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> Maybe take others advice and stop commenting on this topic because everything you said is wrong

> Maybe take others advice and stop commenting on this topic because everything you said is wrong. Oh lord. > I’ve bought Bitcoin many times without any KYC. In old days localbitcoins and these days ATMs in many countries ... There aren’t any “exchange in the coins path”. I’ve exchanged paper fiat currency at Starbucks, in a hotel lobby. Sure, ok. Now take just one tiny step forward. Think about what happens next. Those coins have extremely high odds of passing through a KYC system in the near future. That can, will, and frequently has been used to trace users who are dumb enough to think "I paid for bitcoin for cash, I'm now anonymous". > The wallets I use are open source 100%. And nothing nefarious has ever slipped into open source software, right? Do you have no idea what a supply chain attack is? You use NPM, you really ought to. > There is no third party. only your operating system, the internet connection and the source code. And, of course, your OS and the internet can be trusted. This is a great example of the level of critical thinking cryptobros achieve. …

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Maybe take others advice and stop commenting on this topic because everything you said is wrong. I’ll contradict all your points using specific personal examples of my usage. I’ve bought Bitcoin many times without any KYC. In old days localbitcoins and these days ATMs in many countries. There aren’t any “exchange in the coins path”. I’ve exchanged paper fiat currency at Starbucks, in a hotel lobby. The wallets I use are open source 100%. In fact I’ve personally written a python script to manually generate a transaction to broadcast. There is no third party. only your operating system, the internet connection and the source code. In that particular case I was using NixOS linux and so my operating system was also open source. I also broadcast my transaction over the ToR network so my internet provider and the Bitcoin network has no visibility. Now onto usefulness. By holding Bitcoin I’ve p…

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I keep thinking I should respond as you are so unbelievably wrong it really needs refuting these categorically false claims of yours. However it’s seems doubtful you will even be willing to acknowledge your flawed understanding and perhaps even unlikely you will see my response give how HN works.

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Despite being nominally on your side in this discussion, the way you reply makes me actively wish I agreed with you less, because you are so hostile and abrasive. This is no way to talk to other human beings.

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