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Bisq Easy From Bisq Wiki Jump to navigation Jump to search Bisq Easy is a trade protocol for Bisq 2 that allows users to buy bitcoin with no trade fees and no security deposit. Bisq Easy is a social trade protocol. It is meant for bitcoin buyers with limited experience using peer to peer software to purchase no KYC bitcoin and to be smoothly on-boarded by experienced and helpful bitcoin sellers. Bisq Easy is the first new trade protocol for Bisq 2 . More trade protocols are planned for the future. Contents 1 Bisq Easy Trade Protocol Specifics 1.1 Trade fees 1.2 Mining fees 1.3 Security mechanisms 1.4 Currencies / Payment Methods 1.5 Dispute mechanisms 1.6 Security deposit requirements 1.7 Privacy benefits / trade-offs 2 Identity 3 Reputation 4 Using Bisq Easy to buy bitcoin 5 Using Bisq Easy to sell bitcoin 6 How to buy bitcoin on Bisq Easy 6.1 Creating an offer 6.2 Taking an offer 7 How to sell bitcoin on Bisq Easy 8 Trade Process 9 Trade Rules 10 Chat Rules 11 How to stay safe on Bisq Easy 11.1 Tips for bitcoin buyers 11.2 Tips for bitcoin sellers Bisq Easy Trade Protocol Specifics Trade fees There are no trade fees for buyers or sellers for trading on Bisq Easy. Mining fees Buyers will not have to pay any mining fees when then trade on Bisq Easy. Sellers will need to pay the mining fee for sending the bitcoin to the buyer's address following them receiving the payment. If traders agree they could also use Lightning. The UI does not support LN invoices but they chat interface can be used to exchange the required information. The UI fields for Bitcoin addressed and transactions do not use validation, so it does not enforce the usage of mainnet Bitcoin. In future support for multiple payment methods on the Bitcoin side might get added. Security mechanisms The security mechanism of Bisq Easy is based on the reputation of the seller. Buyers will have increased security by choosing to trade with sellers that have a high reputation. The security of the trade is proportional to the reputation of the seller. As Bisq Easy is reputation based, and reputation provides a fairly low security model, it means trader on Bisq Easy are suited only to rather small amounts of bitcoin. By default buyer can only exchange messages with sellers that have a certain level of reputation, however, buyers can opt-out from that protection. Trading with sellers without reputation, or very low reputation, carries significant risks and should be only done if the risks are well understood and managed. Currencies / Payment Methods Bisq Easy buyers and sellers can trade bitcoin for any type of fiat. Fiat buyers and sellers can choose whatever type of payment method they agree upon for fiat transfer. Dispute mechanisms Buyers and sellers trading on Bisq Easy can access mediation support should anything go wrong with their trade. Mediators will be able to: Help facilitate the successful completion of the trade Confirm fiat / altcoin and bitcoin payments Help cancel trade if needed Report a trader who severely violated the trade rules to the moderator who can ban the user. Depending on the form of reputation used, a fraudulent seller can get their bonded BSQ confiscated by the DAO or their Bisq 1 onion address banned. As all reputation is linked to the user profile, a banned user profile disables their reputation. Security deposit requirements Bisq Easy trades do not require any security deposits from either the buyer or seller. Privacy benefits / trade-offs As no security deposits are required buyers and sellers using fiat will be revealing their bank account details to users that might end up backing out of the trade. If a user backs out of a trade there is less possibility to penalize them than if they had to trade using a security deposit. The seller can report a buyer who cancelled the trade after the payment account data have been transmitted to the moderator, who can ban the buyer. Identity Buyers and sellers on Bisq Easy can create multiple identities. Find out more about managing your Identity on Bisq 2. Reputation The security mechanism of Bisq Easy is based on the reputation of the seller. Buyers on Bisq Easy do not need to have a reputation as they will always send the payment first. Find out more about Reputation for Bisq Easy. Using Bisq Easy to buy bitcoin Users of Bisq Easy can buy bitcoin using fiat or altcoins with no fees and no security deposits. Using Bisq Easy to sell bitcoin Users of Bisq Easy can sell bitcoin for fiat or altcoins with no fees and no security deposits. Sellers of Bisq Easy will however have to build up their reputation in order to get buyers. How to buy bitcoin on Bisq Easy Buying Bitcoin with Bisq Easy is recommended for small fiat amounts, or as a starting point if you still have no Bitcoin that you can use for the security deposits of other trade protocols. You can opt for two ways to find a trading partner to get some Bitcoin: taking an existing offer or creating one. Creating an offer is a great way to establish your own terms and simply wait for someone to match what you are after. It is also the right option if you don't find any offers with the right premium or payment methods in the market you want to trade in. Follow along to learn how to navigate to your preferred market and create a new offer in it: Begin by opening up Bisq 2. Once the application has started, you should select Bisq Easy on the left panel, and Offerbook on the top tab. Each