How do I prove I received a Monero payment?

You can document a Monero payment with your wallet’s transaction record, but a screenshot alone is not strong proof. For someone else to verify the payment independently, you usually need the transaction ID, your receiving address, and a payment proof or transaction key supplied by the sender.

Start with the record in your wallet

Open your wallet, let it finish syncing—catching up with the Monero network—and find the incoming payment. Save these details:

• Transaction ID: the unique reference for the transaction.
• Amount received: recorded in XMR.
• Receiving address: the exact address or subaddress you gave the sender. A subaddress is an extra receiving address within your wallet.
• Date and confirmation count: confirmations show that the transaction has been included in the blockchain and that more blocks have followed it.

A screenshot or wallet export can be useful for your own records, a customer-service request, or bookkeeping. However, images and exported files can be edited. Treat them as supporting evidence, not independent verification.

A normal incoming payment generally needs 10 confirmations before your wallet lets you spend it. You can document receipt earlier, but make clear whether the payment is still awaiting confirmations.

Get proof that someone else can check

Monero hides payment details from the public. Unlike a transparent cryptocurrency, a transaction ID alone does not let an outsider look up your receiving address and payment amount.

Ask the sender for either:

• A payment proof: information generated by their wallet that lets another person check whether a particular transaction paid your address.
• The transaction key: a secret associated with that transaction, which can be used with the transaction ID and receiving address to check the payment.

A compatible Monero wallet can verify these details. For example, the official command-line wallet has check_tx_proof for payment proofs and check_tx_key for transaction keys. Other wallets may provide a verification screen instead, or may not support these features.

The check can establish that the transaction paid a particular amount to the specified address. It does not, by itself, establish who owns that address or what the payment was for.

Connect the payment to you and its purpose

If you need proof for an invoice, sale, or dispute, keep evidence connecting your receiving address to the agreement.

Useful records include:

• An invoice showing the address and amount requested.
• Messages where you supplied that address to the sender.
• The sender’s payout confirmation and transaction ID.
• The wallet record and independently checkable payment proof.

For a mining payout, save the pool or service’s payout record too. Make sure it includes an actual Monero transaction ID. A balance displayed on a website is not proof that XMR reached your wallet.

For tax records, you may also need the payment’s value in your local currency when received and the source used to calculate it. Check your local requirements or ask a tax professional.

The bottom line

Your wallet record documents receipt; a verifiable payment proof provides stronger evidence. Keep the invoice or messages alongside it to explain whose payment it was and why you received it.

Never share your recovery seed or private spend key. Those can give someone control of your funds. Share payment evidence privately, since it can reveal details Monero normally keeps hidden.