# Is Haven private? Yes, because Haven is based on the Monero codebase it inherits all of its privacy features. Monero was chosen as it is widely considered to be the leading privacy focused cryptocurrency in the space and has a very active group of developers working on continuous improvement of the protocol. **• Ring Signatures-** are used to hide the identity of the sender of a transaction **• Ring Confidential Transactions (RingCT)-** are used to obscure the amount of coins in any transaction **• Stealth Addresses-** are used to hide the identity of the person (address) receiving any funds Haven's privacy features are by default and are integral to the codebase, therefore it is not possible to accidentally make a transparent transaction. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://wiki.havenprotocol.org/faq/overview/is-haven-private.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.