different national currency has its own market. You can click on the displayed pair to open a selector where you can choose the currency you would like to trade in. In this example, we are interested in buying some Bitcoin by paying with Euros, so we will select the BTC/EUR pair, but you should select whatever currency you are using. Afterward, click on the Create offer button on the right-hand side. You will now enter the offer creation wizard. The first step will be to choose between buying or selling Bitcoin. Select Buy Bitcoin and click on Next . On the following screen, you will be asked for confirmation on which currency you want to pay your Bitcoin with. The selected currency will be the one you selected in the previous Offerbook screen. You can change your mind here if needed. Since for this example we want to move forward with Euros, we don't need to change anything on this screen, and we can simply click Next . On the next screen, you will have to select which Payment Methods are you willing to use. You should select at least one, but you can also select multiple of them. The more Payment Methods you add, the more chances you will have of finding a willing trade peer. In this example, we initially select SEPA and Revolut . Besides the presented Payment Methods, you can also add customized Payment Methods to your offer. For instance, for this offer, I would be happy to make a cash deposit at a Rabobank physical branch. I can use the bottom input to add this method to my offer. Once you are done selecting Payment Methods, you can move on by clicking Next . On the next screen, you will have to set how much Bitcoin you want to buy or, putting it the other way around, how much fiat currency you want to sell. The minimum and maximum amounts for Bisq Easy are 0.0001 BTC (or 10,000 sats) and 0.01 BTC (or 1,000,000 sats). You can write the fiat amount, the BTC amount, or simply move the slider around. You also have the option of defining a range instead of a fixed value for the trade amount. By doing that, you set a minimum and maximum amount, and you signal to the market that you are willing to trade any amount between those two numbers. For this example, we will create an offer with a range between 100€ and 200€. Once you have set your fixed value or a range, click Next to move on. With this, you will reach the final step of the offer creation wizard. The final screen shows a summary of all the details you have defined. Now is the time for you to review whether everything is fine. This is important because, once you click on Create offer , the offer will be available for anyone to take and, once that happens, it will be binding. So, make sure you are happy with the details you see. Once you are sure, click on Create offer and your offer will be added to the market. Your order is finally ready. Now, you will have to wait until another peer takes it. If your offer remains unpicked for longer than you would like to, consider modifying it to add additional payment methods or adding a more flexible range of values that could attract different users. Once a peer takes your offer, you will receive a notification and be able to see the started trade in the Open Trades panel of Bisq Easy. Also, keep in mind that offers remain open until you close them. If you only want to transact once, you should close it after it gets taken, or more peers could keep taking it! Taking an offer Taking an existing offer is the fastest and simplest way to find a partner and start trading. Follow along to learn how to navigate to your preferred market and pick an existing offer in it. Begin by opening up Bisq 2. Once the application has started, you should select Bisq Easy on the left panel, and Getting started on the top tab. On this page, click on the Start trade wizard . This is the easiest way to get started. A small note: once you become more experienced, you might prefer to use the Offerbook page to do your trades. But for the first trades, we advice using the trade wizard. With this, you will enter the trade wizard, which will guide you step by step through the process of taking an existing offer to buy some Bitcoin. In the first screen, select Buy Bitcoin and click on Next . In the following screen, you need to indicate which national currency you want to use to pay your trading partner. Since we want to use Euros for this trade, we select that currency in the list. Once you have selected your currency, click on Next to move on. On the next screen, you will have to select which Payment Methods are you willing to use. You should select at least one, but you can also select multiple of them. The more Payment Methods you add, the more chances you will have of finding a willing trade peer. In this example, we initially select SEPA and Revolut . Once you are done selecting Payment Methods, you can move on by clicking Next . On the next screen, you will have to set how much Bitcoin you want to buy or, putting it the other way around, how much fiat currency you want to sell. The minimum and maximum amounts for Bisq Easy are 0.0001 BTC (or 10,000 sats) and 0.01 BTC (or 1,000,000 sats). You can write the fiat amount, the BTC amount, or simply move the slider around. For this example, let's imagine we would like to buy 150€ worth of Bitcoin. We set the value and click on Next to move on. In the following screen, you will be presented a list of offers that match your needs. You can select any of the offers presented, but we advice taking th