Swap Monero for Ether without an account: enter the amount, paste a 0x… address and send XMR from any Monero wallet.
ETHYou need ETH on Ethereum — to pay gas for a token transfer, to interact with a contract, to buy something priced in ETH — and what you hold is XMR. Nothing on Ethereum can be done without ETH in the wallet, so this is often the first step before anything else.
The two chains do not connect. A Monero wallet has no concept of a 0x… address, and Ethereum cannot see Monero. The XMR is received here first, with 5 confirmations taking about 11–24 minutes, and ETH is then sent to your address as a plain transfer on Ethereum mainnet.
 XMR on Monero | ETH on Ethereum | |
|---|---|---|
| Address format | 4… or 8… (95 characters) | 0x… (42 characters) |
| Fee token | XMR | ETH |
| Confirmations we wait for | 5 | 15 |
| Explorer | monerohash.com | etherscan.io |
Paste the 42-character 0x… address of the wallet that should receive ETH. The estimate is in ETH.
A one-time Monero address (4…) and a QR code appear. Send from any Monero wallet; leave the payment ID empty.
5 confirmations, about 11–24 minutes. The ETH amount is fixed at the fifth confirmation.
The status page links the payout on Etherscan. Ethereum blocks come every 12 seconds, so the ETH is spendable within a minute of being sent.
Exchanges let you deposit ETH on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base and more, often at the same 0x… address. The payout here is on Ethereum mainnet. If you opened the deposit page for Arbitrum and expect the credit there, it will not appear; whether the exchange credits a mainnet deposit instead depends on that exchange.
Ten minutes after sending, the status page still says waiting for confirmations. That is normal for Monero: the fifth block arrives 11–24 minutes after you send. Do not send a second deposit.
| Way | What you need | Where it is slower or dearer |
|---|---|---|
| An exchange that lists XMR | An account, a Monero deposit, a trade, an ETH withdrawal | Two confirmation waits, a withdrawal fee, and a choice of network on the way out that is easy to get wrong |
| A peer-to-peer trade | A counterparty with ETH, an escrow or trust | Negotiated price; time; the counterparty learns your Ethereum address |
| This swap | Two addresses | A floating rate fixed at the fifth Monero confirmation |
Your deposit is a Monero transaction: the explorer confirms the hash and the block and discloses nothing else. The payout is a plain ETH transfer and Etherscan shows it in full — sender, your address, amount, gas, time. From that moment the ETH balance at your address is public, as is everything you do with it. If you want the two sides kept apart, use an Ethereum address that has no history yet.
About 11–24 minutes for the 5 Monero confirmations; the ETH transfer that follows confirms in about 12 seconds.
Mainnet only. This route does not pay ETH on Arbitrum, Optimism, Base or any other rollup.
Yes. Ethereum has no lock period; once the payout transaction is in a block the balance can pay gas or be sent on.
No. The deposit address is created for this swap only. Leave the payment ID field in your wallet blank.
It is shown under the amount field and moves with the Monero fee and Ethereum gas.
Write to support with the swap ID from the status page. The form has no refund address: a swap that cannot be completed is handled by hand, and a return to the address you sent from is arranged under the partner's rules, less the network fee.
About the coins on this route: Monero (XMR) · Ethereum (ETH)
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