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KYC is the illicit activity.

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2026-01-23 20:13:10 UTC

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Be the change you want to see in the world, right? If everybody thinks like you, the state will never loose its power...

2026-01-19 20:23:02 UTC

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How about not caring about statists? Don't give the state your attention and they won't have any power.

2026-01-07 19:08:50 UTC

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Ouch

2025-12-10 12:31:56 UTC

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How do I start the desktop mode? What are the settings and which hardware do I need? I tried with a USBC to HDMI cable but nothing happened.

2025-12-04 17:55:17 UTC

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Without this Bitcoin is worth nothing.

2025-11-30 11:25:54 UTC

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Thanks for the explantion. To me it sounds expensive, complicated and inferior to Bitcoin in multisig self custody.

2025-11-30 05:19:13 UTC

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Ok, got it. But every trust has juristical risk, right? What happens if the sate, the trust is incorporated in, decides to confiscate your trust?

2025-11-29 18:23:13 UTC

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Interessanter Punkt! Anders ausgedrückt, stärken sie die Idee Bitcoin nicht, zumindest nicht aus dem Blickwinkel der Trennung von Staat und Geld.
Bitcoin ist in erster Linie sozialer Konsens und wenn der Konsens das Spielen nach staatlichen Regularien ist, dann ist die Idee Bitcoin à la Whitepaper (P2P Cash) gescheitert.
Werden wir "echte, souveräne Bitcoiner" für uns einen langfristigen Ausweg aus den Zwängen der Staaten finden, um in Ruhe leben zu können oder wird der Druck weiter erhöht bis uns die Luft zum Atmen genommen wurde?
Aktuell sehe ich den Ausweg nicht und die Luft zum Atmen wird bereits weniger.

2025-11-29 17:12:45 UTC

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Hi. I don't understand your concept of "own nothing and control everything". Maybe you can give a few examples. If I buy into your investment fund I own an IOU and have no control at all.

2025-11-27 19:25:15 UTC

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😂

2025-11-27 19:23:15 UTC

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Bitcoin Staats-Reserven, Bitcoin Reserve Firmen, KYC Börsen usw. unterstützem nicht die Idee Bitcoin, sondern schwächen diese. Ich tue mir auch schwer zu verstehen, warum "Bitcoiner" so etwas feiern. Vielen fehlt vielleicht die Vorstellungskraft wohin sich die Welt entwickeln wird.

2025-11-27 19:12:59 UTC

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Firmen sind der rechte Arm und somit Teil des Staates. Firmen müssen nach den staatlichen Regularien tanzen, werden sonst geschlossen. Die Idee hinter Bitcoin ist Staat (und somit auch Firmen) und Geld zu trennen.

2025-11-26 17:14:22 UTC

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You know that there are countries that don't impose taxes, right?

2025-11-26 13:10:08 UTC

Buying a Bitcoin ETF is superior to self custody KYC coins. At least you are safe from a $5 wrench attack.

2025-11-26 13:02:59 UTC

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No need for coin control if she understands the concept of KYC and NoKYC. Usually older folks get it even faster as most of them have dealt with opressive regimes.

2025-11-26 03:03:13 UTC

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Why put her in the KYC trap? Just sell her some P2P. If she wants more, sell her more or help her buy P2P from others.

2025-11-23 11:39:00 UTC

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I don't think it is. We are here to help and answer your questions.

2025-11-22 18:06:10 UTC

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P2P NoKYC plus Coinjoin and/or Lightning 👌

2025-11-20 10:21:43 UTC

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No companies needed.

2025-11-20 10:05:50 UTC

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Companies are the extended arm of the state as they have to play by it's rules orherwise being shut down.
The idea of Bitcoin is to separate money and state (including companies).
P2P and no KYC is the only way.

2025-11-18 17:57:10 UTC

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I don't understand the complexity. For the taxi driver example: If its a hot wallet with small amounts why not save the seed phrase direclty in a password manager? Once the amounts increase there is now way but to study the different forms of self custody and the tradeoffs.

