Monero guides
Practical, data-backed guides to buying, holding, spending and accepting Monero, written and updated by the XMRList team. 42 guides.
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Monero Wallet Recovery: Zero Balance, Restore Height, Stuck Transactions and Lost Seeds
Balance shows zero after restoring? Half your XMR missing? Stuck at 0 confirmations? The real causes behind the most common Monero support posts and how to fix each one.
Wallets & securityHow to Run Your Own Monero Node in 2026: Hardware, Pruning, Raspberry Pi and Docker
What it takes to run monerod at home in 2026: disk and RAM sizes, pruned vs full, PiNodeXMR, Docker, ban lists, Tor, and the config we would use.
Wallets & securityMonero Security Checklist: How People Actually Lose Their XMR (and How to Stop It)
Clipboard malware, fake wallets, exchange hacks, seed phrase mistakes - the real ways Monero gets stolen in 2026, with a practical checklist to avoid each one.
Wallets & securityMonero Hardware Wallets in 2026: Trezor, Ledger and Air-Gapped Options Compared
Which hardware wallets support Monero in 2026, how they connect, what each one can and cannot do, and how to set them up with Feather, Cake Wallet or the GUI.
Wallets & securityMonero Wallets by Platform: macOS, Windows, Linux, Android and iOS in 2026
The official GUI has no Windows ARM or Linux ARM build, the macOS package has been notarised since 2020, and iOS is weaker than Android for two specific documented reasons. A platform-by-platform guide built on the local-scan vs view-key distinction every listicle skips.
Wallets & securityMonero Web Wallets in 2026: MyMonero Is Gone, and What to Use Instead
MyMonero shut down in January 2026 on principle. Why Monero can't have a MetaMask, what a view key really exposes, and why every scam-flagged wallet in our directory is browser-based.
Wallets & securityMonero Address Types Explained: Standard, Subaddress and Integrated
Why some Monero addresses start with 4 and others with 8, what an integrated address is for, and why reusing a Monero address does not harm your privacy the way reusing a Bitcoin address does.
Wallets & securityBest Monero Wallets in 2026: Mobile, Desktop, Hardware and CLI
A practical comparison of Monero wallets — which to use for daily spending, which for savings, and which to avoid entirely. Based on the 35 wallets tracked in our directory.