im not really into crypto ... Monero / XMR is a privacy coin
thanks... same here. so much so that until you phrased it exactly that way, I hadn't even put together that "Monero" == "XMR" and thought people were talking about 2 separate coins 😅
frugal usenet and Blocknews actually have a cash payment option on the website at checkout, if you are worried maybe ask them the track record for receiving it.
good to know, thanks
If you are doing VPN to, Mullvad takes cash but you do not need vpn for usenet.
already have a paid, no-log VPN that I torrent with. Mullvad looks awesome but probably won't check it out til mine expires. my current one says my payment and connection info is separate. no way to verify that but at this point, i've been with them over a year and if they were lying, i would be well and truly fucked anyway lol
ok thanks man. at least given me some more to go on. i don't mind reading... i just get confused on a lot of this stuff
Thanks man, really appreciate you helping my dumb ass here.
Alternatively you could use a known account like paypal or zelle or cashapp to fund an initial wallet but then you have to make sure to send it to another XMR wallet so it’s anonymous.
That actually sounds pretty awesome in terms of not having big risk and being easy enough that someone like me can pull it off. But does just moving it to another wallet make it anon?
If you did something like:
(non-anon wallet) => transfer A => (anon wallet)
then would transfer A be trackable from the first wallet so you would need to do something like:
(non-anon wallet) => transfer A => (anon wallet 1) => transfer B => (anon wallet 2)
or is this just paranoid overkill thinking?
Also... maybe a dumb question and I know this is completely different but i'm used to having tools like ipleak.net to check for dns leaks and stuff like that. Is there a way to check if your current wallet is anonymous or can be traced back to you?
For text messages you can buy a temporary burner phone with cash, or if you’re lucky you can find a SMS service that works with the BTM - just be aware most BTMs don’t work with virtual SMS phone numbers.
yeah, learned already that most verification systems (not just BTMs) don't work with virtual SMS. I have no clue how to tell if a service works or not so unless someone can specifically recommend one they know works, then will probably pass on that option. for the cash money burner phone, good idea. never tried it cz it cost extra money and figured they would locked that options down already
Or going non crypto you could technically just purchase a pre-paid credit card with cash, you’d just need to make sure the card would work with whatever services you are subscribing to.
that is an awesome idea. didn't think of that at all. might be something to try and at least if it doesn't work (like they require registration or some shit - i remember i got a prepaid card once that did require that kind of crap), i should be able to still spend the money on groceries or something.
PS - Not sure if your post is breaking rules here, this Lemmy instance is anti-cryptocurrency and does have a rule forbidding crypto shill topics. But it might be okay if you’re just asking a general question.
The way I read it was no spam / advertising / promoting for cryptocurrency, blockchain or NFTs.. so I think I'm ok especially since is more asking about how to stay anon while purchasing services related to piracy than about any specific crypto but if any mods/admin reading this disagree, please let me know. def wasn't trying to break any rules and happy to delete or revise if needed.
thanks for the reply
If you must use Bitcoin specifically
i don't care about bitcoin specifically, just don't know crypto stuff - just updated title. whatever usenet services will accept is fine by me, whether that's bitcoin, monero, xmr or whatever other ones you guys suggest.
You aren’t going to be able to mine more than a few cents of Bitcoin a month without specialized hardware.
ugh, that sucks. had been hoping to run a old gaming rig and maybe get 50 or 100 USD of some kind of anon crypto after 3-6 months. Guess that idea is out.
one option is to “wash” whatever you buy by using an exchange that allows anonymous account creation, then converting it to XMR and back before using it.
So even if I bought the KYC-style bitcoin from a bank or atm or whatever, if I convert to XMR then that hides me? Any clue how it hides it?
There at least used to be localbitcoin to help facilitate that, if that’s even still a thing.
Thanks, when I searched I see 2 of them: localbitcoin.com and localbitcoin.net ? Does it matter?
ok, XMR then. sorry, very new to crypto stuff. how do you get it anon? do you use site the other guy recommended? mine it? something else?
i heard somewhere that mining is hard unless you spend lot of money on hw but wasn't sure if i could do something like that for smaller amounts like $100 every 6 months or something.
sorry, i'm a total noob at this stuff. so from here https://agoradesk.com/how-to-buy-or-sell-cryptocurrency-anonymously-with-cash
does that mean i can only trade other crypto for it? like i have a credit card and cash but no crypto, no wallet, etc currently...
so still kind of confused. i know it says they take paypal, zello, etc but assume that all of those would leave a papertrail.
Pay by cash
so that only leaves cash and it sounds like you are supposed to put actual paper cash monies in an envelope and physically mail it out? doesn't that mean if you mailed like $50 or $100 or whatever, that it could get lost in the mail and you're just fucked and have to eat it?
Also, doesn't post office requiere a return address? i thought they refuse to mail without that cz of bombs/hatemail/etc? Am I wrong about that?
I hate copyright. even if they didn't get rido f it compeletey then would be awesome if theysd at least massively scale back the amount of time they can have a copyright liek to maybe 5-10 years max and make them non-transferable (no fucking buying companies jsut to get their copyrights)
yeah but those usaully are bypassable if you have vpns or custom dns or whatnot. even for neewbies that just use vpn client sw.
if they force it at browser level, in theoty, that would even override vpn / custom dns unless you have a modifyied browser that removes the block or otherwise doesnot comply. which most novices wont know how ot do.
another good reason to use ff / foss browsers if you aren'y already. kinbda hope they do it, just to drive up marketshare of foss bowsers lol
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