2025-11-18 17:28:23 UTC

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Exactly, plus KYC 😬

2025-11-18 17:25:42 UTC

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Kyc 🙄

2025-11-14 19:21:26 UTC

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The idea of Bitcoin is to separate money and state, right? Riiiight?!?!?!!!?!!

2025-11-13 06:33:29 UTC

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NoKYC P2P is the only way how Bitcoin works out.

2025-11-11 16:28:54 UTC

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Looks like the merchant only gets 940 Sats.

2025-11-11 16:27:40 UTC

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Yeah, but why? :D

2025-11-10 17:36:30 UTC

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True. I also think for "hyperbitcoinization" the adoption must come from the merchant side (demanding/preferring being paid in Bitcoin) but let's see.

2025-11-10 17:11:17 UTC

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Extremely confusing to "normies" as they probably know that one Bitcoin costs thousands of US-Dollars as seen on the news.
Btw the exchange rate has decimal digits? 940.96 Sats for 1 USD? That's very precise, lol.

2025-11-10 17:05:15 UTC

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Why? The Bitcoin symbol is already on the left as an icon and it says "Bitcoin received". We need the normies to understand Sats as well, otherwise they will be completely confused. They probably know that one Bitcoin costs thousands of US-Dollars, so this won't make sense for them.

2025-11-08 16:17:22 UTC

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It's not the state that needs to adopt Bitcoin but the individual. You don't need permission to send or receive Bitcoin.

2025-11-08 12:16:21 UTC

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Let's separate money and state. No politicians needed.

2025-11-08 12:14:24 UTC

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😂😂😂😂😂

2025-11-08 12:09:54 UTC

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Bootstrap

2025-11-08 12:00:11 UTC

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Let's separate money and state. No need for politicians.

2025-10-18 11:17:55 UTC

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That's why NoKYC is so important.

2025-10-09 09:27:47 UTC

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How do you know if there is not already a back door in place?

2025-10-09 09:27:38 UTC

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How do you know if there is not already a back door in place?

2025-09-25 08:14:30 UTC

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Danke fürs Teilen, aber viel zu dramatisiert für meinen Geschmack. Musste nach 5 min leider abschalten.

2025-09-23 07:43:36 UTC

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Aktuelle RoboSats Onion-Adresse gibt es auf robosats.org. Jeder Coordinator hat auch noch seine eigene Onion-Adresse, wenn mal die allgemeine Adresse nicht verfügbar ist. Außerdem gibt es Telegram, SimpleX und Nostr von RoboSats für Infos und Fragen.
Wenn man Ideen hat um RoboSats besser zu machen, gerne der Open Source Community anschließen und über Github Verbesserungsvorschläge einbringen.

2025-09-18 04:00:38 UTC

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Diversify the risk by making more smaller trades and set the premium accordingly. For example set a 3% premium if the risk of getting scammed with this specific fiat payment method is 3% or smaller.

2025-09-18 03:55:53 UTC

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So much misinformation in the comments. It's not RoboSats but the fiat banking system creating the issue here. The same can happen with any p2p marketplace.

2025-09-17 18:07:58 UTC

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How do you want to fix this as the issue is caused by the fiat payment rails?

2025-09-17 18:05:39 UTC

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I like the disposable robots, it adds privacy.

2025-09-17 17:59:30 UTC

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That does not sound like a RoboSats issue but a fiat banking issue.

2025-09-01 18:19:48 UTC

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Hopefully nation states are a thing of the past within a few decades.

2025-08-31 19:20:51 UTC

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@nprofile…xzdf thanks for your answer! Coming back here after your appearance at CD175. How can one device verify the receive address? I thought you need the threshold for that. Does this mean the xpub is stored on each device but encrypted through the app? Or can anyone finding one device see all transactions?

2025-08-15 18:41:18 UTC

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Companies are the extended arm of the state. Use permissionless protocols instead of company platforms.

