Monerica (Monero focused directory) has its main competition as kycnot.me, which lists various businesses and services with KYC information and details. KYCNot does not limit itself to Monero, it has Bitcoin, cash and somehow even fiat/ credit card payments. They even list some KYC services like Kraken.
Until late last year (2025), there was a huge feature gap with reviews, tags, search and filtering but Monerica has all of those now. There are tags for No KYC, Sometimes KYC and Always KYC. Monerica doesn't list very nuanced KYC details at the moment.
Despite Monerica having only Monero businesses, services and resources, it has currently 1,422 listings whereas KycNot has only 644 combined.
Monerica started in January 2022, whereas KycNot started in July 2020.
Both projects are open sourced.
For monetization, Monerica depends heavily on sponsors and to some lesser extent affiliate links. KycNot seems purely dependent on affiliate links although this is unclear since they paid for sponsorship of MoneroKon which is expensive. They may also be expecting swap aggregator affiliate income to make up for sponsorship.
For privacy, Monerica does not have JS or cookies, does not have accounts (PGP key used to arrive a thumbprint) and offers Tor. KycNot has JS and cookies, offers Tor and I2P, they have accounts issued by their site for reviews.
From a style and design standpoint, Monerica does not have images (except for flags) and has a mostly monochrome black, orange and link scheme. KycNot has a variety of colors and images.
Despite the more focused approach of Monerica, it seems somewhat more common to see people recommending KycNot over Monerica, even in Monero circles.
What exactly makes people, such as yourself, recommend KycNot over Monerica, in your opinion, and what would help make Monerica better?
The only non-negotiable is sponsorship, there is no way to run Monerica without it.
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