Provider at a glance
- Category
- P2P Exchanges
- Entity
- Not verified
- Official website
- localcoinswap.com
Independent rankingchecked How it works
Details
Scored 53 out of 100 under methodology 2026.10.18, from the evidence read in September 2026.
LocalCoinSwap
Multichain P2P marketplace
P2P Exchanges
#5 Overall
Ranked #5 of 8 P2P exchanges in the published ranking
53
ChainChoice Score
The ChainChoice Score, shown against 100: published scores run from 41 to 99.- High evidence confidence
Is LocalCoinSwap right for you?
Right for you if these matter most
- Who can move the coins while the trade is open8/10; the category best is 9
Look elsewhere if these come first
- What you actually pay over the market price2/10 here; RoboSats scores 6
- What the platform promises when the trade goes wrong3/10 here; Peach Bitcoin scores 7
- What identity gate stands between you and a trade6/10 here; RoboSats scores 10
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What will LocalCoinSwap cost you?
Not priced on this basis
- How do you buy?
- One-time
- Amount
- $1k
How safe is LocalCoinSwap?
- Evidence: verified4 of 4 criteria rest on quoted, sourced receipts. Read September 2026.
- LicenceMiCA (EU): no register record on file here.
Alternatives to LocalCoinSwap
Compare all 4- 3Peach Bitcoin10 points above · stronger on dispute standard (7 against 3)63
- 4RoboSats9 points above · stronger on all in cost over spot (6 against 2)62
- 6Binance P2P6 points below · stronger on all in cost over spot (4 against 2)47
For your setup
Find out if LocalCoinSwap fits you
The rank above is the published one — the same for every visitor. Answer the category's questions and this section shows where LocalCoinSwap lands for you, which criteria your answers weight up, and which stated needs the record does or does not meet. The published rank stays beside it.
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Why this rank
Why LocalCoinSwap ranks #5
Each strength is read from evidence on a 0–10 ladder and weighted as the published methodology states. The 32 objective points these produce (14.7 here) sit inside the score; availability, friction, trust record and measured data add the rest.
4 published criteria · Σ weight 100
CriterionWeightStrength · 0–10ScoreContrib.MedianBestRankEvidence
352+2.244.09#7/8Loading evidence…
308+7.686.09#2/8Loading evidence…
203+1.924.59#6/8Loading evidence…
156+2.887.010#5/8Loading evidence…
Hairline = best in this ranking · tick = its median · a missing bar is "not scored", never zero
Margin−9behind RoboSats, #4
RobustnessHoldsacross a one-point change to each of its 4 criterion scores, the re-run scores 51–56 and stays #5
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 LocalCoinSwap’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 2 → 6 on its ladder · passes RoboSats+462#5 → #4
What the platform promises when the trade goes wrong 3 → 10 on its ladder · passes RoboSats+762#5 → #4
Who can move the coins while the trade is open 8 → 4 on its ladder · Binance P2P passes it−446#5 → #6
Smallest climb: what you actually pay over the market price 2 → 6 passes RoboSats, #4.
Strengths
1 from the score dataWhere it leads
Best for readers who weight
- Who can move the coins while the trade is open — 8/10, category best 9/10
Tradeoffs
3 from the score dataWhere it trails
Not for readers who put first
- What you actually pay over the market price — 2/10 against a category best of 9/10
- What the platform promises when the trade goes wrong — 3/10 against a category best of 9/10
- What identity gate stands between you and a trade — 6/10 against a category best of 10/10
Record watch-outs
- The escrow architecture reads better than anyone else's in this pool and none of it could be confirmed in operation: the venue's own public offers API reported zero offers for every query tried on 2026-08-06, and its blog reads "No posts yet. Check back soon." against a footer version of 4.0.1, which reads like a recent rebuild rather than a running market. Treat the non-custodial claims as documented but unobserved, and check for a live book before funding anything. Note too that the no-KYC pitch inverts precisely when it matters — the terms name dispute resolution as the first trigger for demanding a passport, so the identity check arrives at the moment your coins are already locked.
Competitive position
Where LocalCoinSwap 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#5 / 811.0 of 30 · best 22.0
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 LocalCoinSwap leads
- Who can move the coins while the trade is open#2 / 8
Where it trails
- What you actually pay over the market price#7 / 8
- What the platform promises when the trade goes wrong#6 / 8
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.
Binance P2P#6 of 8 · score 47 · 6.0 points behind
LocalCoinSwap leads on
- Who can move the coins while the trade is open8 vs 3
- What identity gate stands between you and a trade6 vs 2
Binance P2P leads on
- What you actually pay over the market price4 vs 2
- What the platform promises when the trade goes wrong5 vs 3
Largest single reason LocalCoinSwap is ahead: published criteria (+6.2 display points).Scenario cost: Binance P2P has no verified pricing for this scenario.
