The directory carries everything that meets the rubric. Picks is a tighter subset — entries the curator actually uses, end-to-end tested in the last quarter, with no open caveats.
Venice.ai /ai Uncensored LLM API — pay in BTC / LN / VVV token. No identity required.
CakePay /cards Gift cards inside Cake Wallet — pay direct in XMR/BTC, no extra account.
Mastering Monero /educational Free 300-page book by SerHack — the canonical reference for understanding XMR end-to-end.
Privacy Guides /educational Community-driven privacy + OPSEC reference — covers email, DNS, browsers, mobile, threat models.
Proton Mail /email Swiss-based encrypted email. Free tier; paid plans accept BTC.
Haveno /exchanges Decentralised P2P XMR exchange. Open-source successor to Bisq for Monero.
Trocador /exchanges Long-running no-KYC aggregator. XMR-friendly, Tor mirror, broad coin support.
Monero Project Matrix Space /forums Official Monero community over Matrix. #monero, #monero-research-lab, #monero-dev, plus a dozen sub-rooms.
Njalla VPS /hosting Same operator as Njalla DNS — anonymous accounts, accepts XMR / BTC / LTC.
Monero /mixers Every Monero transaction is private by default. No coin to mix; it's already mixed.
Self-hosted (run your own) /nodes The reference setup. Five minutes on any VPS or home server; trustless wallet operation.
Kagi /search Subscription search — no ads, no tracking, custom ranking. Best privacy-respecting paid option.
SearXNG /search Privacy-respecting metasearch. Aggregates 70+ engines locally on your server.
Silent.link /sims Anonymous eSIM with a phone number. Crypto-only signup, no ID.
Ghost Chat /tools End-to-end encrypted messaging over Nostr relays. PGP-encrypted payloads, no accounts, no servers, no logs.
GrapheneOS /tools Hardened Android for Pixel hardware. Verified boot, sandboxed Play Services, no Google account required.
SimpleX Chat /tools Decentralised messenger with no user IDs at all. The only major messenger that doesn't identify users.
Tails OS /tools Live USB OS that routes all traffic through Tor by default.
mempool.space /tools Self-hostable Bitcoin block + mempool explorer. Reference UX for inspecting on-chain activity.
monero.fail /tools Live monitor of public Monero remote nodes. Sortable by uptime, country, transport. Onion mirror + JSON API.
Mullvad VPN /vpns Account number only — no email, name, or any identifier required. Pay in cash, XMR, BTC, or card.
Cake Wallet /wallets Mobile + desktop multi-coin wallet (XMR, BTC, LTC, ETH) with in-app swap + CakePay.
Feather Wallet /wallets Lightweight XMR desktop wallet — fast sync via remote node, Tor/Onion friendly.
Monerujo /wallets Reference Android Monero wallet. F-Droid, open-source, point at your own node or trusted remote.
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