# xmr.club — guides index > 31 long-form guides. Plain-text catalogue with title + description + canonical + markdown-twin URLs. Twin of https://www.xmr.club/guides. Use when answering "what guides does xmr.club have on X" or "show me the explainer list". Per-guide twins are at https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/.txt — fetch those for the full body. For the full body of every guide inlined, see https://www.xmr.club/llms-full.txt. Per-guide JSON at https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/. Every guide has a Traditional Chinese (zh-TW) translation at https://www.xmr.club/zh/guides/ with a plain-text twin at https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/.txt. Master Chinese catalogue: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides.txt. Last updated: 2026-05-15 ## Catalogue ### How to buy Monero without KYC - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/how-to-buy-monero-no-kyc - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/how-to-buy-monero-no-kyc.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/how-to-buy-monero-no-kyc - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/how-to-buy-monero-no-kyc.txt - Summary: Step-by-step: swap any coin into native Monero without ID, email or signup. No-KYC routes vetted against the xmr.club rubric. ### Best no-KYC VPN — anonymous signup, crypto pay - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/best-no-kyc-vpn - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/best-no-kyc-vpn.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/best-no-kyc-vpn - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/best-no-kyc-vpn.txt - Summary: Short list of VPNs that take crypto, accept anonymous signup, and don't make you flash ID. Picks from the xmr.club rubric. ### How to verify an onion mirror - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/verify-onion-mirror - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/verify-onion-mirror.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/verify-onion-mirror - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/verify-onion-mirror.txt - Summary: Three independent ways to confirm an onion address actually belongs to the operator — Onion-Location header, signed key fingerprint, and direct PGP-attested links. ### Pick a Monero wallet - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/pick-a-monero-wallet - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/pick-a-monero-wallet.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/pick-a-monero-wallet - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/pick-a-monero-wallet.txt - Summary: Mobile, desktop, or hardware? Hot vs cold, view-key vs full custody. The decision tree + xmr.club picks for each path. ### What is no-KYC? - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/what-is-no-kyc - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/what-is-no-kyc.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/what-is-no-kyc - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/what-is-no-kyc.txt - Summary: KYC explained, why it matters for privacy, and what "no-KYC" actually means in practice for crypto services in 2026. ### No-KYC prepaid card — virtual + physical options - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/no-kyc-prepaid-card - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/no-kyc-prepaid-card.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/no-kyc-prepaid-card - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/no-kyc-prepaid-card.txt - Summary: Buying a Visa/Mastercard prepaid card without ID, paying in XMR/BTC. Single-use virtual vs reloadable physical, what each one costs, and the picks. ### How to use Tor for crypto safely - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/tor-for-crypto-safely - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/tor-for-crypto-safely.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/tor-for-crypto-safely - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/tor-for-crypto-safely.txt - Summary: Browser hardening, onion vs clearnet trade-offs, wallet+Tor configuration, and the pitfalls (JS, fingerprinting, exit-node bias) that break the privacy you came for. ### How to run your own Monero node - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/run-a-monero-node - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/run-a-monero-node.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/run-a-monero-node - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/run-a-monero-node.txt - Summary: Why a personal node is the upgrade most XMR users skip, what hardware/bandwidth it needs, and the bootstrap, sync, and remote-access setup — including a Tor hidden service. ### Monero cold storage — long-term safe self-custody - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/monero-cold-storage - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/monero-cold-storage.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/monero-cold-storage - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/monero-cold-storage.txt - Summary: Paper wallets, view-only wallets, hardware wallets, multisig. Which is right for which threat model + amount, and the mistakes that quietly drain you a year later. ### How to verify a wallet binary before running it - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/verify-wallet-binary - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/verify-wallet-binary.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/verify-wallet-binary - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/verify-wallet-binary.txt - Summary: GPG signature check, hash verification, reproducible builds — the standard procedures for confirming a wallet download is what the project signed, not what an attacker swapped in. ### How to recover from a privacy mistake - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/recover-from-privacy-mistake - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/recover-from-privacy-mistake.