[ANN] AgoraDesk.com | Buy ♻️ Sell Bitcoins Anonymously!

[LocalMonero]

AgoraDesk.com is a P2P platform for trading Bitcoin that was created by the team behind LocalMonero.co. In addition to the fact that the platform can function without JavaScript, AgoraDesk is also committed to maintaining simplicity and privacy, so it never requests KYC/ID verification and never plans to do so.

Summary

• No KYC/ID verification, Onion portal, I2P portal.
• Open source mobile apps for Android & iOS.
• No-JavaScript version of the site (loads by default when accessing from Tor or I2P).
• Any currency, any payment method, anywhere.
• Cash and online Monero trading (just like LocalMonero).
• Cash and online Bitcoin trading (just like the other Local* sites).
• Fully functional when Google is blocked by your browser.
• Mobile notifications through telegram (to receive push notifications about your trades).
• 2FA with TOTP apps like Google Authenticator or andOTP.
• Affiliate program - earn commission for inviting trading users.
• Accounts, reputation and XMR ads/trades are completely shared with LocalMonero.
• A fully functional API, similar to the LocalBitcoins API, ensuring an easy migration of your existing trading bots.
• Complicated pricing mechanisms through the use of price/premium formulas, not just for spot trading but also for options.

Buy Bitcoins Anonymously

Step [1]	Register an account with AgoraDesk. Go to the main page - you'll see the top offers for your default region.  You can refine your results by entering the desired amount and changing the currency, country or payment method, select "All online offers" if you're unsure which payment method you want to use (select an ad from a trader with a lot of trades and a good reputation).
Step [2]	After you press the "Buy" button, you'll see more information about the advertisement, including the terms of the trade. To start the trade, type in how much Bitcoin you want to buy and click the "Send trade request" button. You'll be once again shown the trade terms, read them carefully one more time and make sure you agree, then press "Accept terms".
Step [3]	In the new menu that appears - Settlement Fee Level - you will be able to select the fee that you wish to use to support your transaction. Depending on how urgent you are, you can select three fee levels (Fast, Medium and Slow). The fee you have chosen may end up being even lower at the time of the transaction if the amount being transacted is very low (this selection is made automatically). When you are happy with your choice click on "Agree to terms and start trading".
Step [4]	Next, you'll be prompted to enter your settlement wallet address. This is the address that the coins you've bought will be sent to. If you don't have a personal BTC wallet, you can use Electrum wallet. Copy your address from your wallet and paste it in the "Receiving Bitcoin address" input (make sure the pasted address is the same as the copied address to avoid losing your coins). Please note, that the wallet you use for trade settlement must be your own, third-party hosted wallets are not allowed. Once done, press "Start trading" to begin the trade.
Step [5]	A trade page will be opened in your browser. Communicate with the seller through the trade chat to make sure the seller is ready to receive your payment. Conduct the payment according to the seller's instructions and immediately press "I have paid" this will notify the seller that the payment is complete and prevent the seller from canceling the trade.
Step [6]	Once the seller has confirmed receiving your payment, they'll initiate the trade settlement. You'll see that the trade status will have changed to "Processing". At this point, there's nothing else you need to do - the coins will be transferred to your provided settlement wallet address automatically. This will take some time (usually around 10-60 minutes).
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[LocalMonero]

We're pleased to announce that AgoraDesk now offer a fully functional API. The API was developed to be very similar to the LocalBitcoins API, and we have very detailed API docs which clearly outline all the minor differences between our API and the LocalBitcoins API to ensure a quick and easy adaptation of your trading bots. You can get your API key from the new "API key" tab on your user settings page.

API Docs:
https://agoradesk.com/api-docs/v1/

[ScammedbyLocalMonero]

35 XMR = 9500 was stolen by Localmonero scam admin aka agoradesk scam agoradesk

Please go to localmonero aka agoradesk scam topic


Agoradesk.com/LocalMonero.co is Ukrainian based Scam exchanger!!!

[logfiles]

^^^^^^^^^

Everybody reading the above reply should know that @ScammedbyLocalMonero is a scammer who was having multiple account on localmonero. He got busted and came to this forum, littering it with false scam accusations

More details about the investigation can be found here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5372981.msg58523794#msg58523794

[LocalMonero_is_Scam]

Everybody reading the above reply should know that @logfiles is a LocalMonero scam sock-puppet

he cannot say anything against video evidence on youtube, that is why he keep posting pointless messages

there is whole channels of video evidence of LocalMonero admins scamming people

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0yKXWOlDe6zmfKXxEEkcYw

[LocalMonero]

Hey People!

After a long absence we are back (also OP updated).

Please feel free to join the discussion!

[dkbit98]

Please feel free to join the discussion!

