The difference with XMR is that there is no effective chain surveillance to follow the money. You can use KYC'd Monero to commit a crime or send stolen Monero to a centralized exchange and pretty much nothing will happen to you. There is no KYC/No-KYC distinction to do in Monero. No clean/dirty coins. That's why hackers prefer it. Fungible MoE.
Obviously OPSEC and other heuristics still matter, but Monero eliminates the trail that could directly lead to an off-chain identity.
Enigmatik
npub1s2…tfpzw
2026-09-13 22:03:05 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…tyke
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npub1s2e0q87zr88zkzeslydpq4xav6ajhjt9fmfvsanxuld0fvel287sytfpzwPublished at
2026-09-13 22:03:05 UTCEvent JSON
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