LocalMonero will be winding down

The winding down process begins May 7th, 2024, and finishes on November 7th, 2024. Our support staff will be available for help throughout this period.
  1. Effective immediately, all new signups and ad postings are disabled;
  2. On May 14th, 2024, new trades will be disabled as well;
  3. On November 7th, 2024, the website will be taken down. Please reclaim any funds from your arbitration bond wallet prior to that date, otherwise the funds may be considered abandoned/forfeited.
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The Monero Standard
The Monero Standard #104: 25 Apr 2024 - 2 May 2024Critical bug in Feather Wallet, 'Stealth Mode' in ANON wallet, and more...
The Monero Standard #103: 18 Apr 2024 - 25 Apr 2024Final MoneroKon talk schedule released, Samourai Wallet founders/CEO arrested and charged, and more...
The Monero Standard #102: 11 Apr 2024 - 18 Apr 2024Monero's 10th birthday, MoneroKon 2024 talk schedule and discounted tickets, and more...
The Monero Standard #101: 4 Apr 2024 - 11 Apr 2024Lots of XMR donations to General Fund, Advanced Monero node guide, and more...
The Monero Standard #100: 28 Mar 2024 - 4 Apr 2024100 XMR donation to General Fund, safely navigating exchanges in 2024, and more...
The Monero Standard #99: 21 Mar 2024 - 28 Mar 2024Tx flooding has stopped, Reproducibly build Monero entirely in RAM, and more...
The Monero Standard #98: 14 Mar 2024 - 21 Mar 2024Research regarding ongoing flooding attack, zeroconf in BTCPayServer, and more...
The Monero Standard #97: 7 Mar 2024 - 14 Mar 2024Monero v0.18.3.2 released, 10th annual Mone(ro) Run, and more...
The Monero Standard #96: 29 Feb 2024 - 7 Mar 2024Monero daily transactions reached 100K, BP++ peer review draft released, and more...
The Monero Standard #95: 2 Feb 2023 - 29 Feb 2024New emails with Satoshi Nakamoto released, anonymous voting with Monero group signatures, and more...
The Monero Standard #94: 15 Feb 2023 - 22 Feb 2024Stack Wallet network stack rewritten, hackathon at MoneroKon, and more.
The Monero Standard #93: 8 Feb 2023 - 15 Feb 2024Monero meetup in Offenbach, Germany, run a Monero node on your Synology NAS, and more.
The Monero Standard #92: 1 Feb 2023 - 8 Feb 2024Binance delisting Monero, discounted MoneroKon tickets celebrating Binance delisting, and more...
The Monero Standard #91: 25 Jan 2023 - 1 Feb 2024MoneroKon 2024 selling tickets, vtnerd fundraising through MAGIC Monero Fund, and more...
The Monero Standard #90: 18 Jan 2023 - 25 Jan 20242/3 Multisig in MoneroMarket.io, Cake Wallet celebrates 6th anniverary, and more...
The Monero Standard #89: 11 Jan 2023 - 18 Jan 2024Monero.Graphics is back, Monero.com wallet released for MacOS, and more...
The Monero Standard #88: 4 Jan 2023 - 11 Jan 2024First BCH<>XMR swap completed on mainnet, Monero DIY hardware wallet, and more...
The Monero Standard #87: 28 Dec 2023 - 4 Jan 2024CCS back up and running, BitMain X5 analysis, and more...
The Monero Standard #86: 21 Dec 2023 - 28 Dec 2023500+ new gift/prepaid cards added to Cake Pay, new CCS system being tested, and more...
The Monero Standard #85: 14 Dec 2023 - 21 Dec 2023Polygon support in Cake Wallet, sharded Monero polyseed backup, and more...
The Monero Standard #84: 7 Dec 2023 - 14 Dec 2023MoneroKon24 needs your help, accepting XMR as a merchant, and more...
The Monero Standard #83: 30 Nov 2023 - 7 Dec 2023Anonymous individual donates 2696 XMR, MAGIC Monero Fund committee applications opened, and more...
The Monero Standard #82: 23 Nov 2023 - 30 Nov 2023Vote to allow luigi1111 to continue CCS escrow, MoneroKon 2024 campaign with recanman, and more...
