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light kyc

Some user information is requested at signup (email, phone, name) but no government ID. Acceptable for some threat models; downgrades placement in xmr.club grading.

addy.io A /email

Open-source email-alias forwarder (the AnonAddy successor). Self-hostable, accepts crypto.

Largest crypto-funded gift-card marketplace — Amazon, Uber, eSIMs, mobile top-ups.

Bitwarden A /tools

Open-source cloud password manager. Optional self-host.

CakePay A /cards

Gift cards inside Cake Wallet — pay direct in XMR/BTC, no extra account.

Coldcard A /wallets

Bitcoin-only hardware wallet by Coinkite. Air-gapped via PSBT-on-SD. Reference signer for Bitcoin maxis.

Steel seed-phrase backup. Fire/water/EMP-resistant. One-time purchase.

FlokiNET A /hosting

Iceland / Netherlands / Romania. Privacy-friendly with strong DDoS handling.

Foundation Passport A /wallets

Air-gapped BTC hardware wallet. Camera-only QR signing, US-manufactured, open-source firmware.

Kagi A /search

Subscription search — no ads, no tracking, custom ranking. Best privacy-respecting paid option.

Monero StackExchange A /educational

Q&A site for Monero — protocol, wallets, mining, dev. Best place to ask before bothering #monero-dev.

Proton Mail A /email

Swiss-based encrypted email. Free tier; paid plans accept BTC.

Proton Pass A /tools

E2E password manager from Proton. Free tier, accepts crypto, includes 2FA + alias support.

Revuo Monero A /educational

Weekly Monero ecosystem digest — protocol news, CCS, dev updates.

SimpleLogin A /email

Email-alias forwarder. Hide your real address from every service.

Standard Notes A /tools

E2E-encrypted notes app. Open-source, audited, accepts crypto on paid tiers.

Trezor Suite A /wallets

Desktop UI for Trezor devices. BTC native, XMR / multi-coin via plugins, runs on Tor by default.

Tuta Mail A /email

German-based encrypted email. Open-source clients.

YubiKey 5 A /tools

Hardware FIDO2 / U2F / PIV / OpenPGP token. Phishing-resistant 2FA across every account that supports it.

AbeloHost B /hosting

Netherlands-based offshore dedicated + VPS. DMCA-resistant.

AirVPN B /vpns

Independent Italian operator. Accepts XMR, BTC, BCH, ETH, LTC, DOGE.

B.ai B /ai

Multi-channel LLM agent platform — Telegram, Discord, Feishu, WeCom, QQ bots.

BitLaunch B /hosting

Crypto-paid VPS reseller — DigitalOcean / Linode / Vultr backend.

BuyVM B /hosting

Long-running independent VPS — accepts BTC/XMR, Luxembourg + NYC + Las Vegas, free DDoS protection.

FixedFloat B /exchanges

Instant swap, no account. KYC may be requested on flagged transactions.

kyc.rip Cards B /cards

Prepaid card + gift-card aggregator. Routes orders across upstream issuers; wallet-funded checkout in XMR / BTC / USDT.

Ledger Nano B /wallets

Hardware wallet for Monero — secret stays on the device.

Mailfence B /email

Belgian E2E-encrypted mail with native OpenPGP keyring. Accepts BTC, custom domains supported.

OpenRouter B /ai

Multi-provider LLM API aggregator. Accepts crypto for top-ups.

Proton VPN B /vpns

Free tier exists; paid plans accept BTC. Email required at signup.

Riseup Mail B /email

Long-running activist email collective. Invitation-only.

Servarica B /hosting

Canadian VPS with big-disk plans. Pseudonymous accepted, BTC + XMR + Monero.

StartMail B /email

Dutch privacy-focused email. Paid only, accepts BTC.

Threema B /tools

Swiss paid one-time messenger. Phone-number optional, anonymous IDs, no metadata.

Trezor B /wallets

Hardware wallet — open-source firmware, XMR support via Monero GUI.

Trocador Prepaid B /cards

Trocador's prepaid-card aggregator — multiple issuers behind one purchase flow.

ChangeNow C /exchanges

WARNING — historical KYC-creep. Listed for comparison; not recommended. Historically no-KYC but routinely requests verification on flagged tx.

Windscribe C /vpns

Generous free tier, paid plans accept crypto, email optional.