Side question: what's the least scammy and complicated way to buy Monero these days?

I made a comment about that here (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47858801)

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I'm sorry that happened—the banking system sucks. You can just buy Litecoin instead and swap.

Personally, I'm going to look into RetoSwap, but I appreciate Kraken sticking it out keeping it listed. I might not have gotten any Monero if not for Kraken.

You edited your comment to delete it? Do you want me to delete my reply?

Buy some other crypto like Litecoin then exchange it for Monero, there are quite a few exchanges around that do it anonymously.

...such as?

Binance offers XMRUSDT pair.

I've seen https://kyc.rip but haven't tried it so far.

That's just using Trocador with referral fees.

You could just use Trocador directly and skip the "hackerish" aesthetic and save 2% on fees.

Revolut -> USDC -> Monero via exchange

Kraken?

The onboarding isn't that easy and KYC always takes time.

Monero got delisted there