The Monero Standard #81: 16 Nov 2023 - 23 Nov 2023OrangeFren giving away five stainless steel Monero wallets, Monero meetup in Munich, Germany, and more...
The Monero Standard #80: 9 Nov 2023 - 16 Nov 2023Trocador.app launches international prepaid cards, MoneroKon 2024 open for funding, and more...
The Monero Standard #79: 2 Oct 2023 - 9 Nov 2023CCS hacked, exposing and improving Monero's weaknesses, and more...
The Monero Standard #78: 26 Oct 2023 - 2 Nov 2023LocalMonero account PSA, easy Monero node, and more...
The Monero Standard #77: 19 Oct 2023 - 26 Oct 2023Various improvements to new version of RandomX, scan the Monero blockchain with generic-xmr-scanner, and more...
The Monero Standard #76: 12 Oct 2023 - 19 Oct 2023Telegram Trocador AnonPay helper bot, Monero nearing three-millionth block, and more...
The Monero Standard #75: 5 Sept 2023 - 12 Oct 2023v0.18.3.1 released, OrangeFren Monero meetups, and more...
The Monero Standard #74: 28 Sept 2023 - 5 Oct 2023Monero Observer comes back, convert between Monero denominations, and more...
The Monero Standard #73: 21 Sept 2023 - 28 Sept 2023Monero meetup in Istanbul, Turkey, federated micro-blogging platform that supports Monero, and more...
The Monero Standard #72: 14 Sept 2023 - 21 Sept 2023Guessing of Real Spends using Fungibility Defects, a full guide on Monero, and more...
The Monero Standard #71: 7 Sept 2023 - 14 Sept 2023Monero blockchain reaches 80 million outputs, Monero casino releases a game, privacy coin legality worldwide, and more...
The Monero Standard #70: 31 Aug 2023 - 7 Sept 2023Privacy improvement with Monerujo PocketChange, RandomX implementation in modern C++, and more...
The Monero Standard #69: 24 Aug 2023 - 31 Aug 2023LocalMonero/AgoraDesk's sixth anniversary, new Monero mining pool, P2Pool support in MoneroOS, and more...
The Monero Standard #68: 17 Aug 2023 - 24 Aug 2023Kyun.host launches new VPS plan for Monero node, memorize your mnemonic seed with flashcards, and more...
The Monero Standard #67: 10 Aug 2023 - 17 Aug 2023Cake Pay Web returning, Monero meetup in Chicago, Illinois, and more...
The Monero Standard #66: 3 Aug 2023 - 10 Aug 2023Monero background syncing in Cake Wallet, Monero meetup in Budapest, Hungary, and more...
The Monero Standard #65: 27 July 2023 - 3 Aug 2023DIY hardware wallet with simple offline signing, bi-directional atomic swaps, and more...
The Monero Standard #64: 20 July 2023 - 27 July 2023Monerosupplies partnering with OrangeFren, Monero meetup in South Africa, MoneroKon 2024 planning begins, and more...
The Monero Standard #63: 13 July 2023 - 20 July 2023monero-wallet-rpc support in BTCPayServer, prove a Monero payment without revealing information, and more...
The Monero Standard #62: 6 July 2023 - 13 July 2023SideShift removing Monero, Cake Pay Mobile shutting down, and more...
The Monero Standard #61: 29 June 2023 - 6 July 2023IRS potentially revealing information of Kraken users, Haveno.exchange opened for testing, and more...
The Monero Standard #60: 22 June 2023 - 29 June 2023Binance moving forward with XMR delisting, MoneroKon 2023, XMR price rally, and more...
The Monero Standard #59: 15 June 2023 - 22 June 2023r/Monero Subreddit back open, Monerujo PocketChange feature, donate Monero to Tor relay operators, and more...
The Monero Standard #58: 8 June 2023 - 15 June 2023r/Monero Subreddit moving to monero.town, fundraising for EAE attack, and more...
The Monero Standard #57: 1 June 2023 - 8 June 2023Monero.observer reporting paused, Cake Pay Web suspended and more...
The Monero Standard #56: 25 May 2023 - 1 June 2023Binance delisting Monero, share catchy Monero art, and more...
The Monero Standard #55: 18 May 2023 - 25 May 2023Haveno adds support for gold/silver, high-severity vulnerability disclosure, how to use OpenAlias to share your address easily, and more...
