Looking for what Monero veterans actually use if it isn't a CEX. Just the methods people here consider the safest practical ways to turn some Bitcoin or cash into XMR. What works, and what would you avoid?

just read this and thought stashers might find it interesting too: Alright, I'd like to have a discussion regarding bitcoin's fungibility (or lack there of). I am a bitcoiner and have been for a decent number of years but I would ask that we leave our maxi hats at the door and look at this…

First published July 5, 2018 Came across this essay on the internets, hope it educates you the reader as much as it educated me. I admit I used to believe in Bitcoin. I was one of its most naïve and vehement apologists to friends, family members, and complete strangers (online). This was all before…

Hello geeks, I am curious to know who mine Monero using their homelab? I got myself a Lenovo P510 with E5-2698 v4 a year ago, I then increased to 128Gb ram. I self host a media and photo library at first but then increased with Nostr Relays and projects. I fell into the Monero and Bitcoin rabbit…

One place i worked, during the lunch break, i ate this hoagie with off white cheese, greyish meat and it was all wet for no apparent reason. After downing it in a mountain dew to kill off the odd taste in my mouth I returned to my desk. Very quickly I was almost rendered unconscious by abrupt pain…

Maybe, maybe not :P certainly worlds cutest dog. Maybe, maybe not Well hello there stasher folks, hope this forum aint filled with bots :D Or zionists haha

Share a photo (if it won't dox you). Bonus: what's the coolest way you've earned XMR?

Bitcoin people on StackerNews are discussing why Monero use is exploding. Someone replied with this (screenshot src).

Hi, ek here! I used to work at Stacker News. I like what you created here! Forking a project with this ambition is a big compliment in my world. I'm curious about how you thought about sybil fees. I see you have chosen not to include them, so any tip goes 100% to the recipient. I know they suck,…

First week of sn and here are some things I learned. I noticed myself spending more and more time on stasher.news lately, as this is one of the most refreshing sites I have found, and I would like to share what I have learned after hanging around for a while - sharing is caring. Starting with The…

Down and Out in Paris and London is a memoir (sometimes called a semi-autobiographical or “documentary” account) based on Orwell’s real experiences in the late 1920s. He worked as a plongeur (dishwasher) in Paris hotel kitchens and later lived as a tramp in London lodging houses and casual wards.…

When you realize that Bitcoin wasn't as private as you were told

X Corp sent C\&Ds on Aug 24 & Sep 8 demanding permanent takedown of all Nitter instances + the repo. The Sep 7 update claiming legal representation was based on false assurances: no counsel in place rn. zedeus on HN: "I was misled by an individual who claimed to be helping the Nitter project pro…

It's truly a miracle of this age that anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can access and study hundreds of years of humanity's intellectual legacy, thanks to free culture projects such as Project Gutenberg. But I realised there's not enough information on this area of the Internet.…

Conditions: Enter as many times as you like. All entries can be freely used by the community to meme up monero. Must contain: hot women and a monero logo that is integrated somewhere. Cartoons and AI acceptable, but less likely to win than real images. Doesn't have to be original. Scour message…

This video takes a holistic view of profit and offers comparisons to nature, looking at "good" and "bad" profit. It's also where I was first introduced to Jevons paradox: the more efficient we are, the more we consume. The author is a math major originally, has some old videos on bitcoin and other…

Share your recommended Christmas gifts for 2026 that can be purchased with Monero. Follow this formula: Name: (of item / service) Category: (Food, Games, Tech, etc.) Region: (where can people order this?) Link: (to store where a purchase can be made in XMR) Note: (share a personal thought or review…

Hi stashers. Solo dev from Switzerland here. Since February I run kashilo.com, a classifieds site (think Craigslist / Kleinanzeigen) built for people who want to buy and sell real goods with Monero and without handing over an identity. What it does today: No email, no phone, no name. Your account…

Some books you read. Others rearrange the furniture in your head. Mine: the Bible, Rich Dad Poor Dad, The Richest Man in Babylon, Human Action by Mises, The Bitcoin Standard, and Zero to Monero. Each one broke something I thought I knew — about money, morality, or how people actually work. What's…

This one is a sledgehammer: Rose does not argue that government is “too big” or “the wrong party is in charge”. He argues that authority itself is a superstition: the belief that some people have a moral right to rule others, and that the rest of us have a duty to obey. "The belief in “authority,”…