Monero / XMR is a Decentralized, Private, Untraceable and Secure Digital Currency. Unlike like Bitcoin, Monero protects your anonymity by concealing the contents of wallets, the amounts and parties involved in transactions. No other currency has made me feel so satisfied in the privacy of my economic activity. It allows you to privately and instantly send any amount of money, to anyone anywhere in the world for less than a penny https://www.getmonero.org/
It took a little bit of time for me to figure out some things that greatly improved my Monero experience so I figured I would compile these resources and tips here to help accelerate the Freedom of others.
Wallets First things first. Here are some wallets I recommend. Not your keys, not your Crypto. That is why Self Custody Wallets are Critical to making sure that, you and you alone have control of your Monero. Don't leave yourself vulnerable to the poor decisions of someone else.
(OS) = Open Source
Desktop
(OS) Official GUI Wallet https://www.getmonero.org/downloads/ (OS) Feather Wallet https://featherwallet.org/ Exodus https://www.exodus.com/
Mobile
(OS) Cake Wallet https://cakewallet.com/ (My Favorite ) (OS) Monerujo https://www.monerujo.io/ Exodus https://www.exodus.com/
Hardware
https://trezor.io/security Is an open Source hardware wallet that I recommend.
When you create a Wallet you will be given a Seed Phrase, this is the key to access your Monero from any device anywhere in the world, Never Photograph this, Never Type this, Never say it out loud. Write it Down and Keep it somewhere very safe. There are metal products designed to securely store seed phrases if that interests you.
Your Monero Wallet has two types of Addresses, One main address,(Starts with a 4) and an infinite number of sub addresses (Starts with an 8) for added security, never give your main address. Use your sub address for receiving payments. create new ones every so often. Dont worry, no matter what address you use, the Monero all ends up in the same place. Exodus, when enabled, automatically generates a new sub address for you each time you receive monero.
Sources of Monero
Non KYC Sources of monero are always best so no one knows you bought it in the first place. Though thanks to Monero's privacy preserving features once you do move it off of an exchange, no one can see where it goes after that.
Non KYC https://localmonero.co/ Lets you buy XMR for cash directly in person, by mail, or plenty of other options. Offer Fiat Bills for Sale on https://moneromarket.io/ https://bisq.network/ is an open source P2P trading Network for Desktop. Crypto ATMS are everywhere but come at a massive premium upwards of %20! https://coinatmradar.com/ https://haveno.exchange/ Is an incredibly exciting project to keep an eye on.
If you already have Bitcoin or some other Crypto, you can trade it for Monero here
https://tradeogre.com/markets https://stealthex.io/ https://www.kucoin.com/ (Requires a phone number. $20 Tracfones work great!)
KYC For US Customers, Kraken is the only option https://www.kraken.com/
For Non US,
Binance https://www.binance.com/en and Bitfinex https://www.bitfinex.com/ Offer Monero.
Use Your Monero Awesome, now that we know where to get it, and how to hold it. This next bit will cover useful resources for where and how to use it!
* Cake Wallet has one of the most useful resources. Cake Pay! It lets you use the monero in your wallet to buy gift cards, often at a discount for every retailer you can imagine! https://cakepay.com/
* https://moneromarket.io/ Is like the Ebay / Craigslist of Monero! Buy and sell all sorts of LEGAL goods from Foot pics to Gun Parts! 
* Similar to Cake Pay is https://coincards.com/
* https://parts-dispensed.com/ Is a Great Source for Gun Parts and Root Beer that accepts Monero 
Here are some repositories of other merchents that accept monero directly. * https://monerica.com/ * https://cryptwerk.com/pay-with/xmr/ * https://acceptedhere.io/catalog/currency/xmr/
Let us know your favorite merchants that accept Monero!
Mining XMR Help Secure the Blockchain by Mining Monero at home! Unlike other crypto currencies Monero Is meant to be mined with a CPU. This helps level the playing field to allow more miners to participate. and Deter, massive chinese super mines having a monopoly on the hashrate.
https://xmrig.com/
youtube.com/watch?v=RiyOv7hKoFA
https://sethforprivacy.com/guides/mining-monero/
Running Your own Node
"Running a Monero node for yourself not only helps to give you the stronger network-level privacy guarantees, but also helps to increase the decentralization, stability, and speed of the Monero network." - Seth
https://sethforprivacy.com/guides/run-a-monero-node/
Node Guide using the Official GUI Wallet
News and Monero Content For Monero News, Information, and other Monero Content. Here are a couple great resources that I like to Follow.
The Monero Talk Podcast https://odysee.com/@MoneroTalk:8 Seth for Privacy https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy 4chan.org/biz Official XMR Thread
If you would like a little bonus info check this out https://moneroinfodump.neocities.org
They Cant Stop the Signal! Economic Freedom, is an incredible tool to free ourselves from Surveillance. Tyrants can just print all the money they want to benefit themselves and to keep from facing the consequences of their poor decisions. No amount of Violence or government force can move my Monero. Or create more out of thin air. This is the Power of Decentralized Freedom Tech.
It has already proven itself to be censorship resistant when both china and russia banned Crypto. People had only two choices, Sell their crypto or trade it for Monero

Let me know if there is anything else you think I should include in this guide! Thanks For Reading <3
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Check out my Monero Guide to Economic Freedom!!!
Edited by bio_alchemist (06/07/23 12:13 PM)
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