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Hello, do you know any place to buy Monero for online payment ? It seems that LocalMonero is winding down and I don't want to use some big exchanges like Coinbase for obvious reasons. Thank you very much!

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[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)
[–] CashDragon@realbitcoin.cash 10 points 3 months ago

https://retoswap.com/ is the functioning instance of Haveno DEX. The main project does not run a live network.

[–] liliumstar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've used https://changenow.io/ several times to get XMR from LTC or vice versa. It's always worked for me, but I've heard of people's transactions being held if they were large amounts, so exercise caution.

This doesn't solve the problem of buying the initial crypto, which may or may not be difficult, depending on your jurisdiction.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

what is the process of using these, generally? (I assume there are variations)

are there ATMs that work without a camera pointed at your face?

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

I haven't explored that yet as here is none nearby. There aren't many vendors of these machines.

[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do these accept cash, or only ATM cards? (The latter would link your transaction to your bank account, of course.)

What do they give? A printout of a wallet address?

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

Dunno (yet); i'd assume they'd scan your wallet QR?

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 months ago

Retoswap.com. You download the software similar to Bisq and you can transfer Fiat into Monero. Just this month it's had its first five million dollar month. And so it's increasing all the time.

Haveno reto

[–] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

I'll miss the ability to buy using cash-bought gift vouchers as that seems the only straightforward way to preserve privacy.

[–] Hirom@beehaw.org -3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Monero has a disproportionally large energy usage and footprint on the environment. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-018-0152-7

Please consider less wasteful alternatives. Every bit help, it's about keeping earth safe for human life.

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago

alternatives are totally worthless for the only useful property of cryptocurrencies, which is private payments

[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"Every bit helps"

Not if it defeats the purpose of whatever you're doing in the first place.