Rates, Fees & Pitfalls
Spreads, network fees, minimums, rate timers and stuck swaps — get the best deal and avoid the common traps.
#getting-monero
14 lessons with this tag.
Choosing a Swap Service Safely
How to pick a trustworthy no-KYC swap, use aggregators and the Monerica directory, and spot fakes and surprise-KYC traps.
Your First Swap, Step by Step
A complete walkthrough of doing a real swap into your own wallet — and testing small first.
How Instant Swaps Work
The mechanics behind the magic: deposit and refund addresses, fixed vs floating rates, and what happens at each step.
What Is a Monero Swap?
Trading one cryptocurrency for Monero with no account and no fiat — what a swap is and why it's the everyday privacy on-ramp.
Setting Up Mining
A practical walkthrough to start mining Monero to your own wallet.
Accepting Monero with BTCPay Server
Advanced: run your own self-hosted BTCPay Server to accept Monero payments directly — no processor, no middleman, full self-custody.
Paying With Monero
Spending XMR in the real world: merchants, point-of-sale, and getting confirmations right.
Choosing How to Get Monero
Matching the acquisition method to your privacy needs, budget and skill.
Earning & Mining Monero
Getting Monero by accepting it as payment or by mining it with a regular computer.
Peer-to-Peer Monero
Buying XMR directly from another person — how P2P works and how to stay safe.
No-KYC Instant Swaps
How to get Monero by swapping another coin with no account and no KYC, straight to your wallet.
Buying on Exchanges (KYC)
How centralized exchanges work, what KYC means, and the risks of buying Monero with your identity attached.
Ways to Get Monero
An overview of all the routes to acquire XMR and the trade-offs between them.