The Monero Standard #54: 11 May 2023 - 18 May 2023Gupax gets a UI overhaul, purchase books with Monero, The State of Crypto, and more...
The Monero Standard #53: 4 May 2023 - 11 May 2023XMR/Nym mixnet, ETH-XMR atomic swap, new Haveno release, and more...
The Monero Standard #52: 27 April 2023 - 4 May 2023Logical vulnerability in POW algorithm found, MoneroTopia happening soon, and more...
The Monero Standard #51: 20 April 2023 - 27 April 2023MAGIC Grants replacing MajesticBank, run your node as a service, and more...
The Monero Standard #50: 13 April 2023 - 20 April 2023Monero's 9th birthday, 74.5 XMR donation, Intercambio.app, and more...
The Monero Standard #49: 6 March 2023 - 13 April 2023monero-vanity 12x speed increase, naked shorting price manipulation of Monero, and more...
The Monero Standard #48: 30 March 2023 - 6 April 202396 XMR donation to Monero General Fund, Bulletproofs++ CCS fully funded, and more...
The Monero Standard #47: 23 March 2023 - 30 March 2023ANON wallet gets encryption features, Bulletproofs++ audit being funded, purchase foods with Monero while tipping farmers, and more...
The Monero Standard #46: 16 March 2023 - 23 March 2023Monero community limits tx_extra, how to use hashes/keys to verify authenticity and integrity, and more...
The Monero Standard #45: 9 March 2023 - 16 March 2023Monero gets NFTs, Sethforprivacy interviewed, and more...
The Monero Standard #44: 28 February 2023 - 9 March 2023LocalMonero's Alex interviewed, Trocador and Tor support for Cake Wallet, and more...
The Monero Standard #43: 22 February 2023 - 28 February 2023LocalMonero app gets proxy setting, Monero hashrate down after large spike in hashrate, and more...
The Monero Standard #42: 15 February 2023 - 22 February 2023Monero ATM finished funding, MoneroTopia 2023, and more...
The Monero Standard #41: 8 February 2023 - 15 February 2023Trocador.app partnership with LocalMonero, Feather Wallet I2P support, and more...
The Monero Standard #40: 1 February 2023 - 8 February 2023New Monero exchange platform, movie featuring Monero, and more...
The Monero Standard #39: 25 January 2023 - 1 February 2023P2Pool hardfork on March 18th, market cap reaches $3.2 billion, and more...
The Monero Standard #38: 18 January 2023 - 25 January 2023Koe CCS proposal completely funded, new MAGIC Monero Fund committee members, and more...
The Monero Standard #37: 11 January 2023 - 18 January 2023MoneroKon 2023 planning meeting is back, crypto down due to money laundering charge, and more...
The Monero Standard #36: 4 January 2023 - 11 January 2023P2Pool hard fork, software updates, and how to run a full node with Docker and Tor...
The Monero Standard #35: 28 December 2022 - 4 January 2023CypherPunk Radio released, MoneroChan.io released, XMR listings, and more...
The Monero Standard #34: 21 December 2022 - 28 December 2022CCS proposal for koe's work on Seraphis, Research Lab and Community Workgroup meetings, new releases and more...
The Monero Standard #33: 14 December 2022 - 21 December 2022MoneroKon 2023 fully funded, Sethforprivacy interviewed, Gupax released v1.0.0, and more...
The Monero Standard #32: 7 December 2022 - 14 December 2022MoneroKon 2023 funding, Monero Meet comes back, new releases, and more...
The Monero Standard #31: 1 December 2022 - 7 December 2022New releases, planning, and more...
The Monero Standard #30: 24 November 2022 - 1 December 2022Monerosupplies digital items, Janice McAfee interview, RandomX anniversary, and more...
The Monero Standard #29: 17 November 2022 - 24 November 2022OSPEAD decoy selection proposal, new releases, and more...
The Monero Standard #28: 9 November 2022 - 17 November 2022Progress on Seraphis upgrade, EU potentially limiting privacy coins, new app releases, and more...
The Monero Standard #27: 3 November 2022 - 9 November 2022FTX collapse, Vik replaces ErCiccione in Haveno, "official" Monero colors, and more...
The Monero Standard #26: 29 October 2022 - 3 November 2022Purchase things for XMR with XMR.Directory, Trocador.app updates, progress on atomic swaps GUI, and more...
