Genuine question: is robosats better than bisq and how? I have been using bisq lately and it is far from instant but is reliable and cost-effective.
If I had to give an award to the best application of the Bitcoin ecosystem (With nostr:npub1psm37hke2pmxzdzraqe3cjmqs28dv77da74pdx8mtn5a0vegtlas9q8970 permission), it would undoubtedly be Robosats.
Maximum privacy, maximum simplicity and simply effectiveness.
Bitcoin without kyc at market price, I have rarely paid a premium of more than 2%, I usually pay between 0% and 1%.
If you keep using kyc exchanges which in many cases are more expensive than Robosats, you suffer some kind of delay, like when they ask you for selfies by sticking a finger in your ass while holding your ID or the new travel rule.
Be fucking free, don't ask for permission.
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Discussion
Bisq is undoubtedly the king, it has a brutal volume of about 3000 bitcoins per year.
But for a novice it is complicated, I can not recommend it.
Robosats on the other hand is very simple and instantaneous and like Bisq focuses on privacy.
The main difference of use that I give them is the amount of Bitcoin to trade, ie, in robosats orders range from 10 dollars / euros to 4000 approximately, in Bisq the average size of the orders are usually much higher.
The reason is also simple, Robosats is Lightning, and the liquidity of users' wallets is not usually high, for large transactions Bisq is better unless both use Lightning Custodial wallets.
It you're just doing small swaps Robosats is better.
But since LN payment regularly fail transferring larger sums
if you need to do a bigger trade,
or use a payment method that doesn't settle quickly
(cant do cash by mail over Robosats!)
Bisq is where its at.