Most privacy-focused assets approach the problem as a feature to be added. Transactions are by default visible; privacy is an opt-in. This framing gives the appearance of privacy while preserving the infrastructure of transparency.
Monero inverts this entirely. Privacy is not a feature of Monero — it is the base state. Every transaction is private by default. There is no opt-out. There is no transparent mode for when you want to be seen. The protocol makes the choice irreversible.
Ring signatures and stealth addresses
The technical mechanisms are worth understanding briefly. Ring signatures mean that any given transaction is constructed to look like it could have come from any of a group of possible senders — the actual sender is indistinguishable from the ring. Stealth addresses mean that each transaction generates a one-time address, so an outside observer cannot link multiple transactions to a single recipient wallet.
Monero does not hide transactions. It makes the concept of a visible transaction structurally incoherent.
The result is not a coin with strong privacy. It is a protocol in which the concept of a traceable transaction is structurally incoherent. You cannot link a Monero transaction to an identity because the mechanism for doing so does not exist in the protocol.
Available on Terce
Monero is available as both a send and receive asset on Terce. No additional requirements apply. The exchange treats XMR the same as any other asset on the platform — because it is.