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Concord Knight | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 I was thinking about buying monero by swapping it for BTC.
So what is the best way to get monero?
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tiredfornow | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Kycnot.me.  It lists a few exchanges that swap lightning for XMR. Thats the way to go in my opinion.
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SimplifiedPrivacy.com Podcast | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 TradeOrge is on cloudflare but cheap.  There's a few swap sites:
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/swaps/index.html

However keep in mind that buying KYC bitcoin and swapping for XMR is riskier than buying KYC XMR, because you could be on the hook for crimes done with that bitcoin after you no longer control it
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ede3d957 | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Both risky in their own regards.
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Concord Knight | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 So buying bitcoin and swapping it to monero is the only way to get monero (outside of physically exchanging cash)?
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ede3d957 | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Haveno is your gateway.

https://haveno-reto.com
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SaberhagenTheNameless | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Depends what country you're in and what you mean by "best" (cheap/quick? most trustless?), but here are a few more options

With fiat: Bisq, Haveno-reto, Robosats

With crypto: Trocador, BasicswapDEX, UnstoppableSwap

Also: 
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