[ANN] kycnot.me | Open-source list of non-kyc services

[pluja]

https://i.ibb.co/wC6rzhV/banner.webp

KYCNOT.ME is an open-source list of alternatives for buying, exchanging, trading, and using cryptocurrencies without having to disclose your identity,
helping to preserve the essence of cryptocurrencies, which is decentralized, self-governed and private.

About page | Tor onion | Blog | Mastodon | Source code 

Why?

Bitcoin was made to revolutionize the way we pay for goods and services, aiming to get rid of the trust on centralized entities such as banks and governments that control our economy.

Exchanges that enforce KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) rules operate similarly to traditional banks. Users are required to provide identification, such as a photo of their ID, to use these exchanges. Moreover, most of these exchanges are centralized, taking custody of user's funds. These requirements contradict the decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies.

Usage

Just visit KYCNOT.ME and browse the services. You can use the search bar to find particular types of services; for example, is I wanted to find VPN services, I can type "vpn" and it will show me all the services that offer a VPN service. Other filters are available, such as accepted payment methods filter, or type filter.

Each service has a page. The page shows a description, links to the service and a series of information about that service:

• Point list - This is a list of the features (and anti-features) of the service. You can click on any point to see the point page, there you will find a description about it and all the related services to it. It's also possible to request new points to be added.
• ToS scrapper - An automated tool scrapes all the service's ToS every day, trying to find any fragments of the ToS that are related to KYC. You will find this in the last section of the service page.

> Request a service

Requesting services is done through the request form available at the request page. Just fill the form and submit, I will receive a ping and a new issue will be automatically created on GitLab. The service will then appear in the pending services list. After a review of the listing, it may get listed or discussed in the said issue.

The approval process is manual, so it may be a bit slow for me to check everything, test and take a decision. This means a service can be a somewhat long time on the "pending" page.

> Discuss a service

If you find any discrepancies, outdated information, or suspect fraudulent activities related to a service, you can share this information publicly via the service's GitLab issue. You can access each service's issue page on kycnot.me by clicking the "Discuss this service" button on the respective service's page. I will then review it and engage in a discussion about it, so we can jointly decide on the appropriate course of action. It is crucial that these discussions occur in the public domain to ensure transparency and maintain a public record of the decision-making process, for this, GitLab issues were chosen.

> Follow a service

If you are a service owner or just interested in a particular service, you can subscribe to the particular GitLab issue for that service. Anytime someone posts a comment on the issue, you will receive a notification.

[dkbit98]

Hello there pluja & kycnot.me.
Nice to see you finally registered and created account in Bitcointalk forum.
I have been using your website for months and I really liked old version, so I need some time for getting used to this new design.

Another decentralized exchange you can consider adding is Komodo wallet (old name/domain atomicdex.io).
I am not connected with this project in any way, just trying to spread information to people, and give them more non-kyc options.

Note that I think Kucoin exchange started to ask for mandatory KYC verification and I think you should consider removing it from your website.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

I am very glad you finally made an Official kycnot.me Announcement in this forum  
I will help make any contributions about never available no KYC services or potential scams whenever I can.

I love the look of the new update, especially the UI. However, I noticed that the lists/log containing exchanges that have been delisted from the platform, when they were delisted and the reason they were delisted seems to be missing or is probably hard to find. Can you rectify this?

[NotATether]

Nice to see the new site is finally up, pluja!

I really like the new filter feature.

It's good that we can see the list of services that are pending listing. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think these were visible in the old site.

If it were possible to further filter the "Services" part by type of service, such as vpn, hosting, phone whatever, that would be even better. But I have to say, it's good even as-is.

I love the look of the new update, especially the UI. However, I noticed that the lists/log containing exchanges that have been delisted from the platform, when they were delisted and the reason they were delisted seems to be missing or is probably hard to find. Can you rectify this?

Yeah, https://kycnot.me/changelog doesn't work anymore.

[pluja]

If it were possible to further filter the "Services" part by type of service, such as vpn, hosting, phone whatever, that would be even better. But I have to say, it's good even as-is.

If you go to the "Services" filter and then use the search bar, for example typing "VPN", "hosting", "sms" you will get all services filtered by that type. I could add a type filter, but I think the search bar is more powerful.

I love the look of the new update, especially the UI. However, I noticed that the lists/log containing exchanges that have been delisted from the platform, when they were delisted and the reason they were delisted seems to be missing or is probably hard to find. Can you rectify this?

Yeah, https://kycnot.me/changelog doesn't work anymore.

True, there's no way currently to see the delisted and reasons for delistings. I will add a `/delisted` list or something, so this is visible with all the information about the delisting. You can currently visit https://kycnot.me/audit to see database changes, but it will only show when the status of an exchange changes (i.e. status changes from "1" (listed) to "-1" (delisted)).

[Bitcoin_Arena]

@Pluja

Magesticbank.is, Google Chrome and Firefox browsers say that the site is deceptive or not safe once you try to visit their clearnet link. I am not sure what happened because everything seemed ok sometime back. I am not sure if the link I visited back then was Magesticbank.is, Please check and see if the links didn't change.

[Catenaccio]

At your landing page[1], at the bottom, there are links to TOR, I2P, Mastodon, Nostr. At the About page [2], there is information for social media with some social media accounts but I see one is missing.

It's Bitcointalk account and announcement thread.
[1] https://kycnot.me/
[2] https://kycnot.me/about#social-media

May you think to attach information about Bitcointalk account and this announcement thread on kycnot.me, please?

[dkbit98]

At your landing page[1], at the bottom, there are links to TOR, I2P, Mastodon, Nostr. At the About page [2], there is information for social media with some social media accounts but I see one is missing.

