It seems like everywhere is asking for my ID multiple times and there are multiple international companies involved.

I thought the whole point of blockchain was decentralised so why can’t I just buy btc without jumping through a thousand hoops?!?

I tried using bisq but it seems more geared towards traders and you need btc to buy btc :(

any help would be appreciated.

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if gou want actual privacy then get xmr

or yknow, use cash

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Can’t use cash or xmr unfortunately.

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Then get Monero at localmonero.co and swap it for the Snitchcoin on Bisq.network

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get weed, sell the weed for monero, trade away

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Sounds like a foolproof plan, I love it!

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All the people here are talking around the bush.

Nobody mentions a solution.

One that worked for me is mycelium . It has multiple ways for exchanging crypto, one of them is a local personal market. (Balance > Buy/Sell bitcoin > Mycelium Marketplace)

But the rates are obviously worse than the regulated market, where you have to jump through hoops. But that is also in the app.

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The only real option in this case would be to use an unregulated wallet through person-to-person exchanges which would inherently carry more risks than a normal regulated market. Not my area of expertise however so I’m not sure where you’d start, sorry.

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Thanks anyway!

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He’s wrong. Again, bisq.

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I dont think its any more risky to buy btc with cash p2p than it is to buy a lemonade with cash p2p.

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well, i moreso meant dealing with online scammers.

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Ah, yes. Dont buy btc online. Better to find a human in person and do the transaction over a cup of coffee or something

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Have you tried their “get your first BTC” room?
https://bisq.wiki/Funding_your_wallet#How_to_Obtain_Your_First_Bitcoin

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I hadn’t, thanks for the heads up!

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No worries, I hope they sort you out!

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