### Preamble

**This is the beginning of a series of posts. The first of seven. You need tools for opting out of the fiat world.**

`Below is the ranking of choices one should consider when getting ready to buy something.`

- Avoid using dollars, banks, VISA.

- Pay in cash to avoid supporting companies like VISA

- Use one of the following companies to help one acquire gift cards and prepaid cards:

1. The Bitcoin Company

2. Bitrefill

3. Cake Pay

4. Coincards

5. COINSBEE

6. Stealths

7. Trocador

Recommendations:

- Avoid using apps when possible and use a privacy preserving browser instead.

- Tor Browser

- Librewolf/IronFox/Vanadium/Brave/Mullvad + VPN

- Use a pseudonym rather than your real name.

- Use a unique or disposable email rather than your doxxed email address.

- DO NOT give out your home address but rather use a PO Box if you need to take delivery of a physical prepaid VISA card.

**The Bitcoin Company**

>*The Bitcoin Company is a company built by Bitcoiners, for everyone. Bitcoin, for everyone.*

>*The Bitcoin Company will help you earn, spend, save, send, buy, and sell bitcoin, all in one place. We are building a simple, private, and easy to use app with all the traditional financial tools you have come to expect from your bank (with none of the headaches), but with Bitcoin at it’s core.*

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