2025-08-14 19:37:56 UTC

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Trying to fix the current system is a Sisyphean task imo.

2025-08-14 19:34:26 UTC

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Why use Google Play Store? Instead of trying to fix the current system, build/use a new one. There are many ways to use apps without permission.

2025-08-10 20:22:58 UTC

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Looks like 90% plastic.

2025-08-10 20:19:08 UTC

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Staying anonymous and not complying with any regulation. I don't see a way to fix the current system. The only way out is building a parallel one without bureaucrats.

2025-08-10 20:03:22 UTC

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Nation states suck imo. Getting indoctrinated through a national anthem sucks even more.
The state needs you to believe that you are all "brothers" and "sisters" to fight wars and inflate the currency. The book "The Sovereign Individual" opened my eyes on this topic. Highly recommended.

2025-08-06 11:59:43 UTC

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Nice rant @nprofile…x32y! KYC is fiat mindset.
#nevent1q…0x3u

2025-08-04 11:03:00 UTC

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And check out kycnot.me

2025-08-04 10:59:36 UTC

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Stay KYC-free with RoboSats (learn.robosats.org).

2025-07-28 19:24:32 UTC

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Why use/support X?

2025-07-14 14:12:07 UTC

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Supporting any nation state is part of the problem.

2025-07-14 13:20:36 UTC

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"On America"? Nation states are the problem and not part of the solution.

2025-06-30 18:40:49 UTC

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How does the "Simple T-of-N recovery" (descriptor) work? Not a lot of information on your webpage for now.

2025-06-17 19:12:37 UTC

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Great questions! I am wondering as well. Look and feel is similar to Boltz and fees are the same.

2025-06-13 10:15:45 UTC

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You can always P2P exchange for cash if you need it.

2025-06-13 10:14:48 UTC

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If cash is inflationary why hold it?

2025-06-04 03:55:52 UTC

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So all your coins are kyc?

2025-05-27 07:22:22 UTC

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Caffeine is a drug, right? Why consume it?

2025-05-27 07:17:53 UTC

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Which Bitcoiner wants to listen to them?! Does not look like the lineup of a Bitcoin but a statist conference :D

2025-04-12 17:01:29 UTC

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You asked "How are tariffs on china a bad thing in this sense?" and the first principle answer is, that all state interventionism is bad (including tariffs). That's why I recommended you Mises, as he (and many others) deeply thought about all these implications from first principles.
I understand your thoughts and conclusions but they are way above first principles, there are many many layers below that.

2025-04-12 16:45:47 UTC

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Just let people make their own decisions and not get in the way? How about that?

2025-04-12 16:42:40 UTC

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@nprofile…2ln2 you could already buy those low time preference goods before, why impose tariffs (taxes) on goods YOU think people should NOT buy? Let everybody make their own decisions. Why force them into doing what YOU think is right? That's state interventionism and not a free market.

2025-04-02 18:41:19 UTC

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What's the difference to Aqua Wallet? Can't test on GrapheneOS w/o Google Play.

2025-03-31 12:34:43 UTC

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Maybe because "the internet" (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram) evolved into mostly "car crashes":
nevent1qqsqm2lz4ru6wlydzpulgs8m60ylp4vufwsg55whlqgua6a93vp2y4gr472q0
#nevent1q…7txd

2025-03-31 12:29:45 UTC

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Maybe they are not doing much besides passively watching short videos appealing to their lowest conscious aka "car crashes":
nevent1qqsqm2lz4ru6wlydzpulgs8m60ylp4vufwsg55whlqgua6a93vp2y4gr472q0

2025-03-31 12:23:51 UTC

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2025-03-06 10:42:09 UTC

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@npub1yk3…yya6 friendly reminder, as I could not find details on the landing page 🙏

2025-02-26 20:22:41 UTC

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So you rely on Bitkey server? What happens when Bitkey goes offline? Where is the descriptor saved?

