Monero wallets

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• Install Feather

• Use Feather

There are two main applications for using the Monero cryptocurrency on desktop operating systems:

• The official, open-source Monero GUI wallet
• The open-source Feather wallet.

From our experience, Feather is the most easy to setup and interact with.

Install Feather

Feather can be installed on all desktop operating systems. See their documentation for specific instructions. Especially for Linux, we would recommend installing feather through flatpak and not as a standalone executable or AppImage, as this is more secure.

Use Feather

With feather, you can easily send and receive Monero. Although we would like to add some tips in the future, for now refer to the official feather documentation. Have a look at:

• Creating a new wallet.
• First Start

For sending and receiving Monero, you will always have to use an “address” which you can think of as an anonymous and (if you wish) temporary IBAN.