Heroes

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, 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.
• Cake / Monerujo / Feather maintainers — the wallets we test against. Three design philosophies; all defended.
• Bisq + Haveno contributors — P2P fiat ↔ crypto that survives KYC pressure. Both took recent hits; both rebuilding in public.
• Researchers behind FROST / FCMP++ — Pushing the crypto floor higher. We track + write up what they ship.

Full peer-directory recommendations + how to use them: see /peers.

Infrastructure

• Cloudflare Workers + D1 — runtime + database. Edge caching, content rules, all of it. The free tier + edge cache are how we keep the site no-paywall and Tor-fast.
• Astro + React — SSR-first renderer with React islands. Replaces the original Vite + React SPA bundle (v1 worker).
• cloakbrowser — Playwright-based onion-probe harness that survives Tor + CF challenge pages.
• 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 AI-readable site index convention; /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt.
• ai.txt — Spawning AI policy file convention; /ai.txt.
• JSON Feed 1.1 — modern JSON twin of Atom; powers /feed.json + /feed/audit.json.
• RFC 9116 (security.txt) — researcher contact 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 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 you to the directory itself with the SPONSORED chip. /heroes is for projects that made the directory possible — DM @xmrclub_bot if you think we should add you and you haven't been.