§ All reviews · rubric v2.7
Every service, graded.
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Service
Chains / Rails
KYC
Grade
#01
Tor Browser — Anonymity browser routing traffic over the Tor network
LEGIT
● TOR
L0 · trustless
A+
#02
Tails — Amnesic Debian live OS that boots from USB and forces all traffic through Tor.
LEGIT
● TOR
L0 · trustless
A+
#03
Monero — Decentralised, open-source cryptocurrency with mandatory on-chain privacy: ring signatures, stealth addresses, and RingCT.
LEGIT
● XMR
L0 · trustless
A+
#04
Coldcard — Air-gapped Bitcoin-only hardware signing device
TRUSTED
● BTC
L0 · trustless
A
#05
SimpleX Chat — Decentralised messenger with no phone, email, or user IDs.
LEGIT
L0 · trustless
A
#06
GrapheneOS — De-Googled hardened Android OS · no account, no telemetry
LEGIT
L0 · trustless
A
#07
Feather Wallet — Open-source Monero desktop wallet with built-in Tor and hardware wallet support.
LEGIT
● XMR
● TOR
L0 · trustless
A
#08
Trezor — Open-source hardware wallet line · no account to use, a shipping address to buy
CAUTION
● BTC
● LN
● ETH
● SOL
L0 · trustless
A
#09
BasicSwap — Particl-built cross-chain atomic-swap DEX. You run the nodes; the protocol does the swap. No signup, no custody, no operator.
TRUSTED
● XMR
● BTC
● TOR
L0 · trustless
A
#10
Haveno — Decentralised Monero-base P2P exchange forked from Bisq, with 2-of-3 multisig escrow over Tor.
TRUSTED
● XMR
● BTC
● ETH
● CASH
● SEPA
L0 · trustless
A
#11
RoboSats — Federated peer-to-peer Lightning bitcoin exchange. Single-use robot avatars, no signup, Tor-only by default, AGPL-3.0 since 2022.
TRUSTED
● BTC
● LN
● TOR
L0 · trustless
A-
#12
Bisq — P2P multisig BTC exchange, no signup, AGPLv3, since 2014
TRUSTED
● BTC
● XMR
● SEPA
● CASH
L0 · trustless
A-
#13
THORChain — Decentralised Layer-1 for native cross-chain swaps via TSS.
CAUTION
● BTC
● ETH
L0 · trustless
B