Welcome back
I was wondering how can you prevent ending up in similar fashion like Paxful, LocalBitcoins, LocalCryptos and other P2P trading websites that shut down recently under pressure from regulators?
Looks like you are one of the last P2P marketplace werbsites standing (not counting fruit app that was recently released).

[RickDeckard]

Step [3]

Next, you'll be prompted to enter your settlement wallet address. If you don't have a personal XMR wallet, you can use either the official Monero GUI or CLI wallet or Feather wallet. Copy your address from your wallet and paste it in the "Receiving Monero address" input (make sure the pasted address is the same as the copied address). Please note, that the wallet you use for trade settlement must be your own, third-party hosted wallets are not allowed. Once done, press "Start trading".

I probably found a typo that's easy to fix for you @LocalMonero - I think that you should modify this section of your post so that it matches with the associated image (BTC instead of XMR mentions). Other than that, keep up the good work! It is always great to know that we can count on another P2P service to satisfy the needs of the community.

[LocalMonero]

I was wondering how can you prevent ending up in similar fashion like Paxful, LocalBitcoins, LocalCryptos and other P2P trading websites that shut down recently under pressure from regulators?

They all shut down for different reasons. Paxful's co-founder sued the other co-founder. LocalBitcoins lost a large chunk of their revenue after having to shut down the Russian market. LocalCryptos's founder has serious medical issues.

We can never exclude a massive government crackdown, of course, but so far P2P trading is OK.

Step [3]

Next, you'll be prompted to enter your settlement wallet address. If you don't have a personal XMR wallet, you can use either the official Monero GUI or CLI wallet or Feather wallet. Copy your address from your wallet and paste it in the "Receiving Monero address" input (make sure the pasted address is the same as the copied address). Please note, that the wallet you use for trade settlement must be your own, third-party hosted wallets are not allowed. Once done, press "Start trading".

I probably found a typo that's easy to fix for you @LocalMonero - I think that you should modify this section of your post so that it matches with the associated image (BTC instead of XMR mentions). Other than that, keep up the good work! It is always great to know that we can count on another P2P service to satisfy the needs of the community.

Oops, fixed, thanks!

[JeromeTash]

Oops, fixed, thanks!

Could we please have an option to import reputation from Localcryptos as well before the site completely shuts down?

How about a dark/night mode option? I think it would come in handy for traders who are always glued to the platform

[icopress]

Could we please have an option to import reputation from Localcryptos as well before the site completely shuts down?

I'm not as tech-savvy as some of the regulars and have little idea of what reputation importing looks like, so I'd appreciate the details.

Are you referring to the dual authorization that identifies your username on Localcryptos? 

[JeromeTash]

I'm not as tech-savvy as some of the regulars and have little idea of what reputation importing looks like, so I'd appreciate the details.

Are you referring to the dual authorization that identifies your username on Localcryptos? 

If one had a trading account in Localbitcoins or paxful in the past that had good reputation (positive feedback) there is an option to import that reputation from other platforms into one's localmonero account.

They require one to add a specifically generated code to the profile of the account in the platform where you want to import the reputation from. After that one then sends them the profile link, they verify it and add the other feedback from that profile onto one's localmonero account

So far they only support Paxful and localbitcoins which is why I was suggesting them to add support for localcryptos too since I used it more than the other two platforms.

[Mate2237]

I just enter the website and finished the registration and was trying to see if the exchange  will be simple has others but my brother it was not easy. I couldn't do anything. Thought I got the public key, but I did not see buy and sell on the first page of the website. My fear was, I would not see my country currency but to my surprise, I saw it there. That is a nice exchange platform .I will still try to use it in my free  time.

[dkbit98]

We can never exclude a massive government crackdown, of course, but so far P2P trading is OK.

Yeah but you never answered what are you doing to prevent this from happening to AgoraDesk
I don't believe in all the strange stories that happened to all other P2P trading websites all of the sudden, and if I remember correctly one of them publicly said they had to shutdown because of issues with regulations.

[nutildah]

Hey People!

After a long absence we are back (also OP updated).

Please feel free to join the discussion!

Good to hear -- I am highly appreciative of services like LocalMonero.

I look forward to trying it out. Buy / sell spread is reasonable, there are certainly enough different cashout options for my purposes, will report back here with a detailed review of the process afterward.

[LocalMonero]

Oops, fixed, thanks!

Could we please have an option to import reputation from Localcryptos as well before the site completely shuts down?

How about a dark/night mode option? I think it would come in handy for traders who are always glued to the platform

The LocalCryptos import is impossible at the moment, unfortunately, as the reputation can't be reliably extracted due to the shutdown.

