I just want to warn users as much as possible because the staff of XmrBazaar do nothing.

XmrBazaar must be taken with care, no administrator answer and there are security holes to impersonate the staff.

Some scammers currently use a trick to use the same nickname as an administrator, the link goes to the correct profile but you speak to someone else.

Don't use the site escrow, you may not speak to a real mediator even if their profile seems legit. I lose 1,25 XMR.

The staff is warned for several days but the scams continue, the site creator didn't answer to my private messages. (I'm not even sure to talk to him with this bug! There's no way to be sure and they do nothing.)

Very curious about the new big update thats comming, EAE attacks and "poison" attacks will be render obsolete apparently.

There is a fake Monero DEX website that is actually just distributing malware... AND I CALLED IT!

The website was sus, using fake statistics and no link to any GitHub repo, just distributing binaries

Folks, please stay safe and just stick to the tried and true options like retoswap, don't download and run crap nobody has ever heard of!

YouTube video about the topic:

This RAT targets linux

Please stay on topic: this post is only for comments discussing the uncertainties, shortcomings, and concerns some may have about Monero.

NOT the positive aspects of it.

Discussion can relate to the technology itself or economics.

Talk about community and price is not wanted, but some discussion about it maybe allowed if it relates well.

Be as respectful and nice as possible. This discussion has potential to be more emotionally charged as it may bring up issues that are extremely upsetting: many people are not only financially but emotionally invested in the ideas and tools around Monero.

It's better to keep it calm then to stir the pot, so don't talk down to people, insult them for spelling/grammar, personal insults, etc. This should only be calm rational discussion about the technical and economic aspects of Monero.

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How it works:

Post your concerns about Monero in reply to this main post.

If you can address these concerns, or add further details to them - reply to that comment. This will make it easily sortable

Upvote the comments that are the most valid criticisms of it that have few or no real honest solutions/answers to them.

The comment that mentions the biggest problems of Monero should have the most karma.

As a community, as developers, we need to know about them. Even if they make us feel bad, we got to upvote them.

https://youtu.be/vKA4w2O61Xo

To learn more about the idea behind Monero Skepticism Sunday, check out the first post about it:

https://np.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/75w7wt/can_we_make_skepticism_sunday_a_part_of_the/

We just shipped a non-custodial escrow mode and wanted to put the mechanics in front of this community specifically, because "trust us" isn't an answer here.

How it works: it's a standard Monero 2-of-3 multisig. Buyer, seller, and operator each generate one key. Any two of the three sign to move funds. On a cooperative deal, buyer and seller co-sign the release directly - the operator's key is never used. The operator only enters on a dispute, and even then can only co-sign with one side (refund to buyer or release to seller); it can never move funds alone.

The part that matters for trust: each party's key is generated in their own browser via the monero-ts WebAssembly wallet and never leaves the device. The server only relays opaque multisig exchange data — no seeds, no keys. The client is open source (github.com/xmrescro/xmrescrow-client) and you can diff the wallet code against the upstream monero-ts package to confirm the key is generated locally. Don't trust - verify.

You save a one-time restore key per party, so you can reopen and co-sign later. There's live 0/10 confirmation tracking for both sides.

Fees: multisig is 3% + $3 min; the older operator-mediated (custodial) mode dropped to 1% + $3 min. No fee on disputes or refunds. No accounts, no KYC, minimal logs. Works over Tor (Standard level for the WASM wallet; the operator-mediated mode needs no JS at all and runs at Safest).

Operator identity is PGP-verifiable (fingerprint on the site, the X profile, and the Telegram bio - cross-check them) and there's a warrant canary. Happy to answer anything technical here - including how the ceremony and dispute co-signing work.

Clearnet: xmrescrow[.]app · Onion: xmrescrobcw33cnm5ajyzn5xaqr5vkdsqxmptc55plgvxsnqybmhszqd.onion

PGP: CD37 A312 8254 2C2A CE91 FED3 A345 CD6C 2674 D00A · key at /pgp · canary at /canary

not really monero related but i thought some of you guys might appreciate it

Anyone has good videos or documentations on how monero works and why its privacy

Also how sub addresses work

And how to be clean with monero

I hear from people on twitter to reddit stating that kraken limiting monero is the last CEX folding. This is just blatanty not true

The united states has Kraken and UEX.US but yes we still have something to fall back on if kraken delists.

But outside of the US, Europeans can buy it directly on WhiteBit and DFX

Globally? MEXC, Kucoin, HTX, XT, Bitfinex etc.

You can leverage trade it on hyperliquid, lighter, poloniex, binance and bybit… far from being only on one CEX

Source: XMR.Eco

This is the weekly Monero market thread. This thread will be posted every Friday and is meant to help accelerate the adoption of Monero. Due to r/moneromarket having only a fraction of the subscribers of r/Monero, we have decided to create this thread to encourage more individuals to use Monero for product exchanges. Until the market matures, we recommend that the Monero community post their products both in this thread and on r/moneromarket (to ensure growth of that subreddit).

Selling items for Monero will boost your (and Monero's) reputation as a legitimate form of exchange of goods. This is necessary for the growth of Monero, our community, and privacy as a whole.

Instructions

When you post your product or job listing here, please make sure to: - Give a description of the item. - Link to a photo of the item (if it's physical). - Provide logistics information (such as, location and/or shipping availability). - Optionally, provide an additional (private) form of communication outside of Reddit (e.g. Bitmessage, u/protonmail, u/tutanota, GPG key). - Post the price in XMR terms.

