meeting rando for btc deal is scary. I need to know their reputation, who knows them, who can confirm their character. Using bisq means you are advanced bitcoiner, which can suggest high stack, making you a target.
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Yeah, well ... almost all people are not psychopaths and while I did meet people I very definitely did not ever want to meet again on localbitcoins f2f trades, I don't regret having done these trades. I really enjoyed 95% of these encounters and few of them are still friends to this day.