KYC

The know-your-customer (KYC) threat isn’t coming. It’s already here, and it didn’t arrive through a nationwide ban or an emergency executive order. It quietly...

Bitcoiners need to stop begging the government for permission to exercise their rights. They are not our friends.

Pro-democracy activists, such as those in Nicaragua, are facing financial repression at the hands of the country’s autocratic leadership. Bitcoin is a tool to help circumvent this repression.

KYC from €0 does not help catch criminals, but it does compromise personal freedom, bringing the surveillance state one step closer. Switzerland’s approach can serve as a model to prevent this dystopia from happening.

The Foundation, supported by the company behind Trezor Wallet, is supposed to be an embodiment of the ideals of Bitcoin.

Users can now purchase up to $999 CAD at any post office without providing personal identifying information.

With institutional banks declaring war on Bitcoin, it’s worth familiarizing yourself with permissionless methods for stacking sats.

Currently, Western bitcoin adoption is largely dominated by centralized, KYC and AML compliant exchanges.

The reasons that KYC should never be the default are obvious when examined from a lens of security and privacy.

RoboSats is a project that allows users to generate fun pseudonymous avatars that can facilitate KYC-free bitcoin trades.