On Tue, 26 Dec 2017 09:41:55 -0500 John Newman <jnn@synfin.org> wrote:
Interesting. I always bought coins directly from a guy who was happy to take my money, at a cost to me only slightly above TX fee, and send coin straight to my wallet(s). The whole concept of the KYC requirements of all the major online exchange sites seemed both antithetical to BTC and dangerous.
It's a disaster. https://blog.coinbase.com/kathryn-haun-joins-coinbase-board-of-directors-65b... https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-is-tracking-how-users-spend-their-bi... https://motherboard.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/ywnmkk/coinbase-irs-14000-bit... oh and coinbase was literally 'founded' by goldman sachs scum .
I was always wary of tumbling the coins for anonymity, and stopped screwing around with it when I lost easy access to my point of contact that would do direct coin for cash...
In any case, its been going on a couple years since I did anything at all with BTC. I do wish I had held on to some of the coins I went through, with the current prices (*bleh!*).