Privacy coins
Coins built to hide amounts, senders or recipients.
Each entry quotes the project's own description.
Order: what the tool asks of you (nothing, an account, ID), then open code before closed code, then A to Z. Affiliate links and sponsors never change it.
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Firo
Asks of you: nothing Code: open source- Describes itself as a digital currency focused on privacy, built on Lelantus Spark.
- Says balances, history and recipients are hidden by default.
- MIT license.
Visit Firo Latest release: 2026-10-16 Checked 2026-10-19
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Monero
Asks of you: nothing Code: open source- Describes itself as a private, decentralised cryptocurrency that keeps finances confidential.
- Source code on GitHub.
Visit Monero Latest release: 2026-10-17 Checked 2026-10-19
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Zcash
Asks of you: nothing Code: open source- Describes itself as encrypted electronic cash and the first cryptocurrency with zero-knowledge encryption.
- Wallets named on its site: Zodl (Zashi) and Edge.
- The original zcash/zcash repository on GitHub is archived.
Visit Zcash Checked 2026-10-19
See also
- VPN providers
- Tor and anonymous networks
- Encrypted DNS
- VPN and Tor leak tests
- Router and firewall software
- Bitcoin wallets
- Hardware wallets
- Monero wallets
- CoinJoin tools
- Private payments
- Operating systems for computers
- Operating systems for phones
- Private e-mail providers
- E-mail alias services
- All tools
- How we check
- How we make money