2025-02-25 17:03:32 UTC

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Thanks, but sad to see that people are still using centralised exchanges that much. KYC = Fiat...

2025-02-13 21:51:11 UTC

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Coinjoining KYC coins makes absolutely no sense.
You only gain forward privacy which is not the issue with KYC. The issue of KYC is that your personal information is connected to a Bitcoin purchase and stored in a database which can (probably will) get in the hands of criminals and encroaching states.
Nobody will care about coinjoining or your "boating accident" story. The only way to get rid of that issue is to sell those coins at the same place you bought them.

2025-02-13 21:36:26 UTC

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There is no free lunch. Someone is paying for those "free sats".

2025-02-13 21:35:48 UTC

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I am saying KYCing Sats is not the way. It will hurt free money in a big way if we continue bending over for regulators.

2025-02-12 14:13:44 UTC

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Centralised plus KYC, what should happen?!

2025-02-12 14:12:17 UTC

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Wow, so much KYC shilling including a referral link.

2025-02-12 14:12:06 UTC

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Wow, so much KYC shilling including a referral link.

2025-02-12 13:57:15 UTC

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@nprofile…svjh wurde das Schlusswort von Werner rausgeschnitten, oder wollte er nichts mehr sagen?
Es hat sich leider so angehört, als würde Werner sich ein bisschen gegen die Idee eines freien Geldes sträuben.
Vielen Dank für den spannenden Gast und Danke an Werner für seine Arbeit an freier Software!
Freies Geld. Freie Welt.

2025-02-12 08:11:44 UTC

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KYC is a monster trying to destroy freedom.

2025-02-09 16:21:12 UTC

Anyone tried multisigbackup.com yet?
"Encrypt and inscribe your k-of-n multisig on Bitcoin — recover with any k seeds."
@nprofile…rjkj maybe up for a tutorial? 🙏
Would it make sense to implemented this into Sparrow Wallet or Bitcoin Safe? @nprofile…qrf6 @nprofile…75wg
#bitcoin #multisig #descriptor

2025-02-08 05:53:24 UTC

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Why is there so much kyc shilling going on here?

2025-02-07 15:44:35 UTC

kyc coins = fiat 2.0

2025-02-07 15:37:47 UTC

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How about RoboSats (learn.robosats.com)?
Because KYC Coins = FIAT 2.0

2025-01-28 12:36:49 UTC

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You either offer BTC for a fiat transaction to a bank account you control or directly ask for a bill payment. You can add whatever you want under "payment method" and with the right premium you will find someone to trade.

2025-01-27 20:37:55 UTC

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Why not use RoboSats instead of a KYC exchange?

2025-01-25 10:20:58 UTC

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2025-01-25 10:18:50 UTC

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2025-01-25 10:11:35 UTC

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@nprofile…g2ys what would you say is a good value range to hodl long term?

2025-01-25 10:08:59 UTC

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Thanks! Interesting how the "Sum of each UTXO values" stays quite constant.

2025-01-25 10:03:11 UTC

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Is this the same song? (YouTube isn't working anymore with VPN on)
https://archive.org/details/the_free_software_song-cover-by-daniel_kelly

2025-01-21 11:50:15 UTC

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Try fresh fruits as your main (only) source of carbs.

2025-01-17 13:08:56 UTC

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Maybe a good feature would be to randomly create transactions to renew the coins, so there is no pattern to spot for chain surveillance. Similar to how Jam does it.

2025-01-17 06:22:11 UTC

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So if you have let's say 20 UTXO which you didn't spent from you just do 20 separate transactions after one year at the same time? Isn't it very obvious that the transactions come from the same wallet? Also it's 20 times the transaction fee in the future which is very uncertain, right?

2025-01-16 20:25:38 UTC

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My big question with Liana: How to handle the UTXO rotation that needs to happen at least every year? Especially if you have a bunch of coins you don't want to consolidate because of privacy reasons.

2025-01-14 05:03:19 UTC

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YouTube got unusable with the VPN block.