LocalMonero Use (Android)
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Objective
In this guide I will show you how to buy Monero (XMR) on
LocalMonero Android app. If you don't have LocalMonero app
installed on your Android device, you can follow this guide to do so:
LocalMonero Setup (Android)
Using LocalMonero you can purchase Monero from the sellers in your
locale. On LocalMonero you can find sellers who do not ask for
invasive personal information from you, and, that way, you can protect
your personal privacy during the exchange.
In this guide CalyxOS 5.2.0 (which runs
Android 14) is used for demonstration.
Usage
Setup region, currency, and a wallet address
Start the LocalMonero app. In order to receive your purchased
moneros, you need to add a Monero address of yours to the app. First,
generate a new Monero wallet address on your Monero
wallet. You can scan the QR-code of this address
from your computer and pass it to your phone. Copy the scanned
QR-code's contents to your phone's clipboard. Then, inside the
LocalMonero app, on the bottom menu tap on Wallet > Address
book. On the new page, tap on the + button on the lower right
side of the screen.
Tap on Address book |
Tap on Plus |
LocalMonero will give you an input field for you to insert your
Monero address from your phone's clipboard. Paste it into the
Receiving XMR address field. You can insert a tag to that address
in the Label (optional) field, in order to help yourself
distinguishing your addresses. Next, tap on the Continue button.
LocalMonero will show you the address and the labels you inserted.
Make sure the receiving address is correct! Otherwise, the seller
will send your moneros to a wrong address, and you won't be getting
them in your own wallet.
Enter your own receiving address |
Your wallet's
address |
Go back to the main user interface of the app, and tap on the region
settings button on the upper right side of the screen. Select your
fiat currency and the country. In this guide, TRY and Turkey
options will be demonstrated.
Tap on slider button |
Setup your fiat
currency |
After you set the fiat currency and country options, tap on the
Apply button.
Setup your fiat
currency |
Take a look at the offers and pick one
Once you get back to the main user interface of the app, you will be
presented with the available ads for you. Take a look at the
available offers, and pick one of them. You will see the details of
that ad. Here,
- XMR Price: shows the fiat price of Monero, in that ad
- Trade limits: shows the seller's upper and lower limits for the trade
- Payment method: shows the buyer's method of paying the seller
On the same screen, Terms of trade field shows the seller's
conditions for buying Monero from them. Make sure you read those
terms, and agree with them, before initiating the trade.
Pick a seller to
buy from |
Read
the seller's terms of trade |
On the same screen, you can tap on the seller's username, and see
statistics for his past activity. Here, Trades shows you the
number of transactions the seller has completed before you,
Feedback shows the percentage of happy customers for this seller,
and Typical trade finalization time shows you the amount of time
your trade with that seller probably will take.
If you are happy with the reputation of this seller, tap on the
Buy button on the previous screen for the ad.
Examine
the seller's stats |
Tap on the Buy
button |
Contact the seller and purchase XMR
After you tap on Buy button, LocalMonero app will ask you how
much Monero you want to buy. Enter the amount in your fiat currency
terms (TRY in this case), and then tap on the Send a trade
request button. LocalMonero app will, once again, present you the
terms of the trade. Review them one last time, and tap on the Agree
to terms and continue button.
Enter the purchase
amount |
Read the terms of
trade |
On the next screen, LocalMonero will ask you to enter an address for
you to receive your newly-purchased moneros. Here, we will insert the
address we introduced to the app in the first step of this guide. For
this, tap on the address book icon. See the address you've previously
given to the app, and then tap on the Paste button. Then, tap on
the Continue button.
Tap on the Paste
button |
Tap on Continue |
A new screen will show up, and you will see a Trade created
notification up on top. You will find yourself inside a chat screen
that you share with the seller. At this point, wait for the seller to
accept your trade request. Do not make any payment as long as you see
the Waiting for the seller to fund the trade status in the chat
interface.
Once the seller accepts your trade request, you will see the Pay the
seller message on the chat interface. Now, you can make the payment
to the seller.
Wait for the seller |
Tap on
triple dot menu above |
In order to see the details of how you should make the payment to the
seller, tap on the triple button menu on the upper right hand side of
the screen. Then, tap on the Payment info option.
Tap on Payment info |
The payment details of the seller |
In this guide, I will be using a payment method which lets me send my
paper cash bills from a supermarket checkout counter to the seller's
bank account. That way, I won't be giving any of my personally
identifiable information neither to the seller nor to the supermarket.
After I make the payment, obeying the seller's terms, I write a
specific URL address onto the receipt paper, take a picture of it
using the in-app camera of LocalMonero and deliver its picture to
the seller inside the chat interface. Right after that, I tap on the
I have paid button inside the chat interface. LocalMonero will
ask you to confirm your payment done declaration. Tap on the
Confirm button.
Tap on I have paid |
Confirm payment |
At this point the seller will send you the moneros you've just
purchased. Until the seller signals inside the chat interface that he
has sent you the moneros, the status of the trade will be Waiting
for seller to confirm your payment. While you wait for the seller,
check out your Monero wallet that will be receiving them. On the
incoming payments of your Monero wallet, you should see your moneros
arriving. Once the seller confirms in the LocalMonero app that he
has sent moneros to your address, the trade status will turn into
Trade finalized. You will have your moneros in your wallet.
Wait for the seller to confirm your payment |
Seller sends you XMR |
If you wish to buy from the same seller again in the future, you can
see your past trade history under Trades > Completed.
Your past trades |
Conclusion
In this guide I showed you how to buy Monero using LocalMonero app.
For this, first you entered an address that belongs to your own Monero
wallet into the LocalMonero app. Then, you picked your country and
the fiat currency that you will pay the seller with. Next, you
scrolled through the available offers, and picked one that you were
comfortable with. After that, you contacted the seller, made the
payment, and got your moneros in your wallet.
Using LocalMonero you can support your local Monero sellers, and
also you can avoid the privacy-wise invasive and abusive Know Your
Customer (KYC) procedures of your local centralized exchanges.
If you find this guide useful you can send some Monero (XMR) to
this address:
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