The official Monero GUI from the Monero project is the reference wallet for XMR — the one that ships with the protocol and can run a full node itself. If you want the least third-party surface between you and your own coins, this is it. Swapping into it on 0trace takes one copied address.
Own node or remote node
The GUI can either sync the whole blockchain locally or connect to a remote node. A local node is the strongest choice for privacy because nothing outside your machine learns which addresses you care about, but the first sync takes hours and a large amount of disk. A remote node gets you running in minutes. Either way the payout arrives the same — this choice affects your privacy, not the swap.
Copy your receive address
- Create a wallet and store the 25-word seed offline. It is the only recovery path.
- Open the Receive tab and copy the address, or create a fresh subaddress for this swap.
- Let the wallet finish syncing before you expect the incoming transfer to display.
A common false alarm: the payout arrives on chain but a still-syncing wallet has not caught up to it yet. Nothing is lost — the transfer appears once the wallet reaches that block height.
Create the order
- Choose what you are sending and set Monero as what you receive.
- Paste the address from the GUI as the payout destination.
- The receive figure already has the service fee and Monero network cost deducted — that is the amount that lands.
- Save the PGP-signed Guarantee before sending funds.
The Guarantee pins the deposit address, amounts, rate type and payout address, and verifies offline with gpg --verify or on our verify page. After payout you get a Receipt in the same format. Neither requires you to trust or contact us.
After you send
Send the exact amount shown, minimum $40. When the deposit confirms, the Monero payout goes out automatically. Monero on our side runs through our own node rather than a third-party aggregator, so nobody external sees the Monero leg of your order. Completed orders are removed after 72 hours.