Spamming will not be tolerated. Please make sure that listings are legitimate and do not break rule 2."

Finally, credits to cdotsubo for starting the concept!

Hello r/monero,

It is this time of the year again!

Since last year we have massively moved to colocation with now over 50% of our customers being hosted on our own hardware. 2 locations with our own servers, a 3rd one on the way (Finland) and more coming.

Monero is still accounting for the majority of our payments, as it is from the beginning representing around 30% of all orders.

This year is a special one: servers.guru turns 5 years old, and almost at the same time we passed 5000 active VPS. We've been providing VPS and webhosting for the Monero community since day one, back in July 2021, and honestly seeing both milestones land together feels great.

To celebrate the double milestone we are running two coupons at the same time, valid on our Netherlands (1 Gbps, unmetered & 10 Gbps), USA - West (10 Gbps), Singapore (1 Gbps) and Montreal (1 Gbps & unmetered) VPS:

- 2026_5_5000_50_XMR → 50% off your first invoice (one time)

- 2026_5_5000_XMR → 35% off recurring, for the lifetime of your service

Both to be used at checkout, and yearly payments get 2 months free on top which stacks with the coupons, so the small NL plan comes out to about €25 for the first year.

If you don't know us yes: we are an anonymous hosting provider. No KYC, no personal data required to set up your service. Just a working email, and of course we accept Monero :).

As usual, let us know what you think about the offers and our services in general, all feedback is welcome :)

You can check us out here: https://servers.guru

Thank you for reading :)

I'm surprised I haven't seen a post here about this yet. Individual withdrawal limits are set to $1,500 and deposit limits are $3500, starting August 15th.

https://x.com/xenumonero/status/2076807666731520248

I personally confirmed this with Kraken Support on Twitter as well.

How are people feeling about this? I know there will be some who carry on as usual with the mantra that CEXs don't matter, but hypothetically if you carried a large monero balance (6 figures, etc)... you've pretty much lost your liquidity. Monero can be used P2P to a certain extent... but for big purchases like a house? I imagine it's niche.

Do you hold out and hope for DEXs like Thorchain or Serai? Do you derisk a bit before Aug 15th? Keep holding Monero without liquidity for awhile and hope for the cyberpunk P2P future? Is there a replacement that's feasible already I'm unaware of?

Overall I think it's a big negative to lose Kraken. However, I'm curious how others think about it. It is also a bummer this is happening with the "pro crypto White House" in a country where we are "free." Lastly I hope it is temporary but I doubt Kraken will roll this back...

Anyway. Curious about your thoughts. Cheers.

It is not normally my style to start creating reddit threads and posts on socials about this to bring awareness and participation into the issue, but... u/plowsof keeps playing "mental games" with his cynicism, double ban and gatekeeping antics.

Please, if you have a spare couple minutes, catch up with this reddit thread, where I started denouncing what was going on. Unfortunately, there's been little to no change in attitude from him, so... now we have this GitHub issue, to discuss precisely the matter that is shown in thread title, and GitHub issue title.

https://github.com/monero-project/meta/issues/1425

Thanks for your time. monero[.]forum thread; X thread.

bitmain is network jumping with 1.94ghs equal 1940p x9

can we push the fork rx/0 v2?

Dear privacy aficionados,

Every month we publish our payment statistics because they offer a small glimpse into how people actually use crypto in everyday life.

June looked a bit different than usual. Monero remained the most-used payment method at 49.37%, but USDT climbed to 37.03%, while Bitcoin accounted for only 10.20%.

For comparison, June last year was the exceptional month when USDT briefly overtook Monero and all other coins. This year, XMR is back in its usual leading position, but USDT is unusually high again.

It's just one month's data, so I wouldn't read too much into it. Still, I find these shifts interesting because they reflect real spending behaviour rather than exchange volumes or speculation.

That said, the long-term picture at ShopinBit is crystal clear: Monero users consistently make up our most active customers. I really appreciate your continued support and the trust you've placed in us over the years.

AMA in the comments.

Best regards

Lando Rothbardian

CEO of ShopinBit

While this is far from final product.. and there will be a sweeping amount of updates pushed for forums and XMRHub itself by my developer. I love the look of this so much and we are allowing free speech maximalism

The goal of xmrhub is to become the hub of all things monero, a apple ecosystem of sorts where you dont have to go to 2000 different websites. Your sign-in here works with XMRMap, XMRPredictions and more projects to come.

The account profiles are in a very early stage and will look extremely better in a not so distant future. Your @ which will be cross platform across all xmrhub projects will be worth quite a bit in a few short months..

No email or phone number required. You get a backup key you need to save

Secure your legendary @ today before someone takes it!

I love this community and coin so much.

I am curious how others have found ways to spend their XMR in real life for normal life type stuff. So far I have found the opportunities limited but have used it for:

-eSim when traveling via silent link

-IPTV and various streaming and content providers

-Nano GPT for AI

Beyond web services I haven't found many simple ways to spend it. I am trying to incorporate it more into my daily life for spending to use it as it was intended but it is difficult. Buying and managing different gift cards for different services involves a big markup and a pain to manage the balances so I haven't tried that yet.

What is everyone else using it for?