Guides, tutorials, and news about Monero and cryptocurrency privacy
A step-by-step 2026 guide to running a self-custodied Monero wallet on GrapheneOS — choosing a Pixel, picking a wallet app, connecting over Tor, and backing up your 25-word seed safely.
Keep your XMR keys on a device that never touches a network. This guide builds an air-gapped Monero cold wallet using the hot/cold signing split — watch-only online, spend key offline — with verified binaries and Tor.
Reusing one Monero address is a self-inflicted privacy leak. Learn how subaddresses work, why they replaced payment IDs, and a free, scalable workflow to keep every XMR payment unlinkable in 2026.
Churning means spending Monero back to yourself to bury a tainted output under fresh decoy rings. Learn how many times to churn in 2026, how to time it right, and why FCMP++ is about to make the whole technique a footnote.
Tails OS runs in RAM and forces every connection through Tor. This tutorial shows how to install a persistent Monero wallet on Tails, verify the binaries, and sync safely through a remote .onion node.
Whonix vs Tails for Monero privacy compared: amnesic USB versus isolated VMs. See how each hides your IP over Tor, handles wallet syncing, and contains malware — plus how to run a Monero wallet on both in 2026.
Surveillance firms gave up on cracking Monero's math and started running spy nodes that log your IP and transaction timing instead. Here's how to spot them in 2026 — and how Tor and your own node shut the leak down.
Pairing a Ledger or Trezor with a remote node gives you cold-storage Monero security without a 200 GB sync. Here is exactly what the node operator can see, why your keys stay safe, and how to route the connection over Tor.
A Monero hardware wallet passphrase turns one recovery seed into unlimited hidden wallets. Learn how it differs from your PIN, why a forgotten one is gone for good, and the exact steps to set it up safely.
