---
title: "SideShift.ai"
slug: sideshift
category: noncustodial-swap
custody: "self-custody"
kyc: "none"
lightning: true
trust-model: "noncustodial-swap"
agent-access: "api"
status: "v0-2026-06-06-structural-verified"
links-verified: 2026-06-06
---

# SideShift.ai

**What it is.** A non-custodial, no-account, no-KYC swap service spanning 200+ assets across 45+ networks — direct-to-wallet conversions with no funds custodied.

**What it bridges.** BTC, Lightning BTC, L-BTC, and **USDT-Liquid** plus a broad multi-chain set — useful for an agent converting BTC↔stablecoin without an account.

**Agent access.** **REST API + embeddable widgets**, explicitly built for developers/product teams integrating swaps without custodying funds. Variable or fixed-rate swaps.

**How an agent uses it.** Request a swap quote via API, send the input asset to the quoted address from its own wallet, receive the output to a self-custody address. No onboarding, no identity.

**Dependencies.** A self-custody wallet holding the input asset and the REST API or embeddable widget; no account, no KYC. No fiat — you send one crypto asset and receive another to your own address, across 200+ assets and 45+ networks.

**Gotchas.** Not as clean as a pure atomic swap (Boltz/SideSwap): an **automated risk-screening layer can flag a transaction and hold funds** (reported multi-day) and may request **KYC / source-of-funds** to release them — so "no-KYC" holds by default, not under duress. No fiat. Offshore — no consumer protection or recourse; the stablecoin output remains issuer-freezable. Rate/settlement risk on variable-rate swaps.

**Links.** [sideshift.ai](https://sideshift.ai) · [API docs](https://docs.sideshift.ai).
## For agents — connect

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- Automatability: `api-no-account`
- Pay with: lightning, onchain
- Auth: none
- API base: `https://sideshift.ai/api/v2`
- First call: Request a quote and create a shift via the REST API — no account; funds settle direct to the destination address (docs.sideshift.ai).
- In the marketplace directory: call `get_service` with slug `sideshift` at https://marketplace.bitcoineconomy.ai/mcp, or fetch https://marketplace.bitcoineconomy.ai/entries/sideshift.md
- This card as data: /exchanges/sideshift.md