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 I think currently one of the biggest challenges that we face for adoption is the fact that most ways people  reccommend to buy bitcoin require a lot of permission and a lot of waiting you need to submit your IDs your electricity bill take a selfie and then you have to wait. 

This is quite hard for most people and puts up unnecessary red tape that people shouldn’t have to jump through just to buy $50-$100 worth of bitcoin. This is what I’m against I believe that KYC and these practices hurt adoption. 

I think it should be easy to buy bitcoin and I think we should have an ability to buy it with friends and friends of friends in a trusted way so that we don’t get scammed, but also we want to grow the bitcoin economy. We want to show people how you can earn money in bitcoin. 

We all have a story of riding in the back of a taxi in orange pilling, our taxi driver and sending them bitcoin, but no one prepares them for the hurdles that they face to be able to either sell that bitcoin or buy more. 

That’s why I like local bitcoin communities, and meet ups  

I don’t believe that I’m blinded by my agenda or my mission. I have one and I’m doing everything I can to educate others on what I believe. 

If we truly believe in value for value, I think it’s actually a very positive thing to seek out people in your community who you would like to cooperate with and pay for goods and services and bitcoin with. 

It’s like my cleaning lady. She’s great and overtime. We began to talk about bitcoin while she was hesitant at first I agreed to start paying her what we agreed on and then tipping her a little extra in bitcoin because I really value what she does and I want to give her something that I value. 

This is the way, use whatever tools work best for you and I love having options.