Monerica Blog - Articles
How Monero Is Funded
September 13th, 2026How Monero development is funded with no company, premine or dev tax: the CCS, the General Fund, MAGIC Grants, and how to fund or get paid for work.
Getting the Most Out of Monerica
A guide to Monerica's features: the directory, categories, KYC labels, submissions, the blog, and the wider network, and how to use each.
Monero for Donations
Why Monero is ideal for donations: donor privacy, no chargebacks, censorship resistance, fast global transfers, and how to give or accept it.
What Is FCMP++?
What FCMP++ is, how full-chain membership proofs strengthen Monero's privacy, the benefits, and why the upgrade keeps getting delayed.
Traveling With Monero
How to travel and cross borders with Monero safely: carrying only a seed phrase, wallet choices, restoring on arrival, and what to watch for.
Run Your Own Monero Node?
Should you self-host a Monero node or use a remote one? The privacy, storage, and reliability trade-offs, and what to watch out for.
Mixers vs. Monero
Bitcoin mixers vs. Monero: how each works, the legal risk mixers now carry, and why simply swapping into Monero is usually the better move.
Choosing a Private Email Provider
How to choose a private email provider, why email privacy is genuinely hard, and the trade-offs between encryption, metadata, and anonymity.
No-KYC SMS Verification
What no-KYC SMS verification is, the privacy problems it solves, the types of private numbers, and where to find them with Monero.
Swap Stablecoins for Monero
How to swap USDT, USDC, or DAI into Monero privately: stablecoin types, chains, a step-by-step, and where to find no-KYC instant swaps.