Burnt out trying to find a way to avoid KYC exchanges

For haveno/ bisq, you can specifically look for no deposit offers, though they'll prolly charge you more than the usual price. dawn market has more no deposit offers last time I checked (but it's been a hot minute)

difficulty wise: I'm pretty dumb and I managed to set retoswap up and do a trade. personally I just dislike the isolated nature of it, i like getting to know the people I trade with

to get your first crypto just so you can put it up as a deposit for p2p markets, you can try the method posted at the bottom of this page (using gift card sites to get a crypto voucher then swapping to xmr)

https://xmrbazaar.com/forum/topic/240/

avoiding kyc isn't just good for your peace of mind, it's also important for your own safety:

https://monero.forum/thread/what-happen-france-crypto-scary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26kLN1A05zQ

hey, welcome to the forum!

ngl been the exact same there, onramping without kyc been a massive pain to figure out over the years
the current solution for that nowadays is indeed Haveno, which there is 2 networks:

• https://retoswap.com
• https://dawnswap.com

the download links can be found on their respective github pages:

• https://github.com/retoaccess1/haveno-reto/releases/
• https://github.com/dawn-collective/haveno-dawn/releases/

and while it might seem complex and overwhelming at first, it really is just the first step that's the toughest to get through
but once you have it setup once and been able to complete your first trade there, then the other trades pretty much all goes very smoothly without headache

there's a guide made by a trusted seller, that goes a bit more into depth over there:
https://arnoldnakamura.codeberg.page/how-to-use-haveno/

for extreme threat models, would suggest:
walk the doggos, befriend other doggo walkers so they can eventually do proxy for you