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I have Pixel 6 I bought directly from Google. Does that count as OEM unlocked? Thinking about switching.
Thanks for the tip about LTC. Yeah unfortunately compared to most places I live in the sticks. Not much of a community here for XMR yet.
Thanks you for taking the time to answer. That makes sense. KYC is devastating to BTC but not necessarily to Monero. Privacy is built in. How novel.
Hey All,
This community has been super helpful so far. And was hoping you guys might be able to answer some simple questions I had about acquiring Monero.
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How are most people acquiring Monero with Fiat?
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I've looked into using localmonero but was unsure about the pros and cons of various payment methods. PayPal, Venmo, etc. Is there a standard localmonero Meta for lack of a better term?
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Wouldnt all ways to purchase monero on localmonero effectively be KYC. Since all of the various apps used to send fiat would have to have my info?
Answer some or all of them, or just go off about whatever you want since I'm trying to soak in as much tribal knowledge as possible.
Thanks in Advance
Just out of curiosity, and feel free to not answer if I'm probing to much. But are you managing to buy groceries and stuff with Monero?
I was thinking about getting BTC at an ATM then buying XMR. Do that ATMs go through exchanges? I've never used one and was wondering what the privacy implications were...
Do you see BTC as having a place in the future as some kind of reserve currency or perhaps something used to settle larger transactions between larger institutions?
I was really kind of surprised to learn how traceable BTC is. I knew the transactions were public but it was some videos I saw about Monero that really drilled in what the implications of that are in a world where the IRS is sniffing around exchanges and the FBI browsing the Blockchain.
So now I'm wondering why people even care about Bitcoin if the one feature it needs to have in order to be a currency that stands outside of institutional and government control.
And frankly I feel kind of duped because the Bitcoin gospel is so tied up with how private and subversive it is.
Anyways I'm here to learn.