Ive never submitted to any KYC identity-rape doxing for anything whatsoever even remotely related to Bitcoin. On principle, I never will. Why the hell would I? In principle, my finances are privatemine, and mine alone. As a practical matter, I dont need to worry so much about history repeating
An inspiration for us all...so how do you buy Bitcoin?
I think the most fitting answer, ironic but serious, would be: None of your business. Of course, I have bought Bitcoin (
viz., exchanged fiat funny money for real money). Indeed, most of my life savings wound up in Bitcoin (then most of that, in a privacy-oriented altcoin where I took a very painful lossbut thats another story). Whereas I have
never bought Bitcoin on an exchange which does KYC.
Nobody anywhere has any record that Ive ever owned even a single satoshi. Most people who know me in real life dont even know that I know what Bitcoin is. And I would not brag about that, except under a nym made for the purpose of privacy and security work and activism.
There are plenty of other ways. If the question were rephrased, How might someone buy Bitcoin without a KYC-requiring exchange?, then there are many forum threads, several websites, and at least one peer-to-peer network devoted to this exact question. I note this without endorsing anything in particular.
I wonder why Jet Cash merited this shitpost.
Because Jet Cash doesn't like the system. S/he feels they got screwed out of reaching Legendary status because they were close to hitting the range as the merit system was deployed. You'll notice that Jet Cash has a lot of schemes to try to get people to spend their merits on his/her posts, which are usually thinly veiled to appear as though he's a promoter of the system.
I think that Jet Cash would need to speak for Jet Cash. Anyway,
arguendo, dislike for the merit system would not adequately explain giving merit to anything KYC.