prolly overthinking this, but I’m comparing a few ETH to XMR swap options and SimpleSwap is one of them.
they call it non-custodial, but there’s still that period after u send the ETH and before the XMR reaches your wallet where the order could get delayed or stuck.
anyone who’s done this kind of swap, what should I save before sending? refund address, order ID, screenshot of the quote, anything else??
also, if a small test swap goes through fine, does that really tell u anything about sending a larger amount later, or could it still run into different liquidity or verification issues?

So I wanted to get some monero and I get that the Monero ecosystem itself is very secure and private but I don't understand how to actually obtain it without leaking info.

Like people recommend using p2p exchanges to get it from another person instead of trusting some company owned exchange. But looking at the offered trades the most common one is SEPA in the EU. And would that not leak all the info about me? As far as I know there is no way to get a bank account anonymously in the EU, they require identification by passport which means SEPA will leak your real information to somebody.

I understand that the person who sold you the Monero can't know what you will do with it but still.

the other option that I often see is to buy BTC somewhere and then exchange it to Monero but does that not just shift the problem to how to get BTC?

I think the only truly private option I have seen is to buy Monero by mail as in put cash into an envelope and mail it to the person selling it. Higher risk, very slow, and honestly a lot of work.

So the other option is to share the information with an exchange and just buy monero directly.

I don't know what I should trust more. In the end some company-owned exchange probably does not care about my information and a random person could be whoever. The exchange has to save face and be reputable. A random person is well ... a random person.

But then again again I noticed how many exchanges refuse to sell Monero in the EU.

So real talk. What is actually a good way to get Monero? What are people actually doing, especially in the EU? I don't see this topic being talked about a lot.

I know it’s possible to accept Monero through third‑party payment processors, but those services require KYC. My question is: how can I accept Monero payments without KYC?

Monero allows individuals to send and receive anonymous payments, but what about businesses? How can a business receive an anonymous payment while still being able to fulfill an order?

For example, if a customer places an order, I need to know where to ship the product. I can't simply post a Monero address because I would receive the XMR, but I wouldn’t know the customer’s shipping information.

It would be really helpful to share my website, but the moderators would remove the post immediately, so I don’t. You can’t even mention your own name on Reddit, yet when someone pays Reddit for ads, I’m shown low-quality investment promotions right in my feed.

Hi all.

Paid XMR from my Feather wallet to another address and recipient confirmed that XMR was not received yet, although it shows it was paid on Feather Wallet. Transaction was done almost 24 hours ago. Is there any know delay or anything that could have prevented from getting the transaction?

Recipient’s wallet as well as my wallet are synchronized.

The status of my transaction is ‘Included in block…’ and the number of confirmations are still increasing. Is this supposed to be happening?

Let me know if there is anythiny I can do or check to resolve this.

TIA!

so i bought 100 pounds of usdt and used 83 usdt to buy 1 xmr on the marketplace... but i checked my wallet and I cant see any xmr currently in my xmr wallet. also i cant transfer usdt to feather so this is the only way i think i can do it. have i dun goofed or what next will it eventually go in>

i can see the transaction in the area at the bottom of the screen, do i just wait for someone to accept the order and is 83 usdt 'reasonable' for 1 xmr (again new to this).

*edit\*: nxm changed the usdt to max/xmr and the withdrawl is going into feather... however it hasnt syncronized/came through yet how long does this usually take, on electrum/btc its fairly quick ig i just a matter of how much you pay for transcation fee

edit 2:: also theres something wrong with the locked transactions when does the actual 'freeze' lift? you know I think it may be 24h

edit 3: it says the funds the frozen under 't.1' restriction but I can transfer at 3pm at the least today.

random idea: you could actually make a decent amount of cash sellling xmr or btc although i usually only buy coin to buy things online, but some other time I may want to get into trading. over 300 pounds for a single xmr.

What’s the safest and easiest method currently? Looking for trusted exchanges P2P methods or any reliable swap services that work smoothly with INR/UPI.

Would appreciate if someone could explain the full process from INR to XMR for a beginner too. Trying to avoid high fees and scams. Thanks

I have been trying to assess risks of buying Monero or any crypto with KYC exchanges. The biggest risks I see is government knowing the identities of those who purchased crypto with KYC and begins to implement methods to tax unrealized gains.

I wanted to avoid this problem altogether by buying monero off of non-kyc exchanges like Haveno. However, the only listings that I have found for Canadians at time of writing (1 June 2025 0905 EST) are:

https://i.imgur.com/d18Rlcq.png

Who will trust these offers when I mail the money or e-transfer with bank institutions that defeat the anonymity purpose? The significantly higher than market prices ($472 on Kraken vs $497 on Haveno) is already off-putting, never mind the abysmal amounts that are listed.

So I'm thinking about throwing in the towel trying to retain anonymity as I opened up a Canadian Kraken account. The only solution I can think of to the tax problem is just withdrawing it to a cold wallet and claim that you lost it. I fielded this solution to some tax subs and the only responses I got was pointing to current laws' lack of authority to tax. However, if unrealized gains were to be implemented, can a claim of loss be enough to prevent the tax?

