Privacy Forums 2026 — Tor-First Communities

A Dread

Tor-only Reddit-style forum. Best harm-reduction + market-review community in the no-KYC space. DNM-adjacent.

fees Free · Tor-only · anonymous signup

B Pitch

Tor-only forum, lighter-weight Dread alternative. Anonymous registration, sub-forums, DNM-adjacent.

fees Free · Tor-only · anonymous signup

A Libera Chat #monero ●

IRC home of the Monero project. Bridged to the Matrix space — same conversations, different transport.

fees Free · IRC · Tor-friendly

A Monero Project Matrix Space ●

Official Monero community over Matrix. #monero, #monero-research-lab, #monero-dev, plus a dozen sub-rooms.

fees Free · Matrix federation · IRC bridge

B Monero Forum ●

Self-hosted Monero discussion forum — a Scam Reports board where users actually name and shame, a Tor mirror that works, and optional-email registration. Pseudonymous admin, no published privacy policy or forum rules.

fees Free to browse and post. No paid tiers, no subscription, no sponsored placement beyond a single Your-ad-here slot.

A #Monero on Mastodon ●

Fediverse hashtag view. Cross-instance, lower volume than X/Reddit, stays on-topic.

fees Free · pick any instance · self-host if you want

A #monero on Nostr ●

Nostr is a decentralized protocol — follow the #monero hashtag from any Nostr client. No accounts; key-pair identity.

fees Free · key-pair identity · BYO relay

B r/Monero ●

Mainline Monero subreddit. Long-form questions, news threads, market chatter. Use a privacy front-end (Libreddit / Redlib) for read access.

fees Free · email-only signup · third-party front-ends for privacy reads

C r/xmrtrader ●

Trading + price-focused Monero subreddit. Higher noise; useful as a sentiment thermometer.

fees Free · email-only signup