I don't think their official onion link is working correctly right now, at least not for me.
First I thought there was something wrong with my Tor browsers, so I tried the same link in Brave-Tor browser with same results.
I can't find anything on their gitlab page, so maybe they shut it down.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

At your landing page[1], at the bottom, there are links to TOR, I2P, Mastodon, Nostr. At the About page [2], there is information for social media with some social media accounts but I see one is missing.

It's Bitcointalk account and announcement thread.
[1] https://kycnot.me/
[2] https://kycnot.me/about#social-media

May you think to attach information about Bitcointalk account and this announcement thread on kycnot.me, please?

Looks like Pluja no longer comes back to this thread

I also don't understand why the request to fix is inactive (https://kycnot.me/request/fix). Could be an easier place to report such issues.

The other option is to report the issue on Gitlab (https://gitlab.com/kycnot/kycnot.me/-/issues)

I don't think their official onion link is working correctly right now, at least not for me.
First I thought there was something wrong with my Tor browsers, so I tried the same link in Brave-Tor browser with same results.
I can't find anything on their gitlab page, so maybe they shut it down.

It doesn't work for me too

[Bitcoin_Arena]

Looks like kycnot.me got a 2025 update

What's new?

While most changes are backend improvements, users should notice:

Performance & Stability

   ✶ Improved overall stability
   ✶ Faster page load times
   ✶ Reduced payload sizes
   ✶ Better search performance

New & Improved Features

  ✶ New attributes reference page: https://kycnot.me/attributes
  ✶ Redesigned changelog page: https://kycnot.me/changelog
  ✶ Redesigned pending services page: https://kycnot.me/pending
     ➜  Also, pending listings now have a bigger warning
  ✶ Improved AI ToS scraping and review automation
  ✶ New structured service notes (warnings, info, alerts)
  ✶ Updated scoring algorithm
  ✶ Score breakdown. Just append '/summary' to any service URL
  ✶ Locally hosted, optimized 128x128px service images
     ➜ The older version was proxying the images from the origial source, leading to large images being served.
  ✶ New slug-based URLs with automatic legacy URL redirection
  ✶ Fixed the I2P site

More details - https://blog.kycnot.me/p/2025-update

[ABCbits]

Looks like kycnot.me got a 2025 update

--snip--

More details - https://blog.kycnot.me/p/2025-update

Thanks for the sharing. Have you or anyone else see this page https://kycnot.me/pending? The amount of exchange/service to be reviewed is over 200.

[OpenMonero]

Dear Pluja,             
                                    
Please prioritize the openmonero request
This platform truly is the most sophisticated peer-to-peer Monero trading platform on the web (no registration, noKYC, non-custodial, self-hostable, self-destructing messages, no bloat).

Thank you for your service.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

Thanks for the sharing. Have you or anyone else see this page https://kycnot.me/pending? The amount of exchange/service to be reviewed is over 200.

Just seen it and the list is huge! I don't know if Pluja will be able to manage and review the site alone before adding them to the official rankings list, or perhaps he should get a team.

>>snip<<

I see your exchange also appears on the pending list. Maybe his listing a few exchanges at a time and on a first come, first serve basis. It would be better if you contacted him through other avenues. He doesn't seem to be so active here.

[dkbit98]

I have to say that kycnot.me is a very useful website, and I see now they have a huge pending list of services that are waiting to be approved and added.
I would also suggest checking out Changelog page to see what are the recent changes and reasons why some services got removed.
For example Monezon was removed because there was ongoing investigations and orders were not being processed.

[OpenMonero]

Just seen it and the list is huge! I don't know if Pluja will be able to manage and review the site alone before adding them to the official rankings list, or perhaps he should get a team.

I see your exchange also appears on the pending list. Maybe his listing a few exchanges at a time and on a first come, first serve basis. It would be better if you contacted him through other avenues. He doesn't seem to be so active here.

There is 65 entries in total, while 200 are pending. The administrator of the project seems to be overwhelmed  with the requests.

Why does the repository on codeberg require js but the website works without js?
Why is there no domain provider in the list ?
Why is there no link to pending entries on the official website ?
Is the rating system based on some algorithm or human review?

[bias]

For example Monezon was removed because there was ongoing investigations and orders were not being processed.

Sorry to ask, but does this mean that people whose orders were not processed lost their coins/ money? Or there is some safety measure in such cases?

[dkbit98]

Why is there no link to pending entries on the official website ?

There was tab with pending offers in the past, but they later removed menu button linked with that.
However, you can still access the same page kycnot.me/pending and bookmark the link in your browser.
They probably have manual rating, selection, approval and removal for all pending services.

[ABCbits]

Why does the repository on codeberg require js but the website works without js?

Because they use something called Node.js to run their frontend.

Why is there no domain provider in the list ?

If you want to know that, you could just use one of Whois website to get the Whois record.

Why is there no link to pending entries on the official website ?

I didn't find whether they ever mention the reason. But i would speculate they don't want to read complain that website on pending list either scam them or giving bad service.

Is the rating system based on some algorithm or human review?

Human definitely involved on their review, otherwise there would be no pending list.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

We have another update regarding the platform this year. Since @Pluja does not come around to update (he might be a very busy guy), I guess it would do no harm for me to step in and inform members here.

If you have been a regular visitor of the website, you will notice that it recently got a new look along with a few other changes. More details can be found in the blog: https://blog.kycnot.me/p/new-site

[dkbit98]

If you have been a regular visitor of the website, you will notice that it recently got a new look along with a few other changes. More details can be found in the blog: https://blog.kycnot.me/p/new-site

This is a great new update for kycnot.me, I am impressed!
On first glance it looks like this is just a redesign, but there are many positive changes under the hood.
Now we can enable community listed services, and we can log in and make more contributions and reviews.