Crypto exchanges
Peach Bitcoin privacy rating
Swiss peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange app where buyers and sellers trade directly, with bitcoin held in multisig escrow during each trade.
Summary
Peach Bitcoin scores 35 out of 100 (grade F) on the crypto exchanges criteria. It meets 1 of 4 criteria: no ads or data sales. It partly meets open source. It does not meet no trackers or telemetry and independent audit. It is based in Switzerland: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes; GDPR-style data protection law.
Score 35 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Partial
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
The app source is public under the MIT license with the Commons Clause, which is not OSI-approved. The server is closed.
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The website uses Google Analytics. The Android app includes Google Crashlytics, with crash data sharing described as opt-in.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by a fee on each trade, with no ads.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.