Where to buy Monero

Monero launched in 2014 with a single priority that sets it apart: privacy by default. Where Bitcoin transactions are public and traceable, Monero hides the sender, receiver and amount of every transaction using ring signatures, stealth addresses and confidential-transaction technology, so balances and payments stay private.

That makes Monero the most widely used privacy coin and a favourite of users who view financial privacy as a right. It is a Proof-of-Work network designed to be mineable on ordinary computers, keeping mining relatively decentralized, with steady development from a global open-source community.

The same privacy has regulatory consequences. Many regulated exchanges, including several large ones, have delisted XMR to satisfy anti-money-laundering rules, so it is not available everywhere the other majors are. It tends to remain listed on a smaller set of global exchanges.

Monero has an uncapped supply with a small permanent tail emission to keep paying miners after the main issuance ends. Where it is available, XMR can be bought with fiat, but check that your chosen exchange and country support it first. Its price is volatile like any crypto asset.