That's how I started learning. I was researching online anonymity and Monero was the 'gateway drug' (yeah, not Doge or even Bitcoin) into the whole cryptocurren

That's how I started learning. I was researching online anonymity and Monero was the 'gateway drug' (yeah, not Doge or even Bitcoin) into the whole cryptocurrency ecosystem. There's a lot to learn just setting up an account on an exchange, and in respect to anonymity, many on-ramp gaps have been closed fairly recently (as a result of the explosion in popularity in early 2021) so those seeking such things are increasingly pushed to less-trustworthy fringe services (no judgement on the right- or wrong-ness of any aspect of this) where you may just be kissing your fiat goodbye - but then those seeking anonymity are probably OK with a certain level of risk.