# Should Have Used Monero

Category: media · Archives
Grade: B
KYC: anonymous_signup
Highlights: FREE, ARCHIVE, NO-JS, NO-COOKIES
Fees: Free
Web: https://shouldhaveusedmonero.com
Contact: X: https://x.com/OrangeFren
Last verified: 2026-10-10
Operating since: 2026-09 (0y) — Domain registered 2026-09-06 (Verisign RDAP); public launch announced by @OrangeFren 2026-10-10.
Also listed at: Monerica

> A sourced timeline of the times transparent crypto burned someone: frozen stablecoins, traced Bitcoin, seized wallets. Free, static, no cookies.

## Review

**The "should have used Monero" meme, turned into a sourced archive.** It's one long timeline, from Mt. Gox in 2014 to this week, of the times coins on a transparent chain got someone frozen, traced or seized. There were 52 entries at launch in October 2026, each with a date, a short write-up and a link to the source (news reports, court filings, or the original post on X). You can filter it by coin: Bitcoin, stablecoins, Ethereum, Litecoin and fiat.

**Why it's useful.** When someone asks why privacy matters for money, this answers with cases instead of theory. Tether and Circle freezing wallets, including a payments company suing over a $2.76M USDT freeze; exchanges banning users over months-old CoinJoin deposits; analytics firms tracing "self-custodied" coins. It's a quick way to show a skeptic how often this actually happens.

**What to know.** It's run by OrangeFren, the no-KYC swap directory, and the footer links to their swap. It sticks to the meme's history, so alongside ordinary people's frozen funds you'll also find darknet-market busts and ransomware cases. It's new (the domain dates from September 2026), so its track record for keeping up and correcting entries is still short.

**How it's built.** It's a single static page. It says no trackers and no cookies; the only outside request is Google Fonts. The whole timeline is readable as plain HTML with JavaScript off, and the coin filters and running tally work when it's on.

Source: https://xmr.club/media/should-have-used-monero