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Monero, as for wallets Monero.com and Monerujo are your best bets for now.
as much as I love moneroju I have been having problems with it recently. The wallet mysteriously crashes and sends don't work consistently. Would not recommend at this time, but I have no doubts the team is working to fix this. I hate to talk shit as the moneroju guys are dedicated, goodwilled and innovative, but I don't want someone to have a bad experience. Perhaps download it and use it but don't rely on it
Strange. Mine is not doing that. Hopefully it gets fixed for you.
buy it from monero.com? redirects me to guardian
No, there is a monero.com wallet on play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.monero.app and on fdroid via a custom repository. Its on the IOS app store as well if you own one of those https://apps.apple.com/us/app/monero-com-by-cake-wallet/id1601990386
Confusing but the official site is not monero.com but www.getmonero.org, where you can see the full list of officially suggested wallets. Official GUI is a safe option. Feather is also good, Electrum-like.
Cake (Monero.com) is one of the suggested options too & is popular, but certainly not “most private“. With Feather, you can do everything over Tor, more privacy-friendly.
Most Monero users only use non-custodial wallets; so they just say “wallets” meaning that. Technically running a local node yourself is the most secure & private—though this option is not for everyone.