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Notes from the build.
What shipped, what it cost, and why we'd pay it again. The guides live here too — the same rules, walked through one at a time.
Posts
CCE.CASH joins the board at the bottom of our scoring — admitted anyway, because it's the only route to XMR. The honest math.
Routes 2026-08 Tor-only: what it costs us, and why we pay itOnion circuits add latency to every quote. Here's the measured overhead, and why a clearnet fast-path would defeat the point.
Privacy 2026-07 The tracker rebuilds from the chainA wiped browser doesn't lose your swap — rebuild it from a deposit tx, a swap id, an address, or a 30-day receipt you can delete anytime.
Tracking 2026-06 What “non-custodial” means here, exactlyA walk through the payment path: which address you pay, who holds it, and the precise moment dexr exits the picture.
Principles 2026-06 An onion endpoint for the APIThe quote API answers as an onion service, so a client can keep the whole request path — its own end included — inside Tor.
API 2026-05 Why five providers, not oneA single-provider router is one outage — or one policy change — away from useless. The count will grow as more venues prove out; the competition is the point.
RoutesGuides
Quote, pay the network vault, track the payout — walked through with a real BTC → ETH quote.
Guide G—02 Verifying a vault addressHow to confirm the deposit address belongs to the network before you pay it.
Guide G—03 Recovering your historyYour history lives in your browser. Get a swap back from a 30-day receipt you can delete anytime, or straight from the chain.
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