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It's a trivial case: you can easily obtain non-KYC bitcoin through p2p platforms such bisq, peachbitcoin or robosats. You can also attend bitcoin meet-ups and buy IRL from others.

When talking about tech, you have to understand that there are tradeoffs. You can't have it all. This is the case with BTC and XMR: BTC is easily auditable because of its public ledger, XMR is more privacy focused but it comes with problems of supply auditabilty.

Bitcoin is impartial; you can setup a node, run a fulcrum server on it, confirm your balances quite easily and use lightning as well. It's not that difficult or costly as folks make it out to be lately. It can greatly improves privacy when dealing with Bitcoin as well as make you more self-sovereign.

Jacob | Five Eye Tea 1y ago

Aside from in-person P2P, I feel a DEX has major censorship avenues as well, since most fiat payments go through KYCed payment processors that could be forced to censor

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aivii 1y ago

That's unlikely unless you are forbidden to send money to your family and friends through mobile banks and online payment services. Reads like FUD.

Jacob | Five Eye Tea 1y ago

How so?

If a nation makes Bitcoin illegal, KYCed, regulated payment apps will not be useful in purchasing Bitcoin, just as it won't work with exchanges either. You could still trade between each other but you wouldn't be able to buy anymore without leaving the country which most people can't and don't want to do.

aivii 1y ago

You are pushing FUD.

I don't want to entertain your bullshit scenarios.

Have fun staying poor.