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C-11: Funds passed through a wallet you control

IdentifierC-11

Weighthigh

AppliedBefore funding (M3), Before any coin leaves your wallet

StatementThe coin moved from where you acquired it into a wallet you control, and the order was funded from there.

Grading criteria

PASSAcquired, moved to your own wallet, sent from that wallet.

PARTIALSent from a custodial wallet you control the account for but not the keys.

FAILSent directly from the exchange or service where it was bought.

COSTA direct send draws a line from an identity checked account to a marketplace order. The intermediate step costs one transaction and removes that line.

The path

Acquisition, then a wallet holding keys you control, then the order. Three steps rather than two, and the middle one is what separates a payment from a direct connection between a verified account and a market.

Why custodial is only partial

An account on a service that holds the keys is not a wallet you control, whatever the interface suggests. The service can freeze it, can be compelled regarding it, and knows exactly what left and where it went. It is better than sending straight from a purchase point and it is not the same as custody.

Wallets that satisfy this

Feather on desktop, quick to set up and able to route over Tor
Cake Wallet on mobile, with Tor routing available
The official Monero GUI, including a full node option for anyone wanting complete independence

The part people skip

Recovery seed handling. Every wallet here hands you words at creation and those words are the wallet. Write them on paper before putting anything real in, keep them away from the device, and never type them into a page. A wallet whose seed exists nowhere is a wallet you will eventually lose.

Verified address set

[1]nexusb2l7fmqnefwphyy7m5zjhlkytlbo7qbb5lu5dlczr3azgii2gyd.onion

[2]nexusma2iqgauqqvjcgds4ckv5xbf272tkfagq4epojjhsgleqpwxiqd.onion

[3]nexusabcd6tyfhdwilyitaqiri6tisj2v2hueyjuj6qkvd6azvi5tuqd.onion

Run C-07 before you type anything. Open in Tor Browser only, then compare the onion printed on the login screen against your browser address bar. A mismatch means the page is a copy and the tab should be closed.