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submitted 1 week ago by lyoko@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Hello, do you know any place to buy Monero for online payment ? It seems that LocalMonero is winding down and I don't want to use some big exchanges like Coinbase for obvious reasons. Thank you very much!

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[-] Hirom@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago

Alternatives like actual cash, proof-of-stake cryptocurrency, or even EMV.

Most alternatives aren't completely anonymous payment methods, but Monero's anonymity isn't worth wasting so much resources.

[-] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago

I do use cash when possible indeed! But Monero is for things that you can't physically receive in a store's office, like a domain name. It's not a lot, but it is necessary. Gift cards are not available everywhere, and the ones available somewhere would not necessarily work in other countries.

I think cash-like anonymity is something we do really need in online payments. For me personally it is not critical. But I would still not like my VPS and domain name KYCed to me, for example if, say, something like censorship evasion is prosecuted retrospectively.

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