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Before Coinbase I remember spending days navigating dodgy sites trying to exchange dollars for bitcoin and failing.
by guelo 11y ago
Before Coinbase I remember spending days navigating dodgy sites trying to exchange dollars for bitcoin and failing.
- kang 11y agoCoinbase still doesn't solve that without compromising decentralization & privacy, no one does. The premise of centralization is achieving security by compromising liberty. When buying bitcoin you are achieving liberty but compromising on peace of mind by being responsible for your own security.
- bcook 11y agoLocalbitcoins has been around for years. Even in the early days, when I used the less reputable sites, I always got the bitcoins I paid for.
- NelsonMinar 11y agoI still have some of the MtG cards I got for Bitcoin, before the $450M fraud unwound the largest Bitcoin exchange operating at the time.