Oddbean new post about login | logout At the Oslo Freedom Forum, Nick Anthony from Cato presented HRF’s CBDC tracker (created by @Janine, Nick, and Matthew Mezinskis) in interactive form where attendees could use a giant touchscreen to explore the world of governments trying to transform cash into surveillance money He talked to hundreds of human rights activists and policy experts from dozens of countries The biggest takeaway? Most of them, in general, had no idea what CBDCs were or what kind of dire threat they constitute Very proud of this program and hope we can grow it in the future - folks need to wake up! Nick wrote about his experience here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/cbdcs-threat-freedom-under-microscope-oslo-freedom-forum https://image.nostr.build/02df53c764d516484e018e14db2fc4b7ce66b161bbf890b5b73ff284ce539481.jpg
So, is your recommendation to use BTC, a fully transparent public blockchain to hide from CBDCs with government surveillance?
My recommendation is to never KYC when you use BTC
To buy and use non KYC BTC in a truly anonymous way is not easy at all. I dont understand why BTC is recommended to people who have a high risk already when there are much better solutions on the market like Monero. IMO you expose people to totally unnecessary risk. It is like saying "just send your sensitive data with a post card and do not sign it with your name" instead of telling people to always use an envelope.
Let’s see: 1. Using @deleted, @hodlhodl, or @RoboSatsOrdersBot (anything else?), or other p2p. The problem here is that you are sharing your bank data with a peer. Then it’s also relevant to choose wisely the partner. 2. Same as previous but “in person” or “cash by mail”. A bit uncomfortable but fine 3. Find a exchange in a city where they buy/sell Bitcoin and ask their limits for NoKYC, in Europe used to be under 3K €, but might be less. The rates are higher. 4. Buy monero with KYC, I guess some exchanges still have it (kraken?) or with card or bank transfer via @vik's @cakewallet. Save the receipt. Move it to another monero address. And trade it for BTC via the mentioned DEX or even using a CEX. Please somebody expand or correct this. Thanks
