Atomic Swaps: Trustless XMR↔BTC
The most private way to swap: a peer-to-peer XMR↔BTC trade where no service ever holds your coins or can log you — how it works and its trade-offs.
#advanced
6 lessons with this tag.
Build Your Own Node on a Raspberry Pi
A practical build: the parts you need, why an SSD matters, and setting up a low-power always-on Monero node yourself.
Node Pruning Explained
How blockchain pruning works, what it keeps and drops, when to prune, and how to run a pruned node that still fully validates.
Checking Network Stats: Fees & Supply
Read the Monero network live — current transaction fees, block reward, difficulty and the total circulating supply — straight from your node or a block explorer.
Running a Public Remote Node
Open your node to the world: configure monerod as a public RPC node, serve it over Tor and clearnet, and help the community without risking your own privacy.
Accepting Monero with BTCPay Server
Advanced: run your own self-hosted BTCPay Server to accept Monero payments directly — no processor, no middleman, full self-custody.