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 No KYC, Peer-to-peer groups, to buy Monero or BTC

Anyone can observe with publicly available information that,

You can get a better price in the groups than hitting the exchanges directly, because you're getting it from a random dude who wants out, while as the exchange has pro vendors charging double.  Pro vendors want more to take on the risk of their Zelle/Paypal/SEPA/ect getting frozen.  Random dude is more concerned with theft.  If the other person is afraid of charge-back risk, then cash-in-mail with an arbitrator would sound good.

One could first meet people and then go with them to Haveno, Bisq, Bitcointalk, or XMRBazaar arbitrators.
With free speech such as "Buying {XMR/BTC} at {insert %} above Spot in {insert country} with {payment methods}"

Legal Disclaimer: I never take custody of funds. I never coordinate exchanges.  I don't host or control any of these, this is free speech public information. (2nd disclaimer at the end)

Very Active Monero Signal Group:
https://signal.group/#CjQKIMtPr_BcagCe6ARHnHOYXMzS-WMLFVndrjRX-QLye9foEhDjts9QEhsvErDn7i0oiZaV

2nd Signal group:
https://signal.group/#CjQKIH8v8CvjuKl4FPRoWNfI44YK8-12FNdS0E55_LjbrZdbEhA6swzvNFN9VlMExMNmRTa4

SimpleX Over-the-Counter Trades:
https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=2-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2Fhpq7_4gGJiilmz5Rf-CswuU5kZGkm_zOIooSw6yALRg%3D%40smp5.simplex.im%2FQdiE4Q_YlaDxWgS0I8I5Rd5fvMi5Ynt8%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEARXCMp0Cr6douxAqW3wrU8gc8AjPVpd6Zra-GDexwZiQ%253D%26srv%3Djjbyvoemxysm7qxap7m5d5m35jzv5qq6gnlv7s4rsn7tdwwmuqciwpid.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%22i0bp_uTx-o7P7iVZ547qvA%3D%3D%22%7D

SimpleX Bank Exit Group: 
https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=2-5&smp=smp%3A%2F%2Fu2dS9sG8nMNURyZwqASV4yROM28Er0luVTx5X1CsMrU%3D%40smp4.simplex.im%2FfAfaPXxFIfD3bO4AfuioCUmZb3xw_HTt%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEADoIxt1cJ6cOV7rBCjA0r9bwjCNeq9OWlBJhswBY6agE%253D%26srv%3Do5vmywmrnaxalvz6wi3zicyftgio6psuvyniis6gco6bp6ekl4cqj4id.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%22kxuLfy44jNuwtmTh6DoF3A%3D%3D%22%7D

Telegram Bank Exit:
https://t.me/SortieDeBanque

SimpleX Haveno Exchange Group:
https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=2-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2FSkIkI6EPd2D63F4xFKfHk7I1UGZVNn6k1QWZ5rcyr6w%3D%40smp9.simplex.im%2FMplYm7uxopKyUOrKqnWySpXQIGxoJWYB%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEAs8PcRwnf_-H30yXfwV0MSbka9I_xBeVNr4vKJNoReBw%253D%26srv%3Djssqzccmrcws6bhmn77vgmhfjmhwlyr3u7puw4erkyoosywgl67slqqd.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%22YT2t__GnjpZ1W2MjJAz6Sw%3D%3D%22%7D

SimpleX Monero Group with 900+ members:
https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=1-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2Fu2dS9sG8nMNURyZwqASV4yROM28Er0luVTx5X1CsMrU%3D%40smp4.simplex.im%2FlG8iICBMC11b1Tvwi5UNhtbBVND4sEdF%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEAciIsZEcoYgI97bE08qdb3bv9HgE6RK2eVE0FvO7F13M%253D%26srv%3Do5vmywmrnaxalvz6wi3zicyftgio6psuvyniis6gco6bp6ekl4cqj4id.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%22UHBD5vOaGzQ-fnGIvx-6Zw%3D%3D%22%7D

SimpleX Official Monero Group:
https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=1-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2FPQUV2eL0t7OStZOoAsPEV2QYWt4-xilbakvGUGOItUo%3D%40smp6.simplex.im%2Fo3W26CbJDR8abO4QG7Cvl7HM1WbKt5kO%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEAZLrvRhnIYDQjjyAgTnuDbZ5fhMRhA9BTBRblkqMtsQc%253D%26srv%3Dbylepyau3ty4czmn77q4fglvperknl4bi2eb2fdy2bh4jxtf32kf73yd.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%22XENmd9XeJ0rcB900hulObg%3D%3D%22%7D

(you might kicked out of this one, but f em, try it)
Matrix Official Monero Workgroup::
https://matrix.to/#/#monero-community:monero.social

XMPP Revuo:
revuo-monero@conference.jabbers.one

Haveno: Anyone with the internet can observe that Haveno works, but it's light liquidity due to DDoS.  This is being fixed with a Proof of Work patch coming soon.

Consider reposting this to spread the parallel economy!  We’ve got to make this information widely known.

Legal Disclaimer: I am not operating or controlling any of these groups or exchanges. I'm literally talking about public information.