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# Monero Means Money

## Private, decentralized cryptocurrency that keeps your finances confidential and secure.

About Monero Join Community

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### Choose a Wallet

To use Monero, the first thing you are going to need is a wallet. Visit our Downloads page and get the right wallet for you. The Monero wallets are available for a variety of platforms and contain everything you need to use Monero immediately.

Downloads

### Get Some Coins

After you install a wallet, you need to get some Monero. There are multiple ways to acquire some coins to spend, like mining or working in exchange for Monero, but the easiest way is to use an exchange and convert your fiat money into XMR. Many exchanges, centralized and decentralized, list Monero (XMR).

Exchanges

### It's a Currency; Use It!

Monero is a currency and can be exchanged for goods, services and other currencies, privately and with very low fees. Many entities will gladly accept XMR for payments; take a look at our 'Merchants' page.

Merchants

### Find Answers to Your Questions

We've heard a lot of questions over the years and have compiled a thorough and varied FAQ. Don't worry, if your questions are not in there, you can always ask the community.

FAQ

## Guides and Resources

The community has put together a vast amount of resources and documentation. Users can find useful info and guides about common configurations and tips in the 'User Guides' section. Developers can find everything they need to build a service based on Monero or simply communicate with the network in the 'Developer Guides'. The Library offers publications and books downloadable for free, including the full 'Mastering Monero' and 'Zero to Monero' books.

User Guides

Developer Guides

Library

## Moneropedia

Would you like to look up the meanings of the terms and concepts used in Monero? Here you will find an alphabetical guide to terms and their meanings.

Read Moneropedia

## Join Community

### We Need Your Skills: Contribute!

Monero is not simply a currency, it's a decentralized community and exists only thanks to the hundreds of volunteers that dedicate their time to the project. Join us!

Contributing

### Monero Research Lab (MRL)

The MRL (Monero Research Lab) is a very important part of Monero. Researchers and cryptographers from all over the world meet to find new ways to improve Monero. Read their papers and join them!

Visit the MRL

### Meet the community!

The members of the Monero community are all over the world. You can find us on multiple platforms. Come meet us!

Hangouts