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I used to pay to run a few TOR exit nodes located in Iceland that I didn't want tied to me because I didn't want the hassle. It was marginally easier to use bit
by alasdair_ 4y ago
I used to pay to run a few TOR exit nodes located in Iceland that I didn't want tied to me because I didn't want the hassle. It was marginally easier to use bitcoin than it was to get a prepaid credit cards with cash each time.
That's about it though.
- pcthrowaway 4y agoI actually think there are other use cases for crypto, but this isn't one (anymore, bitcoin may have been more anonymity-preserving in the past) Unless you mined the BTC yourself from a VPN that doesn't keep logs, or acquired it directly from someone else who didn't know you, the BTC would be traceable to you now (though it may still require coordination of multiple state-level interests which is typically reserved for very high-interest targets)
- alasdair_ 4y agoI paid cash to a dude that I met in-person on localbitcoins and we met in a place that lacked cameras. I wore a hat and sunglasses (because it was bright in palo alto). This was back when one bitcoin was under $100 however. I even remembered to use a burner phone. Opsec was still weak in terms of nation state actors but I was doing something legal, I just wanted to minimize the chance of random hassle.