Re:Blackballed by PayPal, Sci-Hub switches to Bitcoin
by DEADBEEFC0FFEE on Thursday June 25, 2020 @05:52PM
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It's not that easy to be anonymous with Bitcoin. Eventually you have to pay for Bitcoin, and that going to involve cash or trust, neither is simple.
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Re:Blackballed by PayPal, Sci-Hub switches to Bitcoin
by mirimir on Thursday June 25, 2020 @07:00PM
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Mirimir earns his Bitcoin, so there's no cash involved.
But no matter how you get the Bitcoin, you can get whatever degree of anonymity you want, by mixing it many times. You mix via Tor and nested VPN chains, with a different Whonix VM and mixing service for each mix.
Re:Blackballed by PayPal, Sci-Hub switches to Bitcoin
by lallysingh on Thursday June 25, 2020 @06:25PM
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Bounce through monero first.
Re:Blackballed by PayPal, Sci-Hub switches to Bitcoin
by RandomBacon on Thursday June 25, 2020 @07:51PM
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Might as well just stay in Monero. If you have to pay someplace that doesn't use Monero, just use XMR.to to pay (converts Monero to Bitcoin).
Re:Blackballed by PayPal, Sci-Hub switches to Bitcoin
by bitcointruther on Thursday June 25, 2020 @07:07PM
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you can buy bitcoin KYC free on bisq.network (but there is a premium). Very low risk of loss of funds. You can even use zelle which is supported by most banks.
From there, send your coins through a samouari whirlpool https://samouraiwallet.com/whirlpool
Then send them wherever you like.
There is still some counterparty risk (what if you're buying coins from the CIA, or whatever), but it's almost minimal.
Buying coins from a Bitcoin ATM is even easier, if there's one near you.
Re:Blackballed by PayPal, Sci-Hub switches to Bitcoin
by mirimir on Thursday June 25, 2020 @08:56PM
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Bitcoin ATMs probably have surveillance cameras.
Re:Blackballed by PayPal, Sci-Hub switches to Bitcoin
by bitxbitxbitcoin on Thursday June 25, 2020 @09:05PM
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Bitcoin ATMs definitely have surveillance cameras - if they don't, the area surrounding their location do. As far as I know there are only a handful of older Bitcoin ATM brands that don't have a camera and even the brand I'm thinking of Lamassu has added cameras in their later models.[1]