because this is what's known as a know your customer exchange for anti-money laundering laws. you can buy bitcoin other ways without having to give up this information, but it's a bit harder to do. Robosats is completely anonymous, but it's very complicated. https://learn.robosats.com
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ahhhh. thank you. so basically theyre just asking for the same info as a bank does when i open an account?
essentially. lots of places exist to buy bitcoin without KYC information, but it's sadly a bit harder to use to do that. Bisq is another one if you have a desktop computer to run their program.