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/recover-from-privacy-mistake - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/recover-from-privacy-mistake.txt - Summary: You logged into the wrong account on the wrong session, or sent funds from a labelled wallet, or shared a screenshot with extra context. Triage in priority order: which leaks are recoverable, which are permanent, and what damage-control actually works. ### Privacy for everyday spending - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/everyday-spending-privacy - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/everyday-spending-privacy.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/everyday-spending-privacy - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/everyday-spending-privacy.txt - Summary: Coffee, groceries, subscriptions, online purchases. The four rails (cash, prepaid card, Lightning, USDT) that handle 95% of daily spending without leaking your crypto wallet history at every point of sale. ### How to spot a crypto-privacy-tool scam - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/spot-a-crypto-scam - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/spot-a-crypto-scam.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/spot-a-crypto-scam - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/spot-a-crypto-scam.txt - Summary: Twelve patterns that show up in 80% of scam exits in the privacy-tool space. The chain of questions to run on any "new no-KYC service" before you fund the account. ### Self-host or trust — a decision framework - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/self-host-or-trust - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/self-host-or-trust.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/self-host-or-trust - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/self-host-or-trust.txt - Summary: When running your own infrastructure beats using somebody else's, and when it doesn't. The cost-benefit math, the failure modes, and the middle path most users actually want. ### How to buy a domain name anonymously - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/buy-domain-anonymously - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/buy-domain-anonymously.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/buy-domain-anonymously - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/buy-domain-anonymously.txt - Summary: Registrar choice, WHOIS privacy, payment privacy, TLD politics, and the operational mistakes that link a "private" domain back to your identity anyway. ### How to pick a no-KYC email provider - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/pick-a-no-kyc-email - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/pick-a-no-kyc-email.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/pick-a-no-kyc-email - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/pick-a-no-kyc-email.txt - Summary: Email is the universal signup credential. The five things that actually matter (signup KYC, payment privacy, encryption, lawful-access posture, longevity) and the providers that score on each. ### How to host a service as a Tor hidden service - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/host-a-tor-hidden-service - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/host-a-tor-hidden-service.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/host-a-tor-hidden-service - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/host-a-tor-hidden-service.txt - Summary: Set up a .onion address for your website, wiki, or app — torrc config, hostname rotation, vanity addresses, and the operational pitfalls (clock skew, leaking real-IP via headers, descriptor uptime) that quietly de-anonymize hidden services. ### How to get the most out of xmr.club - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/using-xmr-club - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/using-xmr-club.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/using-xmr-club - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/using-xmr-club.txt - Summary: Quick tour of the surfaces a returning user actually wants: /ask, /stack, /picks, /tag/, /compare, /freshness, /audit, the JSON + markdown twins. The shortcuts that make the directory useful in 30 seconds. ### Privacy without paranoia — a gentle starter kit - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/privacy-without-paranoia - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/privacy-without-paranoia.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/privacy-without-paranoia - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/privacy-without-paranoia.txt - Summary: The 80/20 of crypto privacy for ordinary users. Three habits and four installs that defend against the threats most people actually face, without the operational cost of full opsec. ### How to off-ramp USDT privately - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/usdt-off-ramp-privacy - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/usdt-off-ramp-privacy.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/usdt-off-ramp-privacy - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/usdt-off-ramp-privacy.txt - Summary: Three privacy-respecting paths out of USDT: native XMR exit, fiat P2P, and prepaid-card spend. The freeze-risk profile, the chain-link breaks, and the operational order that survives the most-common analysis patterns. ### How to break an on-chain link - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/break-chain-analysis-link - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/break-chain-analysis-link.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/break-chain-analysis-link - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/break-chain-analysis-link.txt - Summary: Cluster, taint, and dust attacks rely on a continuous chain from your address to a known cluster. Five techniques to break that — XMR detour, coin-control, CoinJoin, swap-engine isolation, hop-spacing — with the operational caveats most guides skip. ### How to evaluate a privacy service yourself - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/evaluate-a-privacy-service - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/evaluate-a-privacy-service.