Houdini Swaps routes through multiple exchanges that also swap your tokens on leading anonymizing blockchains before swapping back again to your destination currency. Being sent from one exchange to another unrelated exchange in this way creates a privacy layer that severs any on-chain connection between origination and destination wallet. Tokens that arrive at the destination wallet cannot be linked back to the originating sender making the transaction untraceable and truly private.

Yes, Houdini Swap’s systems and processes comply with the requirements of regulatory authorities in all key jurisdictions. As a compliant solution for private transactions Houdini Swap is built ground up to cater to the needs of Web3 users needing to use compliant private transactions to keep their financial data safe from others with whom they transact.

No, Houdini Swap is not a crypto mixer. Crypto mixers pool user funds and act as a functional intermediary in their mixing process. Houdini Swap’s platform never takes custody of user assets, never receives a deposit from users, never transfers user assets and does not charge users a fee. All exchange partners have confirmed real-time risk-based KYC and AML systems to monitor and potentially block transactions identified as high risk of being sanctioned or involved in illegal activity. Additionally Houdini Swap does not accept transactions over $60,000 or transactions initiated from the Tor Network, both criteria preferred by parties involved in sanctioned or illegal behavior.

All data is stored for 48 hours in order to allow enough time for you to reach out to Support should they need to. A user may elect to delete their order from records earlier if the transaction has already completed. The two exchanges involved in the transaction only store ‘their side’ of the transaction. Exchange 1 does not have a record of the transaction after sending it and Exchange 2 does not have a record of the transaction prior to receiving it. IP, User Agent and AcceptLanguages are not forwarded to the exchange unless a security threat has been flagged tied to the wallet exchanging the funds and the exchange expressly requests it.

The calculation is the average duration a transaction will take based on the historical performance of the exchanges through which the transaction is routed as well as current network congestion time.

The quoted fee is fully inclusive and includes network gas fees, exchange fees and exchange spreads which are incurred when swapping in and out of the anonymizing currency. While you pay no more for using Houdini Swap than you would by going directly to the selected exchanges, given Houdini Swap’s negotiating power with its exchange partners in almost all circumstances you will pay less using Houdini Swap. Houdini Swap does not charge any fees. In return for routing your transaction Houdini Swap receives a small commission paid from the exchange’s fee and as such does not impact your rate.

No. You do not need to connect your wallet to process transactions. Simply choose a token pair, set a receiving wallet address, and send your funds to the wallet address provided. It’s that simple.

Transactions are non-KYC, however each Houdini Swap exchange partner operates live, risk based KYC and AML systems to automatically filter out wallets which have been sanctioned or associated with criminal activity. In the event a transaction is flagged as sanctioned or exhibiting high risk association with criminal activity, the exchange may require additional information as per their individual KYC and AML policies. Such events are rare and we will either connect you with the exchange partner or defer to their preferred solution for remediation.