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 Bull Bitcoin is not KYC free. I’ve agreed with you.

All I’m saying is that everyone starts out buying Bitcoin on Coinbase, CashApp, or some other regulated exchange these days. I can’t orange-pill normal people straight into their own LN node with Robosats set up. If people want to say something which is wrong, but still offers a substantial improvement for people looking to buy private Bitcoin, I’m not going to be very concerned by it.

If everyone called it “Government ID free Bitcoin”, it would be correct, and that’s a big improvement over “Government ID verified Bitcoin”. The semantics of what qualifies as true “Know Your Customer” verification is missing that fundamental point.