Quote from: zanezane on Today at 11:40:41 AM

it's only a matter of time before the government takes a look at what we do online through the ISP.

The government have been spying on your internet activity for probably the entire time you have been using the internet.

Quote from: aoluain on Today at 11:51:43 AM

Buying a hardware wallet - Trezor and Nano require a postal address and how we pay for the goods has to be considered.

Buy in person for cash, or buy with anonymized bitcoin and ship to a PO box or other address not linked to your name.

Quote from: aoluain on Today at 11:51:43 AM

Buying and trading in Crypto - in almost all cases we either have to complete KYC or AML checks. We have to supply photo I.D.

Trade peer to peer. I've been buying and selling bitcoin for years and have never completed KYC or so much as given out my name.

Quote from: brainactive on Today at 11:52:36 AM

but without their support crypto is unlikely to reach the adoption it needs to really succeed and I worry it may eventually collapse.

There will always be a demand for a decentralized currency now, whether or not various governments or banks want it or not. I'd rather have bitcoin stay true to its principles and not reach global adoption than sell out everything it is supposed to be and pander to government centralization, regulation, and control.