A research firm that cannot leak data it never collected.
PRZC Research accepts Monero only. No cards, no KYC, email optional. This page explains why we made that choice and what it means for you in practice.
What we don't collect
A research transaction is a signal. Who is looking at which sector, at which target, at which regulatory theme — that itself is competitive information. The safest way to protect that signal is to never create the record in the first place.
- No card details. We never handle them. They never touch our servers.
- No KYC. No ID scan, no proof of address, no selfie, no "source of funds" questionnaire.
- No phone number. No SMS verification.
- No real name required. Your display name is whatever you set it to.
- No third-party analytics. No Google Analytics, no Meta pixel, no Intercom, no Segment. Our dashboards run on our own data, on our own servers.
- No ad retargeting. You will not see us following you around the internet.
What we do
- One-time Monero addresses per payment. Each top-up generates a fresh receiving address. There is no master wallet balance that ties your payments together.
- Email is used only for magic-link sign-in. Optional. You can also sign in via password. We do not market to you unless you explicitly opt in on the member page.
- Seychelles IBC. PRZC Research is registered as an International Business Company in Seychelles. UK, EU, and US subpoenas do not reach a Seychelles IBC as a matter of routine administrative demand.
- Telegram relay for expert sessions. Experts never see your identity. Messages flow through a server-side bridge that substitutes pseudonymous handles on both ends.
- No identity disclosed to experts. Payouts to experts are handled by PRZC separately from your account. The expert does not know who commissioned their time.
Why Monero-only
Accepting cards would require us to become a payment processor's customer. That chain ends somewhere with your name, address, card number, and transaction history sitting in a database — a database that PRZC is contractually obligated to cooperate with when that processor gets subpoenaed, audited, or compromised.
We would rather not hold that database. We would rather not be in a position to cooperate.
We considered keeping card rails alongside Monero. We decided not to. Half-private is not private — the moment a card option exists, the identity-linked path becomes the path of least friction, and the positioning collapses. Monero-only is the only honest version.
If Monero volume proves this audience can settle without fiat rails, we stay Monero-only. If it does not, we will reconsider — but we will say so here, publicly, before we do.
Practical: how to acquire Monero
If you have never held Monero before, this takes about ten minutes. You do not need to become a crypto hobbyist.
Cake Wallet
Mobile-first Monero wallet with built-in XMR buy flow via third-party on-ramps. iOS, Android, desktop.
Feather Wallet
Lightweight desktop Monero wallet, open-source, no registration. Windows, macOS, Linux.
Kraken / Bitfinex
Major exchanges that still list XMR. Buy, withdraw to your wallet, done. KYC is on the exchange side, not ours.
ChangeNow / SideShift
Non-custodial swap services. Convert BTC, ETH, USDT → XMR without an account.
Haveno / Bisq
Peer-to-peer, no account required. Steeper learning curve; strongest privacy posture.
On the wallet side
At checkout, PRZC gives you a receiving address and an amount in XMR. Paste both into your wallet, send, we confirm.
The deal, in one paragraph
You use a name of your choosing. You pay in Monero. We deliver research. Neither side holds data that can be used against the other. If you want a paper trail for an accountant, export the invoices from your member area — they exist, they are just not shared with anyone else. If you want the strongest anonymity set available for this kind of work, it exists here.