Why all the unnecessary info in this thread. The only one I agree with regarding anonymizing your coins is
@sinos. However I would like to add few extra things
1- I agree with
whonix and whonix has a built-in
Monero GUI wallet, so no need to install extra wallets.
2-
flyp.me is good, but there are other providers and they are non kyc (no verification needed) and these are
morphtoken (instant) and
bisq (decentralized but require more technical knowledge) or
cake wallet (non custodial mobile wallet that has built in exchange via morph token API).
3- I also recommend
xmr.to they are the best of the best and you can exchange your
monero to up to 2 btc in a single transaction, they also support lightning network and rest assure that your coins are clean as xmr.to exchange their monero through
binance.
4- If you want fiat (anonymously) after getting your monero. Go to
agoradesk,
localmonero or
paxful and exchange your monero to fiat with trusted users only (look thru their feedback and reviews) and you can choose almost any payment method you can think of.
Done.
Now any user who can claim that "OmG MoNEro Is TRAceBle" and all this FUD, he can do 2 things. Either provide proof or he can stick a stick in his a## and stfu
People or governments who can know who you are know because 1- you're connected to any exchange that has your name on it. 2- your opsec is garbage.
However, there are some scenarios which can be concerning and this depends on your threat model which led the monero developers themselves to do a whole a*s episodes called "
breaking monero" to address these concerns.
however these concerns, although valid, are not issues for 99% of the people if they follow common sense.
And not long time ago ciphertrace clowns claimed that they could break monero
anonymity and they kept spreading fud without any proof, but the monero developers quickly contacted this firm and did an
interview with their CEO. And they smashed his claims, so what was the CEO reply? "I dOnT HaVE THe tEcHnICaL KnOwLeDgE" lol then where is your CTO to answer these questions then.
And then the
IRS offered some hundreds of thousands of dollars for firms who could "break" monero anonymity and guess what, cipher trace didn't win the contracts lol. Why would they lose if they have a viable solution and they are ready to deliver
Even the firms that
won the contracts (chainanalysis..etc) won't be able to do jack s**t about monero and adress things that aren't already known but anyway the IRS contract specifically mentioned monero and btc lightning network. So what will happen is these firms will be able to track btc LN Efficiently but in terms of monero they will say that they are "working on it" and these firms will keep milking the IRS lol.
Anyway for any one interested in monero, you can download and read "
mastering monero" book, it's a fun read and it's free but you can support the author of you wanted to.
You can also follow the monero
subreddit and ask any question you might have there.
Also see this
post if you still concerned about the anonymity of your monero wallet or coins after hearing the fear mongering about monero anonymity.
As always,
Cheers!