Moving from Litecoin to Monero is a common swap for people who want more privacy. Litecoin payments are public on its main chain, while Monero keeps amounts and addresses out of view. A few c
Moving from Litecoin to Monero is a common swap for people who want more privacy. Litecoin payments are public on its main chain, while Monero keeps amounts and addresses out of view. A few checks before you send make the difference between a smooth swap and a support ticket.
This checklist covers the network, the payout address, the rate type and what to do after the deposit. On HiddenSwap, an LTC to XMR swap needs only the amount and the address of your XMR wallet, so most of the work is in these checks.
Key points
Litecoin works much like Bitcoin. A standard transaction shows the sending address, the receiving address and the amount on a public chain. Anyone with a block explorer can follow those coins from one address to the next.
Monero takes the opposite approach. Its payments keep the sender, the receiver and the amount private unless the owner shares a view key. People who want that privacy for savings or payments often start from a coin they already have, and Litecoin is a frequent starting point.
Litecoin also has MWEB, an optional privacy extension. Coins inside MWEB behave differently from normal LTC, and swap services generally expect a standard deposit. If some of your LTC is inside MWEB, send it back to a regular address in your wallet before you start.
HiddenSwap (hiddenswap.com) is a no KYC crypto exchange for crypto-to-crypto swaps: no account, no email and no ID are needed to swap. The checks below apply on its order form and on most similar services.
First, the network. The swap takes native LTC, sent on the Litecoin chain itself. A Litecoin token issued on another chain is a different asset, even when a platform lists it under the same name.
Second, the payout address. Take it from your own XMR wallet, under Receive. According to the Monero documentation, a standard Monero address starts with 4, a subaddress starts with 8, and both have 95 characters. Check that the start and the end of the pasted address match your wallet.
Third, the refund address. Coins returned to the deposit address of a platform account can be hard or impossible to get back. Give an LTC address from a wallet you control instead.
With a floating rate, the price keeps tracking the market until the Litecoin network confirms your deposit. The XMR you receive can end up slightly above or below the first estimate.
A fixed rate locks the quote for a set time. It applies only if the exact amount reaches the deposit address in one transaction while the countdown on the order page is still running. Should prices move by 3% or more before your deposit lands, you may have to pick: accept the new rate, or take a refund.
The Litecoin network is designed to add a block roughly every 2.5 minutes. That short block time helps when a fixed-rate timer is running. On a floating rate, a slow confirmation changes only the final rate, not whether the swap goes ahead.
Send the amount shown on the order page, in a single transaction, to the deposit address made for that order. Split payments and later top-ups make a swap harder to process.
What happens if a different amount arrives depends on the rate type and the minimum. The HiddenSwap FAQ explains each case, so check it rather than guess. In general, do not add a second payment after the first, and do not reuse an old deposit address.
Pick the standard fee in your wallet. If the fee is too low, miners may leave the payment unconfirmed for a long time, and a fixed-rate timer can run out in the meantime.
Save the order ID as soon as the order page opens. It is the one reference support needs, and it lets you reopen the status page later.
The page moves through stages: deposit, confirmations, swap and payout. Litecoin Core treats a payment as settled after 6 network confirmations. That count is a network norm, not the time a swap service takes to credit a deposit.
Once the XMR is sent, your wallet shows it after it syncs. Monero keeps new coins locked for 10 blocks, roughly 20 minutes, before they can be spent.
If the status stays on one stage for longer than you expect, do not send the coins again. Write to support with the order ID and the transaction hash from your wallet.
Yes, if the platform sends native LTC on the Litecoin network. Add a return address that belongs to your own wallet, because a refund to a platform address may be lost.
No. Neither Litecoin nor Monero uses a memo or a tag for this swap. The deposit address and your XMR address are enough.
Wait until the wallet has fully synced. A restored wallet can miss the payout if its restore height is set after the date of the swap. If the coins still do not show, contact support with the order ID.
A few minutes of checks keep a Litecoin to Monero swap simple from start to finish.
