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Re:No End in Sight for Crypto Sell-Off as Bitcoin Breaches $... by nothrabannosir on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @09:58AM (#18494200)
Where’s the line ? E.g. If someone asked me for a certified copy of my birth certificate, because of circumstances it would be an enormous slog. Expensive and time consuming.

Does that count as can’t? How expensive does it have to be before it’s reasonable to call it “can’t”?

I think the bar is lower than the semantics of the word imply. Can’t can mean “theoretically can’t”, but also “it’s unreasonable to do”.

Re:No End in Sight for Crypto Sell-Off as Bitcoin Breaches $... by ceejayoz on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:04AM (#18494252)
Driver's license or other state/country-issued ID seems like a perfectly reasonable line. https://support.coinbase.com/customer/portal/articles/274981...
Re:No End in Sight for Crypto Sell-Off as Bitcoin Breaches $... by nothrabannosir on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @12:23PM (#18495557)
Not if it has to be issued in the country of residence, like mkohlmyr reported. For me that would be basically unachievable. Well, I could retake a driving test here, I guess. That’s quite a bar to clear, if you ask me.
Re:No End in Sight for Crypto Sell-Off as Bitcoin Breaches $... by pavel_lishin on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @12:51PM (#18495845)
I find it difficult to believe that a local identification card is a high bar to clear.

If you live in a country, surely you have some legal status there, which implies some sort of identification, no? How long would I be able to live in London without needing a local ID card?

Re:No End in Sight for Crypto Sell-Off as Bitcoin Breaches $... by nothrabannosir on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @06:57PM (#18499016)
Welcome to the EU. You know that “freedom of movement” that everyone keeps talking about re Brexit? That’s what this is. I can live here without any limitations.

But actually getting ID, that’s not an EU matter, that’s national. So it’s bound to the UK. Here, after 5 years living here you get to apply for official residency status. 10 years; nationality. But regardless of that you can live here (until Brexit).

So, yes. I’m not making this up. I’m not trying to prove a point out of spite. This is my life, and that of every EU migrant here, that I know.

None of which could be a CB user, if that requirement is enforced.