The website will have dark mode soon, but in the meantime you can use our open source apps (open this link from a mobile device) that already have dark mode available:

I just enter the website and finished the registration and was trying to see if the exchange  will be simple has others but my brother it was not easy. I couldn't do anything. Thought I got the public key, but I did not see buy and sell on the first page of the website. My fear was, I would not see my country currency but to my surprise, I saw it there. That is a nice exchange platform .I will still try to use it in my free  time.

Perhaps you're in a region without much activity? In that case you'll see an empty page when browsing offers. Be the first to post an offer!

We can never exclude a massive government crackdown, of course, but so far P2P trading is OK.

Yeah but you never answered what are you doing to prevent this from happening to AgoraDesk
I don't believe in all the strange stories that happened to all other P2P trading websites all of the sudden, and if I remember correctly one of them publicly said they had to shutdown because of issues with regulations.

We operate our platform in a way such that we always exist in a jurisdiction that allows us to operate a P2P trading platform without requiring KYC. If our jurisdiction make this impossible we'll move to another one.

As for not believing the tertiary factors, I recommend you take a listen to the podcast our co-founder Alex did after LBC shutdown discussing this issue at length.

Hey People!

After a long absence we are back (also OP updated).

Please feel free to join the discussion!

Good to hear -- I am highly appreciative of services like LocalMonero.

I look forward to trying it out. Buy / sell spread is reasonable, there are certainly enough different cashout options for my purposes, will report back here with a detailed review of the process afterward.

It's been a few weeks now, got a report for us?  

[nutildah]

I look forward to trying it out. Buy / sell spread is reasonable, there are certainly enough different cashout options for my purposes, will report back here with a detailed review of the process afterward.

It's been a few weeks now, got a report for us? 

Yes, I do actually.

So I'm in the signature campaign and thus it may be hard to appear as unbiased, but I was actually quite pleased with the speed at which everything was processed, from the deposit to the trade acceptance to the finalization.

I've used a couple other similar services and sometimes it can take days for a trade to finally be settled, thus it is worrying as to whether everything worked as planned until the funds are actually received. Not the case with AgoraDesk. The sellers (at least the ones I worked with so far) are very responsive. Seems to be a highly competent operation.

One small issue was not understanding I was responsible for the trade tx fee, but once I figured that out it was no problem.

One suggestion would be having a place in the vendor profile for them to display a public PGP key. It is comforting to read that you encrypt the messages with your own system but for buyers and sellers who want to use PGP as an added layer of security, this might be a good idea.

Overall: two thumbs up.

[LocalMonero]

I look forward to trying it out. Buy / sell spread is reasonable, there are certainly enough different cashout options for my purposes, will report back here with a detailed review of the process afterward.

It's been a few weeks now, got a report for us? 

Yes, I do actually.

So I'm in the signature campaign and thus it may be hard to appear as unbiased, but I was actually quite pleased with the speed at which everything was processed, from the deposit to the trade acceptance to the finalization.

I've used a couple other similar services and sometimes it can take days for a trade to finally be settled, thus it is worrying as to whether everything worked as planned until the funds are actually received. Not the case with AgoraDesk. The sellers (at least the ones I worked with so far) are very responsive. Seems to be a highly competent operation.

One small issue was not understanding I was responsible for the trade tx fee, but once I figured that out it was no problem.

One suggestion would be having a place in the vendor profile for them to display a public PGP key. It is comforting to read that you encrypt the messages with your own system but for buyers and sellers who want to use PGP as an added layer of security, this might be a good idea.

Overall: two thumbs up.

Thanks for the feedback! The buyer is, in fact, responsible for the network tx fee, because the buyer is the one that chooses the fee level (if the seller had to bear the costs of the buyer's selected fee level then the buyer has no reason not to choose the highest fee every time). We warn about this on the screen prior to the trade opening. Do you think we could've made it more clear somehow?

[JeromeTash]

The LocalCryptos import is impossible at the moment, unfortunately, as the reputation can't be reliably extracted due to the shutdown.

Thank you for the response.

Yeah, just checked it, and it's now completely off, which is so sad. It was still on a few weeks back. There goes my Localcryptos reputation, since I used to use it unlike Paxful and localbitcoins

[nutildah]

Thanks for the feedback! The buyer is, in fact, responsible for the network tx fee, because the buyer is the one that chooses the fee level (if the seller had to bear the costs of the buyer's selected fee level then the buyer has no reason not to choose the highest fee every time). We warn about this on the screen prior to the trade opening. Do you think we could've made it more clear somehow?

This makes sense, and with XMR the fee is so low its basically an inconsequential amount that needs to be paid.

I do see that it says

Network transaction fees associated with settling the trade will be deducted from the trade amount, meaning you'll receive slightly less than the amount shown.

but for whatever reason I could not enter my entire balance as the trade amount. Regardless, once I figured out I needed to choose a slightly smaller amount, it worked fine.