Glossary
No-KYC phone number
Definition
A phone line activated without submitting any identity document, legal name, address or payment card.
Why it matters
KYC — know your customer — is the identity verification regulated providers must perform. A no-KYC number is one sold outside that regime, typically by a reseller leasing carrier ranges and settling in cryptocurrency. It is a real, dialable number; the absence is of paperwork, not of function.
Related terms
- KYCKnow Your Customer: a regulatory duty to verify identity before a service is provided.
- DID numberA Direct Inward Dialing number reaches a specific endpoint directly, without a switchboard; each one is individually routable.
- Virtual phone numberA real, dialable number. Its calls and messages terminate to software instead of to a SIM card in a handset.
Related reading
Part of the HushSMS glossary — 18 terms defined.