Most platforms are built on ratings, stars, and reviews. It’s the first thing you see on almost every platform. But at Vexl, we do things differently — because we know trust doesn’t work like that.
Vexl is a peer-to-peer bitcoin app that lets you trade with people you know and trust — without ratings, reviews, or middlemen.
Here’s why you won’t see stars or public reviews on Vexl — and why we think that’s the right way to do it.
Imagine you’re in a new city and looking for a place to eat. The top-rated restaurant might not even serve food you like. High ratings don’t always mean it’s right for you.
It’s the same problem when you’re looking to trade bitcoin. A five-star rating tells you nothing about whether you can trust the person behind the offer. Ratings can be faked, bought, or manipulated, and bots make it even easier. Even if they are real, they don’t give you personal trust. You don’t know if that person is reliable for you, right now.
Most platforms rely on ratings because they don’t have a better way to measure trust and for peer-to-peer trades, ratings create more problems than they solve.
The Hidden Cost of Ratings
Besides being misleading, ratings create a huge privacy problem. To run a rating system, we’d have to track every trade, every interaction, and who traded with whom. That would mean keeping a database of every user’s transaction history and behavior — basically, a map of everyone’s trading life.
We refuse to take on that kind of responsibility — and you shouldn’t want us to.
Because here’s the truth: any database of that kind will eventually leak, be hacked, or be handed over under pressure. If we stored and displayed user ratings, we would automatically become a honeypot of sensitive data — and that goes against everything Vexl stands for.
Vexl is private by design. We don’t track, we don’t store, and we don’t share. Your network is yours. Your trades stay between you and the other person — like cash in real life.
That’s why Vexl works on a different kind of trust — real reputational trust.
Instead of ratings, Vexl is built on your social graph (web of trust.)Imagine a network where every connection is a handshake, not a number. On Vexl, your trades are built on real relationships — friends, friends of friends, trusted connections. If you’re unsure about someone, you can ask the friend who connects you. It’s trust, the way it’s meant to work.
You might be wondering, "What if I don’t have a large network? How does Vexl work for me?" The answer is simple: your web of trust grows organically, just like real-life relationships. Even if your network is small today, every connection you make on Vexl is meaningful. Over time, your network expands naturally, bringing you more opportunities to trade with people you can trust.
So no, you won’t see star ratings or reviews on Vexl — because we believe trust comes from real relationships, not public scores that can be manipulated.
Vexl is for people who want to trade bitcoin in a way that’s truly peer-to-peer — human, private, and safe. It’s for those who value privacy and real trust over impersonal scores and middlemen.
Your network is your power. Start trading on Vexl and see how trust works when it’s personal. Join thousands of users who’ve already made the switch to a better way to trade bitcoin — private, secure, and built on real trust.
