This seems to be new site which means higher risk. Is it listed on https://kycnot.me/?categories=exchange

Wrong, it is a secure app. There has been no reproducible proof to the contrary. Most often people says it does not support PFS, but “PFS is only relevant in the case where your long term private key is obtained by the attacker. The only way this should occur is if the attacker has access to your device/seed” It would take a whole Bitcoin network billions of years to break just single user encryption, per my understanding.

On an anonymous and private messenger https://getsession.org/ is a Monero community https://session.directory/view_session_group_user_lokinet.php?id=2785 , even it is not crowded, but you will be likely replied daily.

In my layman opinion, you can exchange or swap from ETH (or other cryptocurrency) to a XMR as you have mentioned, then just send received XMR into another wallet of yours, resulting in anonymization (breaking the trace), details: https://lemmings.world/post/10085958

Other option is RetoSwap (Haveno Reto) as mentioned by MalMen, but you need some XMR to start.

I did tens of trades XMR -> € on https://github.com/retoaccess1/haveno-reto (or https://retoswap.com/#about ) worth maybe €50,000 and have NOT been scammed.

“Microsoft OneDrive is rolling out AI face recognition for your photos.” To disable (for now), go to Privacy & Permissions → People section. (if you are in EU, maybe it is deactivated by default) source: https://x.com/ProtonDrive/status/1978109833690665463

#microsoft #onedrive #privacy #ai

Proton staff says that one can purchase through these authorized proxies:

• https://digitalgoods.proxysto.re/en/brand/proton
• https://coingate.com/gift-cards/proton-vpn-plus

at least one of these supports Monero.

Some of your questions may be answered in the topics:

• I need to do how many Monero transactions between my wallets before i break the trace?

• Sweep/churn my Monero balance more or less often to improve anonymity?

Maybe you should edit your post and explain in greater detail what is “instant exchange”, how you would use it, which data you would provide to them.

I have seen that at same time the https://miningpoolstats.stream/monero shown a 42% (not 51%), so I would rather trust that 42% number (it can not be faked?).

I think that you are wrong. My source is https://xmrig.com/benchmark/ Go somewhere to the middle of the page (to get rough middle performance CPU). For example I can see: 984 Intel® Core™ i5-10500T CPU @ 2.30GHz (6 threads CPU). I click it and mean hashrate is 1839. Divide that by 3, you have 613 hashes.

it’s practically free to run the miner

I mostly agree, except no PoW mining is free. It requires to pay electricity, which is obvious.

According to the attacking pool statistics (can be wrong and faked), their pool reeched 51% of the XMR hashrate, but at same time, https://miningpoolstats.stream/monero shown a 42% share of that pool. So the difference is pretty big. I would rather trust that 42% number (it can not be faked?). We should mine and do not promote that selfish mining pool.

1/3 of the regular CPU resources is around 1000 hashes per second according to my calculation. We would need 1 million such users to produce 1 gigahash per second. The 51% attack currently needed around 3 gigahash per second.

There you can find private Monero exchanges: https://kycnot.me/?categories=exchange&currency-mode=or&currencies=xmr

“We’re pleased to announce that Proton VPN has passed a third consecutive annual third-party audit of our infrastructure that confirms our strict no-logs policy. When we say we are a no-logs VPN, it is not just a claim: it has been double-checked by independent experts.” https://protonvpn.com/blog/no-logs-audit/

Thanks, though note this:

Exolix: “Users must undergo AML/KYC procedures” source: https://kycnot.me/service/exolix

Trocador: “Trocador’s partners may require KYC checks and monitor transactions” source: https://kycnot.me/service/trocador

Official repository https://github.com/retoaccess1/haveno-reto description also mentions that new site address.

Monero does not appreciate in its price as much as mainstream cryptocurrencies so I am not holding much Monero. Rather using it occasionally to buy the hosting/server services for privacy. I can buy/sell XMR privately for fiat or BTC/ETH/LTC using RetoSwap https://github.com/retoaccess1/haveno-reto

Haveno itself is a testing version which does not allow real trading.

You need to find other software based on Haveno, which allows real trading (uses Monero mainnet servers while Haveno itself a testnet?).

Possibly most popular is Reto (RetoSwap). Its official Github repository is https://github.com/retoaccess1/haveno-reto

I am yet to find any list of Haveno mainnet software. Btw. here is some guide which explains steps for trading inside Haveno based trading software: https://internetlifeforum.com/showthread.php?28833-Exchanging-Monero-and-fiat-privately-without-KYC-using-open-source-software-Haveno

Haveno Reto mainnet official repository https://github.com/retoaccess1/haveno-reto

Haveno Pay by mail docs: https://docs.haveno.exchange/the-project/payment_methods/Pay_By_Mail/