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Haveno (pronounced ha‧ve‧no) is a platform for people who want to exchange [Monero](https://getmonero.org) for fiat currencies like EUR, GBP, and USD or other cryptocurrencies like BTC, ETH, and BCH.
- Trades are **non-custodial**: Haveno provides arbitration in case something goes wrong during the trade, but we will never have access to your funds.
- There is **No token**, because we don't need it. Transactions between traders are secured by non-custodial multisignature transactions on the Monero network.
- The revenue generated by Haveno will be managed by an entity called Council (more info soon), composed by members of the Monero/Haveno community, not the Haveno Core Team and will be used to **fund Haveno and Monero** development.
A live test network is online and users can already run Haveno and make test trades between each others using Monero's stagenet. See the [instructions to build Haveno and connect to the network](https://github.com/haveno-dex/haveno/blob/master/docs/installing.md). Note that Haveno is still very much in development. If you find issues or bugs, please let us know.
If you wish to help, take a look at the repositories above and look for open issues. We run a bounty program to incentivize development. See [Bounties](#bounties)
Haveno is a community-driven project. For it to be successful it's fundamental to have the support and help of the community. Join the community rooms on our Matrix server:
- General discussions: **Haveno** ([#haveno:monero.social](https://matrix.to/#/#haveno:monero.social)) relayed on IRC/Libera (`#haveno`)
- Development discussions: **Haveno Development** ([#haveno-dev:monero.social](https://matrix.to/#/#haveno-dev:monero.social)) relayed on IRC/Libera (`#haveno-dev`)
See [docs/CONTRIBUTING.md](docs/CONTRIBUTING.md) for our styling guides.
If you are not able to contribute code and want to contribute development resources, [donations](#support) fund development bounties.
## Bounties
To incentivize development and reward contributors we adopt a simple bounty system. Contributors may be awarded bounties after completing a task (resolving an issue). Take a look at the issues eligible for a bounty on the [dedicated Kanban board](https://github.com/orgs/haveno-dex/projects/2) or look for [issues labelled '💰bounty'](https://github.com/haveno-dex/haveno/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%F0%9F%92%B0bounty) in the main `haveno` repository. [Details and conditions for receiving a bounty](docs/bounties.md).
To bring Haveno to life, we need resources. If you have the possibility, please consider [becoming a sponsor](https://haveno.exchange/sponsors/) or donating to the project:
If you are using a wallet that supports OpenAlias (like the 'official' CLI and GUI wallets), you can simply put `fund@haveno.exchange` as the "receiver" address.
