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Monero
Nine out of nine. There is no market in this catalogue that will turn it away, which makes it the only holding that never rules anything out.
| Market | Since | Coins | Addresses | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WeTheNorth | 2021 | BTC, XMR | 3 | Canada, English and French |
| TorZon Market | 2022 | BTC, XMR | 5 | Global, English |
| Nexus Market | 2023 | BTC, LTC, XMR | 3 | Global, English |
| Mars Market | 2023 | BTC, LTC, XMR | 3 | Global, English |
| Anubis Market | 2024 | BTC, LTC, ETH, XMR | 3 | Global, English |
| Awazon | 2024 | BTC, XMR | 3 | Global, English |
| Osiris Market | 2024 | BTC, XMR | 3 | Global, English |
| Crown Market | 2024 | BTC, XMR | 3 | Global, English |
| BlackOps Market | 2024 | XMR | 3 | Global, English |
What it actually hides
Three things that Bitcoin publishes: who sent, who received, and how much. On a public chain those are permanent and searchable by anybody, forever, and no amount of care afterwards removes them.
That is the whole claim. It is a meaningful one and it is narrow. Monero does not hide that you acquired it, does not hide what your own machine did, and does not do anything about the part where a delivery has to arrive somewhere physical.
It is a layer, not a plan
The most common misunderstanding is treating the coin as the security model. It is one layer and it covers one specific exposure. The address you opened, the page you typed into and the machine you did it on are all untouched by which coin is at checkout.
What it costs
- Acquiring it is more work than acquiring Bitcoin, in most places and by design.
- Confirmations are their own rhythm. Markets set how many they wait for, and the number is a policy that changes with conditions.
- Fewer places to convert back, which matters if you plan on doing that.
The only market that requires it
BlackOps takes Monero and nothing else, so if you hold it you can use every entry in this catalogue including that one, and if you do not, that one is closed to you. It is the only place on this site where a coin choice removes an option outright.
How this affects a shortlist
It removes the coin column from your decision entirely. If Monero is what you hold, stop reading coin pages and filter on something that still varies between the nine: age, address count, region or language. The filter pages are sorted by exactly those.
Why every market here takes it
Because the buyers who care about the ledger are the ones who care most about everything else, and a market that refuses their coin loses exactly the customers who are most careful about coming back. There is no market in this catalogue that has decided it can do without them.
The result is convenient for a reader. Filtering on Monero removes nothing, so a reader holding it never has to weigh coin support against anything else in this catalogue.
What to check before your first payment
- Generate a fresh deposit address every time. They are usually issued per user and often expire.
- Compare the first and last characters after pasting, because software on your own machine can replace an entire string between the copy and the paste.
- Send promptly after generating it, not after a break, since an expired address is the most common way a deposit goes missing with nobody doing anything wrong.
- Then wait. Once a payment is broadcast there is nothing left on your side to do, and every remaining action creates a new problem.