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Best place to buy btc? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by Sup3rlativ3@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] glowie@h4x0r.host -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Crypto and Bitcoin are not the same.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Please explain how bitcoin is not a cryptocurrency.

[–] glowie@h4x0r.host -3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I suggest reading this article and jump to the "WHAT ABOUT BITCOIN?" section, which explains this concept of their differences.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What a garbage piece of advertising. Bitcoin isn’t cryptocurrency because it’s better than those other cryptocurrencies. LOL.

[–] glowie@h4x0r.host 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Bitcoin is not a Venture Capitalist controlled, pseudo-decentralized scam. There is no CEO. The rest of crypto are all scams or were built to "fix" a utility that didn't need fixing. Only the money supply and its ownership needed fixing, which is why Bitcoin was created as a permissionless, immutable, decentralized, and deflationary currency. Unlike all fiats, which have been grossly debased in recent years through manipulation by bankers.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Please explain how bitcoin is not a cryptocurrency.

You’re just arguing it’s a better cryptocurrency.

[–] glowie@h4x0r.host 1 points 7 months ago

No, you're still missing the point. Bitcoin is the only one that was built out of a self-less, cypherpunk cause, to allow the dismantling of central banker's grasp on people's financial sovereignty. The crypto that spun up after bitcoin are all garbage, save for maybe Monero.