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Re:PayPal shuts down long-time Tor supporter by skrowl on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @04:59PM (#27373952)
Monero + Distributed Exchanges will go a long way to fix these kinds of online payment problems.

Unfortunately, at least near term you'll still need fiat-tether "on ramps" to convert your local currency back and forth to tether before you move them to a distributed (or at least a non-KYC) exchange to Monero, then sending to your local wallet, then use online.

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Re:PayPal shuts down long-time Tor supporter by xvector on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @05:01PM (#27373976)
Yup. It’s worth checking out LocalMonero [1] and the Haveno DEX [2]. The former already works and lets you buy Monero without relying on a KYC exchange.

[1] https://localmonero.co/

[2] https://github.com/haveno-dex/haveno

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Re:PayPal shuts down long-time Tor supporter by CapricornNoble on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @10:48PM (#27376705)
Thanks for sharing Haveno. Sounds like it's not a mature app though. I would recommend Bisq as a more refined alternative:

https://bisq.network/

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Re:PayPal shuts down long-time Tor supporter by xvector on Thursday June 03, 2021 @12:29AM (#27377239)
Yeah, Haveno is a WIP fork of Bisq for Monero that doesn't require BTC as a middleman and will have a much better UI/UX for newbies. Bisq doesn't even work on my M1 Mac, and the interface is kind of a nightmare.
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Re:PayPal shuts down long-time Tor supporter by liquidify on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @07:20PM (#27375237)
Not touching tether with a 10 ft' pole. Stay away from that junk. Use USDC or something else to on ramp.
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Re:PayPal shuts down long-time Tor supporter by not_really on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @08:18PM (#27375648)
Yikes. Why not get a little usdt while you're at it.
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