The Monero Standard #25: 19 October 2022 - 29 October 2022Monero meetups, Seraphis development progress, wallet updates, and more...
The Monero Standard #24: 12 October 2022 - 19 October 2022POS client for Monero, Ethereum under regulation, Russian translations, and more...
The Monero Standard #23: 5 October 2022 - 13 October 2022CryptoMorpheus_ launches Trocador, Coinremitter adds XMR, a Monero-chan doll, and more...
The Monero Standard #22: 27 July 2022 - 4 August 2022Alex from LocalMonero Interviewed, MineXMR Shutdown, The R Word and More...
The Monero Standard #21: 20 July 2022 - 27 July 2022P2Pool Quickstart Video by Monero Guides, Deep Dive Into Monero Metrics Article and More...
The Monero Standard #20: 13 July 2022 - 20 July 2022Monero v0.18.0 released, TX count ATH, What Happened in 1971? and More...
The Monero Standard #19: 6 July 2022 - 13 July 2022Serai Dex Announcement, New Version of Feather Wallet with support for HF and More...
The Monero Standard #18: 29 June 2022 - 6 July 2022Fluffypony's Extradition to South Africa, Seth For Privacy on WBD, Particl's BasicSwap Launch and More...
The Monero Standard #17: 15 June 2022 - 29 June 2022Penumbra Design, MoneroKon22 Videos, Mental Outlaw Featuring Monero and More...
The Monero Standard #16: 1 June 2022 - 15 June 2022Tail Emission Start, Haveno Development Suspension, How Math Behind Monero Works and More...
The Monero Standard #15: 25 May 2022 - 1 June 2022HotShop PoS, Rucknium's Analysis on Crypto Usage, PiNodeXMR v5, Telegram Crypto Markets and More...
The Monero Standard #14: 18 May 2022 - 25 May 2022P2Pool Mining Guide, Shruum, Monerujo, CakeWallet and Monero.com Updates, FeatherWallet Merge of Polyseed and More...
The Monero Standard #13: 11 May 2022 - 18 May 2022Monero V15 Testnet Launch, View Tags Cartoon, Shruum Wallet F-Droid Repository and More...
The Monero Standard #12: 4 May 2022 - 11 May 2022Tail Emission explanations, Monero and Circular Economies, Fed's raise hike and More...
The Monero Standard #11: 27 April 2022 - 4 May 2022Haveno reconsiderations on ZEC, Mullvad acceptance for XMR, Coin Bureau video on Monero and More...
The Monero Standard #10: 20 April 2022 - 27 April 2022Haveno enlisting Zcash, MoneroTopia and Luke Smith, 'Don't use Telegram' and More...
The Monero Standard #9: 13 April 2022 - 20 April 2022Monero Anniversary, Monerun Results, July Hard-Fork, Tornado Cash Censorship and More...
The Monero Standard #8: 6 April 2022 - 13 April 2022Monerun on April 18th, Binance/Huobi ban on withdrawal, cell phones harm to privacy and more...
The Monero Standard #7: 30 March 2022 - 6 April 2022EU ban on "unhosted wallets", Trezor data breach, Cake Wallet Haven integration and more...
The Monero Standard #6: 23 March 2022 - 30 March 2022Chromium critical bugs, Coinbase KYC BS, Seraphis PoC fully funded and more...
The Monero Standard #5: 16 March 2022 - 23 March 2022Haveno proposal, Kucoin fractional-reserving, Coinjoin vs. Ring Signatures and more...
The Monero Standard #4: 9 March 2022 - 16 March 2022Wasabi Wallet's coinjoin censorship, THORChain's Haven integration, importance of self-custody and more...
The Monero Standard #3: 2 March 2022 - 9 March 2022RINO multisig wallet, Litecoin launch of MimbleWimble sidechain, I2P tutorial, and more...
The Monero Standard #2: 20 February 2022 - 2 March 2022Agorist.xyz, Maajid Nawaz in JRE, Seraphis proof of concept, MoneroResearch.info, Orbot for iOS and more...
The Monero Standard #1: 30 January 2022 - 20 February 2022Upcoming hard-fork updates, MineXMR majority, Monero.com released, Monerujo SideKick funded, and more...