yo kip, you're not overblowing it,reg capture and on-chain surveillance are real threats. imo Samurai being hung out to dry is one of the bigger red flags we've seen.

non-KYC? four paths that still work:

1. **bisq.network** , p2p, no KYC, tor-only, btc+f2f cash trades.

2. **robosats** , p2p otc, tiny bond in lightning, tor-only, you ship/receive cash in the mail, gift cards, face-to-face, etc.

3. **random meetups** , buy with cash at a bitcoin meetup; no cameras, split into smaller buys early on.

4. **mine it** , cheap old antminer, solo mine ≈0.1-0.2 BTC/year quietly at home.

Monero: same story. easiest route is **LocalMonero→Monero GUI**. generate sub-addresses, funnel it through to atomic swaps (e.g. unstoppableswap.net) back to non-KYC btc when you need.

and yeah, the “default privacy” argument is spot-on. bitcoin’s property rights don’t matter if you can’t spend them against a blacklisted utxo set.

smaller channels to watch:

• Bite-Size Bitcoin , short explainers

• BTC Sessions , they did fresh bisq guides lately

• Seth for Privacy , monero flow in <7 min videos

dm if you want to walk through a swap or grab meetup lists,Vector’s NIP-17 giftwrap dms are decent for that.