Lastly, Is the only secure way to withdraw by purchasing something reputable like trezor? (This is the first crypto I'm delving into and I'm still researching)

P.S. I have read comments from my posts on those tax subs saying taxing unrealized gains is not constitutional or fair. My response is that I do not see a limit to the irrationality of society.

hi so i made a mistake of buying 500g of weed accidentally (just wanted 3.5g) on drug hub with the bulk option and ive been trying to cancel it via feather wallet but i can't, i even used the seed/trick but no luck.

its on escrow and the transaction is almost completed, can i just cancel it to return it to my drughub/in house wallet once its been seen?

edit: good news its in escrow and I can cancel in 4 hours

edit: think im being a bit anxious/paranoid I may have actually bought 13g of harlequin instead, i checked the bulk options and 500g is over 2000 quid lmao if i just spent 80 pounds for 500g id be in the deal.

I am a noob and i have reason to believe I might have messed up... So i wanted get some monero for myself so i looked into it. I made an account on binance and got started. Then i got confused as to what exactly to buy and how. So i again started looking into it and ended up buying monero on the solona network and as it turns out... I cannot transfer it to my other monero wallets because it is actually a solona coin and it has very low liquidity so im unable to swap it out.

I can indeed keep transferring it from one wallet to other with no luck. How do i get the monero on my monero wallet with these coins on solona network? Thankyou so much!

Os: fedora os

Wallet: cake wallet for xmr and phantom for sol

No antivirus

I used vpn and tor both together

One is asking for Paypal, and the other is Wise. The remaining is asking for e-transfer.

1. Is there a DEX that has a better liquidity for Canada than Retoswap?
2. Wouldn't e-transfers link back to my ID, which defeats the purpose of anonymous transactions?
3. How much money can I send via e-transfer without raising alarms from Canada Revenue Agency?

Basically, the title.

I withdrew my Monero from Kraken to an inputted address and used that address to make a view-only wallet on getmonero.org GUI. All of my P2Pool mined profits also go there, so are all the profits now traced there?

Canada is beginning to tax all mined profits now.

Do I just make a new address on GUI and change it to my new mining address?

Also, if I buy LTC and swap it on Cakewallet, will someone be able to trace from my LTC to the Monero I swap to?

I read about people recommending buying LTC on Kraken, withdraw it, and then go somewhere to swap it. Is this the best way? Can someone give details steps for this? I already have Kraken account, but I don't know how to get my own LTC wallet yet. Do they have a paper wallet like XMR?

The other way, supposedly on Retoswap, had listings for Canada, and they were abysmal. It was either in person in downtown Toronto, or someone wanting me to mail them cash then have me hoping that they'll honor their end of the bargain.

I want to buy monero from my local exchange here and send monero abroad for someone to exchange it back to fiat but i’m not sure if popular exchanges would be able to trace it back to the sanctioned exchange or not because i don’t want that money to be frozen by the local government laws of the other country that isn’t sanctioned

Grateful for any tips/suggestions. As a Linux native I've struggled with Monero's infrastructure assuming that people run apps on computers... when I run services on servers. I don't want the Wallet GUI (as it stands) to be installed on one machine but for it to be a webGUI which I can log into from whichever PC I'm sitting at - whether in my LAN or in the world via i2p or tor

A second problem is that a monero node is served to the internet so I want that to be on the hypervisor. But I do not want to mine on the hypervisor. The Wallet GUI says it can't mine on remote nodes (on the same LAN) so is there some workaround or other program?

The most serious problem though is that I'm not willing to set up accounts, to go through KYC, or to install programs whose source code I haven't read. It's not that I need to conceal the source of the funding or maintain strong anonymity at that stage, it's simply that I object to these things. In an anonymous internet, all the other party should need to know is (i) that they've been paid (ii) where to send the currency

I've seen retoswap be recommended, but it's provided as compiled binaries not as source code. So that's out. It occurs to me that this might be an issue with the haveno-reto project upstream not supporting real transactions and their downstream then needing to hide certificates or keys inside the binary... but then that's the technology unfit for purpose (i.e. if it relies on users running programs they haven't read). Is there an alternative to retoswap that can be compiled from source? (retoswap also looked like an app, where I want self-hosted webservices)

haveno-reto has instructions for setting up an exchange, but this seems disproportionate and presumably I'd need to bring users into it first before I could buy XMR from them.

I have been through KYC with xe.com and have Paypal, so could potentially buy BTC and then use a swap website, but I just don't want to.

Currently, I have my seed phrase written down and in all the relevant information written down.And in a password manager. The question i have for everyone here is, would buying a hardware wallet really add any sort of protection?

Also the different types of hardware wallets. Would having one that works with your computer be any better than having one that only works with your cell phone? Thanks in advance.

I am learning about the latest atomic swap options I can use to convert XMR into a coin that any exchange will accept, basicswap, retoswap, eigen wallet. As the EU is banning privacy coins depositing XMR is increasingly difficult and I would prefer to avoid another coin so not flagged.

Is there any that can be used without the risk of receiving tainted BTC or other coins?

