A personal account of chasing XMR access across centralized platforms — watching each one drop support — and what finally worked. The pattern is more important than any single event.

No jargon. No prerequisites. No "consider two parties Alice and Bob." What an atomic swap actually is, why it matters for Monero specifically, and what the honest tradeoffs are.

Coinbase. Binance. Kraken. Bittrex. A documented timeline of every major exchange that delisted or suspended Monero — with dates, stated reasons, and what it means for anyone who still wants access to XMR.

People call services like Zefram "exchanges." The word carries assumptions that don't apply here — custody, accounts, compliance, the ability to freeze your balance. None of those things exist in an atomic swap. Here's why the distinction matters.