Quick Start 🚀

On this site, you'll find information on how to use Mostro, a peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin exchange platform on the Lightning Network for any local currency. It operates on Nostr and does not require KYC procedures.

Quick Start Guide 🚀

  1. Have a Lightning Network-compatible wallet.

  2. Open any Mostro client.

  3. Follow the instructions of the client:

    • Log in with a Nostr key; some Mostro clients will create one for you!
    • Find or create bitcoin buy/sell offers.
    • Wait for an interested user.
    • If you're buying sats, provide the invoice where you will receive the sats.
    • If you're selling sats, pay the hold invoice (the sats will remain locked in your wallet until the end of the process).
    • Talk to your counterparty. Agree on how to exchange the fiat. This is a private process.
    • Complete the exchange.
    • If your counterparty does not respond, start a dispute.
    • Rate your counterparty. You will also be rated.

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