Why people swap into Monero
Monero is built so that a transaction reveals neither the sender, the receiver nor the amount to outside observers: ring signatures, stealth addresses and RingCT are part of the protocol, not optional settings. That is why most XMR orders on VeriSwap start from Bitcoin or Ethereum and end in a Monero wallet. Both of those are pair pages with their own notes: BTC → XMR is the most requested route, ETH → XMR the second. Litecoin, Solana, Cardano and USDT also swap into Monero on their native networks.
- Privacy applies to the Monero side of the swap, not to the coin you send.
- Receiving XMR needs a Monero wallet address, never an exchange address that does not accept XMR deposits.
Monero addresses and wallets
A standard Monero address is 95 characters long and starts with 4; a subaddress starts with 8 and is the better choice for receiving, because each one keeps payments separate without extra cost. Integrated addresses start with 4 and are 106 characters long. The official GUI and CLI wallets are published on getmonero.org, alongside well-known desktop and mobile wallets; download from the official page and verify the signature. Incoming Monero shows as unlocked after 10 confirmations, roughly 20 minutes, so a payout that appears as pending in your wallet is normal for a short while. Your 25-word seed never belongs in a form, including ours: VeriSwap only asks for a receiving address.
Swapping out of Monero
XMR → BTC, XMR → ETH, XMR → LTC and XMR → SOL work the other way round: you send Monero from your own wallet to the deposit address in the order, and the payout arrives on a public chain. Two things change. The receiving side is public again, so the payout transaction, its amount and your address are visible on that blockchain. And the deposit is confirmed on the Monero network, where each block takes about two minutes; the order page shows when the deposit is confirmed and when the payout is sent, so there is no need to guess.
What a Monero swap does and does not hide
A swap into Monero does not remove the public history of the Bitcoin or Ethereum you sent. The deposit transaction, the sending address and the amount stay on the public chain forever. What changes is what happens afterwards: once the payout sits in your Monero wallet, further transfers are private by default. VeriSwap is not a mixer and does not operate one; the privacy comes from Monero itself. The privacy-swap guide walks through the BTC → XMR → BTC pattern and explains, step by step, what stays visible.
Fees, minimums and timing
The receive amount shown in your order already includes the 0.5% service fee and is valid for 15 minutes. The minimum order is $50 in value. The network fee for sending the deposit is paid by your wallet; Monero fees are usually small, Bitcoin and Ethereum fees depend on network load. Timing depends on confirmations on the sending network and on the operator’s manual verification, which is logged on the order page. Where a route has at least three completed swaps in the last 90 days, its pair page shows the real median payout time.