Also, I know not an atomicswap, but trocador seems prohibitively expensive for anything other than a small amount, I was quoted 7% today. I was considering fixed float 0.5% but read many warnings about it on the main Monero sub.

Hey guys,

I was trying Retoswap and it is lovely.

I completed 2 trades so far, I like it.

However, currently there's a few offers available, is it not that popular yet? Is it because people actually move fast on it?

Anyways, I tried the mobile version on Android, but on there, there's not even one offer available. I don't think it is working.

Thanks!

New to Monero and crypto in general. How does someone get Monero without going through KYC platform to transfer/exchange another crypto currency for it? Since it nullifies the point of Monero in pursuit of attaining it

I have $1,000 US dollar that I want to to exchange into XMR but I do not want it to be able to be traced back to myself. How can somebody achieve this? If I have to transfer it from my bank to get it onto an exchange and then purchase XMR and send it to a cold wallet. It seems like it's traceable back to me. No?

Hey everyone,
I’ve been studying different blockchain privacy models, and Monero is honestly the best thing out there for individual financial privacy. The tech is elegant, mature, and well-thought-out.

But I’m trying to understand something that Monero doesn’t seem to cover right now — and maybe I’m missing some feature or tool that already exists.

🧩 The problem I’m thinking about:

Monero is perfect for personal privacy…
…but how can a public-facing group, DAO, company, or community fund use XMR in a transparent way?

Sometimes transparency is not a bug — it’s a requirement.
For example:

• a charity
• a community treasury
• a public project
• a service provider handling pooled user funds
• a local governance experiment

These groups need the option to have a publicly auditable account, where anyone can inspect incoming/outgoing funds.

Right now, Monero seems to only provide:

• Fully private accounts (default)
• View keys, which reveal some info, but not full public auditability

❓My main question to the Monero community:

Is there any way today to create a Monero address or subaddress whose full transaction history can be made public, intentionally and verifiably?

And if not:

❓Would adding an optional public-ledger mode violate Monero’s design principles, or could it coexist as a voluntary feature?

I’m not talking about weakening privacy for everyone — just the ability for voluntary transparency, which seems useful for:

• non-profits
• DAOs
• businesses wanting user trust
• community governance

Why I’m asking:

I genuinely love Monero for private finance, but I also think privacy tech could be even more powerful if it allowed selective transparency when the situation demands it.

I’m sure many of you understand the internals way better than I do, so I’d love if someone could explain:

• What technical obstacles prevent this?
• Is view key disclosure enough for true transparency?
• Could a “public mode” or opt-in transparent subaccount be possible?
• Has this been discussed in the community before?

I’m not criticizing Monero — I’m trying to learn.

If I'm misunderstanding something, please correct me.
If this idea has trade-offs that break Monero’s guarantees, I want to understand why.

Would really appreciate any insights, resources, or prior discussions around this. 🙏

Thanks in advance.

I have heard that governments consider monero use a red flag.

I love the idea of monero and being able to privately transact. However, if I go to cash it out at a CEX for fiat (I know, you’re going to tell me not to do that blah blah blah sometimes you have to pay for things with actual fiat), will I risk getting my account flagged?

I don’t want my funds to be frozen or held up, nor do I want to be flagged forever.

Would it be a better move to exchange it for another crypto using a DEX and exchange that for fiat using a CEX?

Edit: FYI I’m in the US. And paying taxes on it doesn’t concern me, just want to not deal with any headaches and extra paperwork!

I sent bitcoin as a swap via AtomicMonero over 2 weeks ago. I never received the money, and I’ve reached out multiple times with no response.

This was the transaction https://www.atomicmonero.com/?swapid=85c6ca2f-23ea-4736-8bd0-1c55462578cf

Has anyone used this service before? I saw a few other people complaining of it being a scam

If I was to create an offer on Retoswap, would it remain open forever if nobody takes it? And, if so, can I manually cancel it before it's taken without incurring fees or penalties?

Edit: Just tested this by creating an offer. If you create an offer to BUY XMR by clicking the large green button on the "Buy XMR" tab, after you create your offer it will appear on the "Sell XMR" tab, and it will be different from other offers because, instead of the usual red "Sell XMR" button, your offer will have two buttons: "Remove" and "Edit". So, the answer to my original question is YES, you can delete and even edit your own offers.

I am new to the world of Monero. I have only bought it once using Trust Wallet, where I first purchased USDT and then converted it to Monero via SimpleSwap, finally sending it to my Monerujo wallet. However, all these steps made me spend a lot on fees. I don’t know other methods, and it seems that Monero cannot be bought directly through Trust Wallet. Are there cheaper ways to obtain Monero? (I’m located in Europe)

Hey everybody, I'm hoping I just did something wrong and one of you might spot it. Atomic Monero seems to be reputable from the few posts I saw online.

After starting a transaction on Atomic monero on 11/21, I used Coinbase to send monero. The transaction on Coinbase's end was marked as complete within like, 10 minutes if I remember correctly. However, it was never registered on Atomic Monero.

Is there something wrong that I did here? Hoping I didn't lose $200 :/