paypalthrowaway

I’ve heard a lot of reports of popular exchanges freezing accounts of customers who traded with other exchanges that don’t have strong KYC requirements. How am I supposed to exchange for Monero if Coinbase (and the state of New York) dislike it?

I’m not trying to be sarcastic. I genuinely don’t know what to do in order to use Monero.

I made a throwaway account just for this, because shame and stigma for being poor is super real.

My PayPal got permanently banned because I owed them money. The reason I owed them money was because I lost my job and became permanently disabled due to COVID, and I took advantage of the fact that they floated money for a little bit before the ACH posted to my checking account in order to still be able to eat.

Anyway, I just started the first job I’ve been able to work in two years with enough salary to pay the debt off with my first paycheck, but because I couldn’t for so long they have permanently closed my account and banned me from their service.