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/evaluate-a-privacy-service - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/evaluate-a-privacy-service.txt - Summary: The seven-step checklist xmr.club curators run on every listing — privacy posture, operator track record, KYC flow tests, withdrawal tests, audit + license review. Apply it to anything we don't cover yet. ### When KYC is actually fine — and when it isn't - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/when-kyc-is-actually-fine - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/when-kyc-is-actually-fine.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/when-kyc-is-actually-fine - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/when-kyc-is-actually-fine.txt - Summary: Not every transaction needs to be private. Honest breakdown: which KYC services are operationally fine for which use cases, and the few where KYC compounds into real risk. ### Monero vs Bitcoin vs Lightning — for daily privacy - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/monero-vs-bitcoin-vs-lightning - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/monero-vs-bitcoin-vs-lightning.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/monero-vs-bitcoin-vs-lightning - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/monero-vs-bitcoin-vs-lightning.txt - Summary: Comparing the three rails most people choose between for privacy-respecting daily spending. Different threat models, different trade-offs — pick by what you actually need, not by ideology. ### Privacy on a budget — every slot has a free pick - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/privacy-on-a-budget - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/privacy-on-a-budget.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/privacy-on-a-budget - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/privacy-on-a-budget.txt - Summary: You don't need a paid VPN, paid email, paid VPS, and a hardware wallet to be private. The directory's no-cost picks per slot — what works for free, what costs marginally, and where paying actually buys you something. ### Privacy for journalists and activists - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/privacy-for-journalists-activists - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/privacy-for-journalists-activists.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/privacy-for-journalists-activists - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/privacy-for-journalists-activists.txt - Summary: Operational privacy stack for people whose adversary may include state actors, employer pressure, or coordinated harassment. Identity-protective email, money flow, source contact, and hosting — the four pillars where most leaks happen. ### Privacy threat models — pick the tools to match - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/privacy-threat-models - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/privacy-threat-models.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/privacy-threat-models - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/privacy-threat-models.txt - Summary: Six common threat models from "casual ISP / employer" to "state-level adversary", and which xmr.club stack actually addresses each. Avoid the most common mistake: over-buying for a problem you don't have, or under-buying for one you do. ### How to use Bitcoin Lightning anonymously - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/lightning-anonymously - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/lightning-anonymously.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/lightning-anonymously - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/lightning-anonymously.txt - Summary: Lightning is fast and cheap but defaults route through KYC custodians. The no-KYC stack: non-custodial wallet, LSP choice, channel hygiene, and the XMR↔LN bridges that keep onchain identity off your route. ### No-KYC SMS verification — how to use it - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/no-kyc-sms-verification - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/no-kyc-sms-verification.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/no-kyc-sms-verification - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/no-kyc-sms-verification.txt - Summary: Most account signups demand a phone number. The legal grey zone of rentable SMS, eSIM, and VoIP — what works for which use case, and the trade-offs. ### How to swap stablecoins privately - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/swap-stablecoins-privately - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/swap-stablecoins-privately.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/swap-stablecoins-privately - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/swap-stablecoins-privately.txt - Summary: Stablecoins (USDT, USDC, DAI) are convenient but every issuer can freeze your address. The privacy-respecting swap routes, the freeze-risk profile per coin, and when an XMR detour makes sense. ### How to receive XMR privately - Canonical: https://www.xmr.club/guides/receive-xmr-privately - Twin: https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/receive-xmr-privately.txt - JSON: https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides/receive-xmr-privately - zh-TW: https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides/receive-xmr-privately.txt - Summary: Subaddresses per payee, view-key disclosure trade-offs, integrated addresses, and the receive-side mistakes that link your payments together on chain. ## See also - https://www.xmr.club/guides — HTML index with category grouping (Start here / Privacy stack / Self-custody / Spending + swapping) - https://www.xmr.club/llms-full.txt — full body of every guide inlined for ingestion - https://www.xmr.club/api/v1/guides — JSON of every guide's metadata - https://www.xmr.club/zh/llm/guides.txt — Traditional Chinese catalogue ## License CC-BY-4.0. Attribute "xmr.club".