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@ Expatriotic
2025-02-06 16:28:15
**[Original Post](https://expatriotic.me/robosats/)**
## Why use RoboSats
### 1. Lightning Fast
* LN Hodl invoices serve as bonds & escrows for high assurance and speed.
### 2. Absolutely Private
* Best privacy practices by default.
* Simple and KYC-free.
* You will generate a random Robot avatar for a single use.
* The exchange is Tor-only.
### 3. Open Source
* RoboSats is fully open source. - [Github](https://github.com/RoboSats/robosats)
*I'm going to use the Tor Browser on desktop for this guide. But the android app is essentially identical. So the flow should be the same.*
```I prefer Bisq for buying as I can get really good deals. Plus the use of a larger deposit helps to secure things. However, Bisq is onchain only, so in a higher fee environment, it could get pricey. RoboSats however is using lightning.```
*BTW, for Bisq if the miner fees get higher, check out a [Monero based fork](https://github.com/retoaccess1/haveno-reto) where you can pay the deposit in Monero, as this will help with miner fees. Plus generally speaking, and especially in a high fee environment, Monero fees should be lower.*
## Step 1 - Download or use in Tor browser
1. Use <http://robodexarjwtfryec556cjdz3dfa7u47saek6lkftnkgshvgg2kcumqd.onion/> for use in Tor Browser
2. Download APK from Github and check signature to make sure it's signed with the Reckless-Satoshi [PGP key](https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/B4AB5F19113D4125DDF217739C4585B561315571) (if this is something you know how to do. Explaining it is outside the purview of this article) - <https://github.com/RoboSats/robosats/releases/>
## Step 2 - Roll a Robot
*Image 1 - GARAGE tab*
1. For regular mode click "*🚀START*". A robot will be given to you. You'll be prompted to save a unique string that will help you log back in to that specific robot. Helpful if you initiate a trade. If you wanted to make an order directly, I recommend you skip step one and go to directly to step two.
*Image 2 - Start menu*
*Image 3 - After rolling a robot*
*Image 4 - Prompted to browse or make an order.*
2. If you want to make create an order, skip down to "*➡️ FAST GENERATE ORDER*"
*Image 2 - Start menu*
*Image 5 - FAST GENERATE ORDER*
## Step 3 - Go to the OFFERS tab
*Image 6 - OFFERS tab*
1. Select BUY/SELL depending on your need.
2. Select currency. Just look for the "**🌎 ANY**" and pick your currency from the drop down menu.
3. Filter payment method by clicking "**METHOD**" and selecting one of the options, or simply start typing and watch your option pop up.
4. Click "*Premium*" until it sorts from the lowest premium to the highest.
## Step 4 - Select/Create an offer
*Image 7 - taking an offer*
1. Take the order (or make one) and if the person had a range, put in how much bitcoin you wish to buy.
2. Click take order
## Step 5 - Receiving the bitcoin
1. Pay a small deposit to lock in the order
*Image 8 - taking order*
2. Paste in a LN invoice for the amount of LN sats to be received. (see Addendum #2)
3. Pay using fiat method preselected
4. Bitcoin is paid out of escrow and into the LN invoice that you gave.
## Addendum
1. Use this for more help - <https://learn.robosats.com/>
2. If you don't wish to receive in lighting, then in Step 5, instead of your own LN invoice, use one from https://boltz.exchange/swap. You can do this natively in RoboSats, but they charge an arm and a leg.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/877796