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im sorry to tell you that the majority of bitcoin exchanges will require quite a lot of personal information, usually a photo of your passport/drivers licence a
by gaspoweredcat 10y ago
im sorry to tell you that the majority of bitcoin exchanges will require quite a lot of personal information, usually a photo of your passport/drivers licence at minimum and in many cases a picture of you holding the card. this is simply their only way of trying to protect against people using it for money laundering or card theft, think about it, if you find/steal/clone a credit card and can open an anonymous account you could clear out the card into untraceable BTC and be gone like a ghost. (well OK youd probably have to anonymize it a little more but the idea s there)
alternatives exists and i believe there is even one built into the android wallet app mycellium but most will require a lot of verification, your only other option really is to use local bitcoins or a similar service to buy from someone near you, but this usually comes at an increased cost.
i actually cant think of any way off the top of my head to buy coins without full registration or personally knowing someone with them already, there used to be ways to get them using uKash or paysafecard and even second life linden dollars but i think theyve closed off all those various holes now
- kylebenzle 10y agoThere are hundredes of Bitcoin ATMs, quick and easy with variying levels of scrutiny but usually charge a necessarily high price (https://coinatmradar.com/ https://coinatmradar.com/). Local Bitcoins should have been your first (and only) answer. Sure it is kind of cyberpunky "dangerous" and you need to talk to strangers, but that's what Bitcoin is, its a feature.