# KYC is the illicit activity, so why does bisq support KYC? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [September 29, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/kyc-is-the-illicit-activity-so-why-does-bisq-support-kyc/11115 "2021-09-29T13:21:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![tieck](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/tieck/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@tieck](https://bisq.community/u/tieck)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 7:58am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/kyc-is-the-illicit-activity-so-why-does-bisq-support-kyc/11115/17 "2021-10-03T07:58:09Z")
> How would you define this though. I would implement it as an additional field in the account settings: - natural person (NP) - juristic person (JP) Filling out this field would be self-declaration. Failing to declare it correctly makes the trade open to penalties in the mediation process. In this scenario an account would have a country and legal status as well as a list of accepted countries and legal status. In the offer book the offers will only match if the country and the legal status are matching. Examples 1: - Account setting of maker: Country DE, Legal status: NP, accepted countries DE, FR, accepted legal status NP - Account settings of taker: Country DE, Legal status JP - Result: Does not match (trade greyed out) Examples 2: - Account setting of maker: Country DE, Legal status: NP, accepted countries DE, FR, accepted legal status NP, JP - Account settings of taker: Country FR, Legal status JP - Result: Matches, because maker accepts FR and JP Related to this suggestion is also this thread [Trader doesn't fill his full name bei SEPA](https://bisq.community/t/trader-doesnt-fill-his-full-name-bei-sepa/10491) If a fake name is used in the account setting, then the legal status can not be determined by the trading partners and would end up in mediation as well. --- _[View the full topic](https://bisq.community/t/kyc-is-the-illicit-activity-so-why-does-bisq-support-kyc/11115)._