AgoraDesk will be winding down
- Effective immediately, all new signups and ad postings are disabled;
- On May 14th, 2024, new trades will be disabled as well;
- On November 7th, 2024, the website will be taken down. Please reclaim any funds from your arbitration bond wallet prior to that date, otherwise the funds may be considered abandoned/forfeited.
LocalBitcoins Alternative
We offer the same fast and easy Bitcoin trading experience that LocalBitcoins used to provide, and more.
Sign up freeTrusted by the community
LocalMonero has operated for over two years, survived the Great Cryptocurrency Market Crash of 2018, and through its community-oriented diligent service became one of the most trusted names in the extremely skeptical Monero community.No KYC/AML
AgoraDesk is committed to maintaining the simplicity and straight-forwardness that made the original LocalBitcoins so popular. We do not employ KYC/AML, nor do we ever plan on doing so. We firmly believe that the very concept of KYC/AML is completely antithetical to the very idea of a peer-to-peer over-the-counter exchange such as our own, and until there are no more legal ways on planet Earth to avoid implementing KYC/AML we will do everything we legally can to provide you with a hassle-free experience.Fair fees
Unlike LocalBitcoins, however, we do not charge exorbitant fees when you deposit or withdraw Bitcoins to/from our arbitration bond wallet. There is no deposit fee, and the withdrawal fee is very close to the fee you’d be paying on a normal transaction. Transfers to the wallets of other AgoraDesk users carry no fees at all.Stellar support
Our support team is fast, responsive and always eager to please. We’ve never had a support ticket that wasn’t answered within 24 hours. We are always easily reachable through social media, we listen intently to your criticisms and we always implement good user suggestions in record time.Safe and smooth trading
Just like LocalBitcoins, we support any payment method, any currency, anywhere. We do not remove payment methods, and, unlike LocalBitcoins, we fully support face-to-face cash trades. All of our trades are protected by arbitration bond. Thanks to the fact that we require funds to be held in arbitration bond before a trade can start, we ensure a smooth and quick experience for the buyer, which is essential for the popularity of the platform and repeat customers for the sellers.Fraud prevention
Our arbitration standards are very high, as we do not accept screenshots or other easily-falsifiable documents as proof in disputes. Because of this, we are able to deter a large amount of scammers from trying to scavenger on our platform. We respond quickly to user reports and we issue warnings in regions where there are sudden spikes of scammer activity.Works without JavaScript
Since AgoraDesk is made by a team with a background in the privacy-oriented Monero community, AgoraDesk inherits the same privacy-oriented bent that LocalMonero has. A user that fully blocks Google services will be able to use our platform without a problem. Our platform is even fully functional without JavaScript, which ensures a level of security and privacy that will never be achievable on other platforms that require JavaScript to operate.Privacy-centric, censorship-resistant
Our site is easily accessible through our Tor portal (which is tuned for maximum performance for your comfort through our use of advanced onion routing features) and even through an I2P portal. This ensures not only that you will be able to conceal your true IP from us (which we never associate with your account anyway), but that if for whatever reason our normal domain becomes inaccessible to you, there will be other ways for you to access our service. We value your privacy so much, we don’t even require you to provide an email when registering.AgoraDesk's features include:
No KYC/AML or verification
Any currency, any payment method, anywhere
Online Bitcoin trading
Offline cash face-to-face Bitcoin trading
Full arbitration bond protection on all online trades
No deposit fees, fair withdrawal fees
Fast and responsive support
No email during registration
No-JavaScript version of the site (loads by default when accessing from Tor or I2P)
Fully functional when Google is blocked
Affiliate program - earn commission for inviting trading users
Multilingual: we support English, Russian, Chinese (both simplified and traditional), Italian, Portuguese and Spanish
Mobile notifications through Telegram, so that you won't have to install yet another app on your phone just to get push notifications about your trades (LocalBitcoins implemented this feature after us)
Beautiful ads through the use of Markdown
2FA (with TOTP apps like Google Authenticator or andOTP)
Withdraw currencies other than BTC
Complicated pricing mechanisms through the use of price formulas
Fully functional API modeled after LocalBitcoins API for easy transition
and more...