Monero & OPSEC Library 2026 — Free + Paid Resources

B COMIT — BTC ↔ XMR Atomic Swap ●

The COMIT open protocol behind trustless BTC ↔ XMR atomic swaps. Research home; the active end-user implementation is EigenWallet.

fees Protocol page — no fees apply at this layer. Per-swap pricing depends on the implementation: see EigenWallet.

A Breaking Monero ●

Series by Sarang Noether walking through historical XMR weaknesses + how each was fixed.

fees Free · 12 episodes on YouTube

A MoneroKon ●

Annual conference. Archive of every talk from 2019 onward — protocol, OPSEC, policy.

fees Free · archive only, conference ticket separate

A Cypher Stack Research ●

Open audits + research papers on Monero, Firo, Salvium and other privacy protocols.

fees Free · public archive

A Zero to Monero ●

Technical deep-dive into XMR cryptography by koe + Sarang Noether + others.

fees Free PDF · ~250 pages

A EFF Surveillance Self-Defense ●

EFF's threat-model-driven OPSEC guides. Foundational reading for any privacy practitioner.

fees Free · EFF-maintained

B opsecosint.info ●

10-chapter OpSec + OSINT reference for crypto users. Threat models, wallets, blockchain analysis, phishing, SIM-swap, doxxing — plus interactive quizzes. Solo author, brand-new, hosted on Lovable.

A Privacy Guides ●

Community-driven privacy + OPSEC reference — covers email, DNS, browsers, mobile, threat models.

fees Free · community-maintained · accepts XMR donations

A getmonero.org / Library ●

Official Monero docs, user guides, and the Moneropedia glossary.

fees Free · community-maintained

A Mastering Monero ●

Free 300-page book by SerHack — the canonical reference for understanding XMR end-to-end.

fees Free PDF · paperback ~$30 on Amazon

A xmr-compass ●

Editorial diagnostic site — 7 questions, 6 tailored paths, 20 articles, 12-term glossary, 4 client-side tools. Transparent affiliate + audit revenue model. French-first.

fees Free. Editorial content + tools, no signup, no tracker. Operator transparency: Monero-native affiliates (Trocador, RetoSwap, hardware wallets) flagged at mention; xmrscout Telegram bot mentioned only in 3 of 6 personas; B2B UX audits as primary revenue.

A KYCnot.me ●

Comparative directory of swap services. Long-running independent reference for no-KYC exchanges.

fees Free · open-source · long-running

A Monero Outreach ●

Workgroup behind the most-shared 'Why Monero?' / 'Sound Money' explainers. Translation-first.

fees Free · CC-licensed · multi-language

A MoneroLogs ●

Web-rendered logs of the Monero dev IRC + Matrix rooms. Read what core devs are actually discussing.

fees Free · web · searchable · public log

B Monero Academy ●

Free Monero education from the Monerica project — beginner / intermediate / advanced course tracks, quizzes, threat-modeling and metadata-leak lessons. Sponsored by the same operators Monerica lists; no signup required to read.

A Monero Research Lab ●

Academic + community research papers on XMR cryptography. Heavyweight reading.

fees Free · academic archive

A xmrprice.live ●

Live XMR price + exchange "weather" — which engines are healthy right now.

fees Free · no signup

A Monero StackExchange ●

Q&A site for Monero — protocol, wallets, mining, dev. Best place to ask before bothering #monero-dev.

fees Free · reading anonymous · email signup to post

B wtf is XMR? ●

Friendly beginner's guide to Monero — 6 chapters, interactive quizzes, live Bitcoin-vs-Monero privacy simulator. By CR1337 (also runs Monero.Jobs).

fees Free — educational resource. No paywall, no signup, no email gate.