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5c077d22 | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Normies only care about NGU. They don't even know how to get their btc out of an exchange.
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shitCoiner | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 But wouldn't this affect very negatively the whole community, not only normies? The only "safe" way to "have" #btc would be via an #etf, since your name\ip\whatever is never linked to a specific #utxo that is going to be used in the future in some illegal stuff, no? I find it scary that the initial idea I put forward could be used by the government so every bitcoiner just gives up in fear of incarceration for a crime someone else commited. I feel this is one of the biggest risks in bitcoin. Don't you? Why?
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5c077d22 | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 If you are scared then only sell to an exchange, but self custody in the mean time. The brave individuals will sell their coin p2p, and good for them.
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shitCoiner | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 You do not need to sell it. Just use a utxo to buy a soda in El Salvador and after 10 transactions someone uses it to commit a crime. They go back in the transactions and your name is the only one that comes up because you used a KYC exchange to buy #btc... Next thing you know you are in a cell somewhere. Possible scenario?
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5c077d22 | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Sell/Spend whatever. You sold your utxo for a soda. You spent your utxo for a soda. Obviously if you are afraid then only sell/spend to an exchange. If you are brave, spend it in El Salvador. You do you. The issue is people aren't aware of the risks.
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ede3d957 | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Buy Monero - use it as a store of value / or if you think BTC is better in that regard despite having x2 inflation and a higher supply exchange trustlessly via atomic swap - then once you want to sell either to a DEX/CEX for more fiat shitcoins or a merchant simply go back to Monero and enjoy the power of uncompromised privacy and true fungibility. The fee for the conversion you pay is the price for using BTC as a store of value.
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shitCoiner | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I believe you should have both and just hodl them for a rainy day. If that day don't come, just leave it for the kids. Spending BTC would become increasingly dangerous I suppose. When the kids spend it you are already dead so KYC won't matter then, since they have the plausible deniability of not knowing about your stash, which was lost in a boating accident.