# Monero privacy rating

Cryptocurrency that hides the sender, receiver and amount of every transaction by default, using ring signatures, stealth addresses and RingCT.

## Summary

Monero scores 100 out of 100 (grade A) on the private cryptocurrencies criteria. It meets 4 of 4 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and independent audit.

- Website: https://www.getmonero.org
- Source code: https://github.com/monero-project/monero
- Home page trackers: Cloudflare Web Analytics (cookieless analytics)
- Category: [Private cryptocurrencies](https://privacyratings.com/cryptocurrencies/)
- Grade: A (100/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | Yes | BSD-3-Clause and MIT. | https://github.com/monero-project/monero/blob/master/LICENSE |
| No trackers or telemetry | Yes | The website privacy policy describes only standard server logs, and the wallet and node software contain no telemetry. | https://www.getmonero.org/legal/ |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Community project funded by donations through the Community Crowdfunding System, with no ads. | https://ccs.getmonero.org |
| Independent audit | Yes | Trail of Bits published a full review of cryptography changes to the Monero codebase for the FCMP++ upgrade. Other protocol components have older audits. | https://github.com/trailofbits/publications/blob/master/reviews/2026-07-magicgrants-monerofcmp++crypto-securityreview.pdf |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/cryptocurrencies/monero/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/cryptocurrencies/monero.md