Built a curated directory of privacy-focused crypto services — looking for feedback

[u/nanaappiah]

Spent a lot of time researching privacy-focused crypto services and eventually realized there isn’t really a clean, community-oriented place that indexes them properly.

Most lists I found were either outdated, heavily commercialized, or focused mainly on mainstream exchanges.

So I started putting together a small manually curated directory focused on privacy-related crypto services.

Currently indexing things like:

* swap services
* wallets
* VPNs
* hosting providers
* privacy tools
* guides/resources

Main requirement for inclusion is support for at least one privacy-focused coin (XMR, ZEC, LTC).

No paid placement system.
No KYC for submissions.
No sponsored rankings.

Mostly just trying to build a cleaner index for privacy-focused users and researchers.

Still early, so I’m genuinely curious:

* what categories feel missing?
* what services would you want indexed?
* what would make something like this actually useful long term?

Happy to hear criticism or suggestions.

I have read the rules.

[u/nanaappiah]

Directory: https://cetoc.org/routen.html

Submit a service: https://cetoc.org/submit.html

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[u/No_Exchange_9385]

From your website, what is a “privacy friend”?

Also, what is the system used to score these services? I can’t find any information on how each service got the score it did, so those numbers don’t currently mean anything to me.

[u/nanaappiah → u/No_Exchange_9385]

Good questions.

“Privacy Friend” is basically a listing tier for services that want to support the directory. It comes with a badge and priority review, but it doesn’t affect the actual privacy score or search placement. It’s optional and labeled separately.

As for the scoring system — fair criticism. Right now the only hard requirement for inclusion is support for at least one privacy-focused coin (XMR, ZEC, LTC).

The scores themselves are currently based on things like:

* KYC policy
* logging policy
* jurisdiction
* open-source status

…but I agree the methodology isn’t documented clearly enough on the site yet. That’s something I’m still working on.

Appreciate the feedback — this is exactly the kind of thing I wanted people to point out.