How to swap Monero to Bitcoin (XMR to BTC) without KYC

Step by step

1. Choose XMR as the coin you send and BTC as the coin you receive.
2. Enter the amount. Check the Bitcoin you will receive and whether the figure is fixed or an estimate.
3. Paste a Bitcoin address from your own wallet. It starts with bc1, 1 or 3.
4. Add one of your own Monero addresses as the refund address.
5. Create the swap. Send the exact amount of XMR to the deposit address, pasted exactly as shown.

Why it takes about half an hour

The Monero network treats a payment as final after 10 blocks, about 20 minutes, and a swap waits for that. The Bitcoin payout is then sent at once, but it needs its own first confirmation before most wallets count it, which adds 10 minutes or more.

What the Bitcoin side shows

Monero keeps amounts and addresses off its public ledger. Bitcoin does not. The Bitcoin you receive arrives in a normal, public transaction from the exchange's address, and from then on its movements can be followed like any other Bitcoin.

Before you send

• Make sure your Monero wallet is fully synchronised and the balance is unlocked. Recently received XMR cannot be spent for about 20 minutes.
• If the deposit address is an integrated address, your wallet handles it automatically. Do not add a payment ID by hand.
• Send the full amount in one payment.