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Heroes

Open-source projects, public datasets, and ecosystem actors this directory would not exist without. No paid placements, no quid pro quo — these are the people the curator team owes a beer.

Privacy + crypto upstream

  • The Monero core team — the protocol that makes the rest of this directory meaningful. getmonero.org.
  • Tor Project — the network layer behind onion mirrors + the hardened browser we recommend. torproject.org.
  • I2P — the second network layer for hidden services, particularly common in the Monero remote-node ecosystem. geti2p.net.
  • kycnot.me — closest peer directory, generous with cross-reference signals.
  • Monerica — broader ecosystem mapping, fewer grades, useful complement.
  • PrivacyGuides — adjacent reference list, especially on non-crypto privacy tools.

Infrastructure

  • Cloudflare Workers + D1 — runtime + database for this directory. Edge caching, content rules, all of it. (For all the rightful criticism of CF's centralisation, the free tier + edge cache are how we keep the site no-paywall and Tor-fast.)
  • Vite + React + Tailwind — the SPA bundle.
  • cloakbrowser — Playwright-based onion-probe harness that survives Tor + CF challenge pages where plain httpx fails.
  • monero.fail — public Monero node directory cross-referenced for the extended /nodes listings.

Standards we follow

  • Schema.org — every page emits one or more JSON-LD blocks; full DefinedTermSet at /glossary.
  • llms.txt — emerging convention for AI-readable site indexes; our implementation at /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt.
  • ai.txt — Spawning AI policy file convention; at /ai.txt.
  • JSON Feed 1.1 — modern JSON twin of Atom; powers /feed.json + /feed/audit.json.
  • RFC 9116 (security.txt) — researcher contact published at /.well-known/security.txt.
  • reproducible-builds.org — the bar we hold wallet binaries to.

Datasets we consume

  • Operator-published Onion-Location headers — daily probed for the onion audit.
  • Reproducible-build attestations — referenced in verify-wallet-binary.
  • Per-provider public privacy policies + audits — read end-to-end before each grade.

Want to be listed here?

This is a thank-you list, not a sponsorship slot. Sponsorship is at /sponsor; that adds your placement to the directory itself, with the SPONSORED chip. /heroes is for projects that made the directory possible — DM @xbtoshi if you think we should add you and you haven't been.