19 Dec 2024 [services]

Haveno adds support for buying XMR without security deposit

woodser1 has released Haveno2 version 1.0.153 with support for buying Monero (initial purchases <1 XMR) without security deposits4, which greatly simplifies the onboarding process for new traders:

Changes overview

Support buying XMR without deposit using passphrase
Increase limits: crypto to 528, very low risk to 132, pay by mail to 48
Support USDC
Show available Monero nodes in network settings
Improve Czech translations
Various bug fixes and improvements [..]

It is worth noting that ohchase and slrslr made their first contributions in PRs #14315 and #14546.

The full changelog is available on Github7.

Consult the installing.md8 file for generic build instructions or download the installers provided by third party Haveno networks. To interact with the community, join the #haveno9 room on Matrix.

You can support the project by donating XMR10, becoming a sponsor11, or working on open bounties12.

Note that Haveno can be used on Monero’s main network by using a third party Haveno network13. Only test with small XMR amounts that you can afford to lose.

This is an ongoing story and the report will be updated when new information is available.

  1. https://github.com/woodser/ ↩

  2. https://haveno.exchange ↩

  3. https://github.com/haveno-dex/haveno/releases/tag/1.0.15 ↩

  4. https://github.com/haveno-dex/haveno/pull/1463 ↩

  5. https://github.com/haveno-dex/haveno/pull/1431 ↩

  6. https://github.com/haveno-dex/haveno/pull/1454 ↩

  7. https://github.com/haveno-dex/haveno/compare/1.0.14…1.0.15 ↩

  8. https://github.com/haveno-dex/haveno/blob/master/docs/installing.md ↩

  9. https://matrix.to/#/#haveno:haveno.network ↩

  10. https://github.com/haveno-dex/haveno#monero ↩

  11. https://haveno.exchange/sponsors/ ↩

  12. https://github.com/haveno-dex/haveno/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%F0%9F%92%B0bounty ↩

  13. /first-public-haveno-networks-mainnet-hardenedsteel-retoaccess1/, /the-aloha-project-announces-new-haveno-mainnet-instance/, /haveno-reto-completes-retoswap-rebrand-new-website-launch/ ↩