Mullvad gives you a discount if you pay with crypto, and monero is supposed to be the private crypto. What is the best way to get Monero? I’m in Canada

https://mullvad.net/en/pricing

  • Rhonda Sandtits@lemmy.sdf.org
    13·
    20 hours ago

    Go to whatever service/exchange is easiest for you to buy a common crypto that has low fees (either Litecoin or Doge) and use https://changenow.io/ to swap to monero and send to your own wallet.

    Use Guiwallet on desktop or for mobile you can use either cake wallet or monerujo wallet to hodl your monero.

    Just transfer $20 into monero every couple of months and use it to buy time on mullvad as you need

    • FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr
      2·
      6 hours ago

      This is the easiest way.

      • Use a centralized exchange (like Kraken, Binance…)
      • Buy LTC, BCH, anything you want
      • withdraw that
      • Swap (exchange) those through a swap service, from the crypto you bought, to XMR.
        • https://trocador.app/ is an exchange aggregator that’s privacy friendly and Monero friendly if you want. They don’t take any cut and you can get better margins this way.
      • Optional but I recommend it: churn your crypto by sending all of it to yourself multiple times, waiting a few days between each churn. Easier to do with Feather Wallet on desktop as it has coin control. This minimizes the links to your identity: Monero shines through multiple transactions, but tx to tx can statistically be liked. The more you do, the blurrier it gets.
        • On Feather Wallet (which is open source), there’s a “coins” tab where you can see each unit of crypto you have, and can “sweep output” to “yourself (churn)” easily.
      • Spend your XMR, have fun :)
      • FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr
        2·
        5 hours ago

        Additional notes:

        The initial crypto should be a relatively famous one with low transaction fees so you don’t lose a lot in the process. The two I wrote are nice.

        For swapping, the higher the amount, the lower the fee % will be. Always try trading over $20 to minimize fees.