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.

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

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