RoboSats#4 of 8 · score 62 · 9.0 points ahead
LocalCoinSwap leads on
- Who can move the coins while the trade is open8 vs 6
RoboSats leads on
- What you actually pay over the market price6 vs 2
- What identity gate stands between you and a trade10 vs 6
Largest single reason RoboSats is ahead: published criteria (+8.8 display points).Scenario cost: RoboSats has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Peach Bitcoin#3 of 8 · score 63 · 10.0 points ahead
LocalCoinSwap leads on
- Who can move the coins while the trade is open8 vs 7
Peach Bitcoin leads on
- What you actually pay over the market price4 vs 2
- What the platform promises when the trade goes wrong7 vs 3
- What identity gate stands between you and a trade8 vs 6
Largest single reason Peach Bitcoin is ahead: published criteria (+9.4 display points).Scenario cost: Peach Bitcoin has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Against the leader
82 vs 53 · gap 29.0Why Hodl Hodl ranks above LocalCoinSwap
The compare workspace's arithmetic applied to these two rows. Each dimension's share of the gap is its weight × the difference, on the displayed scale — it reproduces the displayed gap of 29.0 to within rounding.
DimensionThisHodl HodlGap share
Availability · 23% weight · constant here14.014.0same
Published criteria · 35% weight11.022.0−28.6, worse
Friction · 12% weight · constant here2.72.7same
Trust record · 9% weight · constant here3.23.2same
Measured data · 21% weight · constant here8.38.3same
Published criterionThisHodl HodlPoints
What you actually pay over the market price · w3529−7.84, worse
Who can move the coins while the trade is open · w3089−0.96, worse
What the platform promises when the trade goes wrong · w2039−3.84, worse
What identity gate stands between you and a trade · w15610−1.92, worse
Net5382−29.0
Your scenario
LocalCoinSwap 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 #5 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 2 · 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 8 · 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 3 · 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 6 · 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 (LocalCoinSwap 8/10): whoever holds the assets loses or withholds them.Scored by Who can move the coins while the trade is open · 30%
- Execution failure (LocalCoinSwap 3/10): you get a worse price, later, or nothing.Scored by What the platform promises when the trade goes wrong · 20%
- Information failure (LocalCoinSwap 6/10): 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, localcoinswap.com/fees fetched 24 September 2026 (HTTP 200): "Users who create trade offers are charged a 1% fee for every completed trade", itemised as Bitcoin "1% or 0.000025 BTC", ETH and Ethereum tokens "1% and Gas fee", Litecoin "1% or 0.005 LTC", TRX "1% and 6 TRX", TRC20 tokens "1% and 2 tokens"; withdrawals are "Network fee only" for BTC and "Gas fee only" for ETH; "Registering account", "Depositing cryptocurrency" and "Buying/Selling crypto from/to vendors" are all listed "Free". The terms (localcoinswap.com/terms-of-service, HTTP 200) add that "Platform service fees, where applicable, are collected automatically from escrowed amounts or as specified in the offer terms at the time of trade execution." NOT MEASURED — STILL THE FINDING, SEVEN WEEKS ON: no premium could be sampled because the only offers endpoint LocalCoinSwap's own API root advertises again returned an empty book. https://
api .localcoinswap .com /api /v2 / returns {"offers":"http:// api .localcoinswap .com /api /v2 /offers /","swaps":"http:// api .localcoinswap .com /api /v2 /swaps /"}, and https:// api .localcoinswap .com /api /v2 /offers / returned HTTP 200 with {"active_page":1,"count":0,"next":null,"previous":null,"offset":0,"limit":5,"total_pages":0,"results":[]} on 24 September 2026 with no filter and again with ?coin_currency=BTC&fiat_currency=EUR&trade_type=sell&limit=100. This is not an auth failure: the sibling /api/v2/swaps/ endpoint returned HTTP 401 {"code":"not_authenticated"} in the same session. The blog (localcoinswap.com/blog) still reads "No posts yet. Check back soon." against a footer "Version: 4.0.1".LocalCoinSwap — official pricing page ↗ · 24 September 2026 - Prices published in
- USDLocalCoinSwap — 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
- Not published
- Operating limits
- Not published
- Availability note
- Terms of Service (localcoinswap.com/terms-of-service, read 24 September 2026): "You may not access or use the Platform if you are a citizen, resident, located in, ordinarily resident in, or accessing the Platform from any restricted jurisdiction (each a “Restricted Jurisdiction”). Restricted Jurisdictions include: Belarus (BY), Burundi (BI), Central African Republic (CF), Democratic Republic of the Congo (CD), Cuba (CU), India (IN), Iran (IR), Iraq (IQ), North Korea (KP), Lebanon (LB), Libya (LY), Mongolia (MN), Nicaragua (NI), Russian Federation (RU), Somalia (SO), South Sudan (SS), Sudan (SD), Syria (SY), Venezuela (VE), Yemen (YE), Zimbabwe (ZW), any jurisdiction subject to comprehensive sanctions by the United States, European Union, United Nations, or UK HM Treasury, and any other jurisdiction that LocalCoinSwap designates as restricted for risk, legal, or policy reasons. LocalCoinSwap may update the list of Restricted Jurisdictions at any time without notice."
No confirmed legal entity is on file for this record. Nothing is inferred from the brand name.
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How this page is reviewed
Reviewed means this product in this category was read against its sources on or after that date; every ranked category is re-read at least every 45 days. Models research, extract and parse. A deterministic engine ranks. Every quote passes an adversarial refute pass.
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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 53, #5 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:localcoinswap:2026.10.18:ea9865b62260
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