/Wise/Bizum offer at "price":"68785.94" with "min_amount":"990.00","max_amount":"990.00" — 7.43% BELOW spot, from a trader with 12 completed trades — which was excluded from the anchor as not a market price; and the cheapest-looking crypto-rail offers (e.g. 74,955.53 payable in Lightning, USD Coin or Tether) are not a fiat purchase. Fee incidence remains ambiguous across Hodl Hodl's own surfaces: the homepage says "Trading fee split between buyer & seller, deducted from BTC amount" and the API's per-offer fee.author_fee_rate was "0.00750000" on 65 offers, "0.00500000" on 29 and "0.00300000" on 6; the full 0.75% is budgeted against the venue.Hodl Hodl — official pricing page ↗ · 24 September 2026 - Prices published in
- USDHodl Hodl — official pricing page ↗ · 24 September 2026
- Licences held
- Not published
- Compliance level
- partial
- Regulatory note
- Not published
- Supported chains
- Multi-chain
- Markets served
- global
- Primary markets
- Not published
- Restricted markets
- United States
- Operating limits
- Not published
- Availability note
- Terms of Service (accounts.hodlhodl.com/terms-of-service, Effective 04 June 2026, read 24 September 2026) §2.2: "You may NOT use any Hodlex Ltd Service if you are a citizen, permanent resident, tax resident, or currently located in any of the following jurisdictions: Russia" (added April 2022), Belarus (added April 2022), "United States Including all states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and all other U.S. territories and possessions.", Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, and "Any state, country, territory, or jurisdiction subject to a comprehensive arms or trade embargo by the United Nations Security Council." Operator: "Hodlex Ltd" ... "a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Marshall Islands, business number 89220."
No confirmed legal entity is on file for this record. Nothing is inferred from the brand name.
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History
What the record carries
Changes to published ranks are recorded in a ledger; every step and its cause is listed on the rank-history page. The entries below begin with the current verified snapshot, then the methodology versions whose changes applied to this category, newest first.
9 methodology entries
- 24 September 2026Current verified snapshot · methodology 2026.10.18Score 82, #1 of 8. 4 of 4 criteria scored. History starts here; earlier values are not interpolated.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.8When nothing serves your country, the list shown for reference is the published ranking · platform-wide- fixed The reference list shown when nothing serves your country is the published order with the published scores, and a build check now fails any such list out of that order or with a score the ranking does not publish.
- fixed The explorer prints an overall rank only for a row the published ranking holds; a country entrant such as Coinbase Commerce for US merchants shows no overall rank.
- changed Published orders do not move. Country results change only where nothing serves the country: in India bill pay keeps Bitcoin Well first and now shows Strike second, as published; 35 such runs across all categories and countries now match the published list exactly.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.7Forty-one more products are offered only where their own quoted terms serve- fixed 141 country exclusions on 31 rows, each the name of a country the row's own quoted terms exclude: for example Mercuryo Hungary, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Chile, Colombia and Morocco; Gemini Custody the United Kingdom, Australia and the EU after its wind-down; Backed xStocks the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, Nigeria, the Philippines and Venezuela.
- changed Thirteen rows list the only countries their terms serve: Coins.ph the Philippines, Spritz bill pay, Brex, Unchained, WisdomTree, Franklin BENJI and AnchorWatch the United States (with its territories for AnchorWatch), PRYPCO Mint the UAE, N26 crypto seven EU countries, Gemini Tokenized Stocks the EU, XNET the US, Canada and the UK, Coldbit Steel and MetaMask Card the countries they list.
- changed Published (no-country) orders do not move. Country results change: in India six categories each lose one row (bill pay, cards, off-ramps, P2P, seed backup, tokenised real estate), and bill pay there has no row confirmed available, so it shows the published order marked as such; country pages list 23 fewer rows (24,357 to 24,334). The grounding test now matches full country names in any case, which shows seven earlier exclusions were quoted all along: the named debt of unquoted exclusions falls from 40 to 33 pairs.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.6A criterion you require re-scores the rows that meet it · platform-wide- changed The explorer sends each criterion you require, at any band, as fit_required with your other answers; region, licence, chain and fact filters stay filters. On /best, a required criterion joins For you as a marked preference does, which needs your country; Overall stays the published ranking, filtered.
- added Every published criterion has a golden case as the explorer sends it (require:<criterion>), so the order a requirement gives is replayed and gated as the published order is, and a change to it needs an entry here.
Methodology 2026.10.18, the same published run every visitor sees · receipt p2p_exchanges:hodl_hodl:2026.10.18:ea9865b62260
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