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<h2 class="font-bold text-lime-400">why kycnot.me?</h2>
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<p>Cryptocurrencies were created to revolutionize the way we pay for goods and services, aiming to eliminate
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reliance on centralized entities such as banks and governments that control our economy.</p>
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<div class="p-2 px-4 m-2 rounded-xl bg-gray-500/10">
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<h2 class="font-bold text-lime-400">why kycnot.me?</h2>
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<p>Cryptocurrencies were created to revolutionize the way we pay for goods and services, aiming to eliminate
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reliance on centralized entities such as banks and governments that control our economy.</p>
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<p>Exchanges that enforce KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) rules operate similarly to
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traditional banks. Users are required to provide identification, such as a photo of their ID, to use these
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exchanges. Moreover, most of these exchanges are centralized, meaning that users do not own their keys. In
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short, this implies that the cryptocurrencies belong to the exchange and not the user. These requirements
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contradict the decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies.</p>
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<p>Exchanges that enforce KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) rules operate similarly
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to
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traditional banks. Users are required to provide identification, such as a photo of their ID, to use
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these
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exchanges. Moreover, most of these exchanges are centralized, meaning that users do not own their keys.
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In
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short, this implies that the cryptocurrencies belong to the exchange and not the user. These
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requirements
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contradict the decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies.</p>
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<p>With KYCNOT.ME, I hope to provide people with trustworthy alternatives for buying, exchanging, trading, and
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using cryptocurrencies without having to disclose their identity. This preserves the essence of
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cryptocurrencies, which is decentralized and self-governed.</p>
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<p>With KYCNOT.ME, I hope to provide people with trustworthy alternatives for buying, exchanging, trading,
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and
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using cryptocurrencies without having to disclose their identity. This preserves the essence of
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cryptocurrencies, which is decentralized and self-governed.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="w-full my-4 border border-t border-white/20"></div>
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<div class="p-2 px-4 m-2 rounded-xl bg-gray-500/10">
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<h2 class="font-bold text-lime-400">what's KYC?</h2>
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<div class="space-y-2">
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<p><strong>KYC</strong> stands for <strong>"Know Your Customer"</strong>, a process designed to
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protect financial institutions against fraud, corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing.
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Or at
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least this is what they want you to believe.</p>
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<p>The truth is that KYC is a threat to our freedom. KYC is a direct attack on our privacy and puts us
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in
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disadvantage against the governments. True criminals don't care about KYC policies. True criminals
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know
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perfectly how to avoid such policies. In fact, they normally use the FIAT system and don't even need
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to
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use cryptocurrencies. Banks are the biggest money launders, the <a
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href="https://www.reuters.com/business/hsbc-fined-85-mln-anti-money-laundering-failings-2021-12-17/">HSBC
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scandal</a>, <a
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href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nordea-bnk-moneylaundering-idUSKCN1QL11S">Nordea</a> or
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<a
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href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-moneylaundering-swedbank/swedbank-hit-with-record-386-million-fine-over-baltic-money-laundering-breaches-idUSKBN2163LU">Swedbank</a>
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are just some examples.</p>
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<p>KYC only affects small individuals like you and me. It is an annoying procedure that obligates us to
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hand our
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personal information to a third party in order to buy, use or unlock our funds. We should start
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boycotting
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such companies. We should start using decentralized exchanges and decentralized wallets. We should
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start
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using cryptocurrencies as they were intended to be used.</p>
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</div>
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<h3 id="other-acronyms-of-interest">other acronyms of interest</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><strong>AML</strong>: Anti-Money Laundering</li>
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<li><strong>CFT</strong>: Combating the Financing of Terrorism</li>
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<li><strong>SoF</strong>: Source of Funds</li>
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<li><strong>ToS</strong>: Terms of Service</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<div class="p-2 px-4 m-2 rounded-xl bg-gray-500/10">
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<h2 id="why-only-bitcoin-and-monero-">why only Bitcoin and Monero?</h2>
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<p><strong>Bitcoin</strong>: it is the most well-known cryptocurrency. It's widespread and has the biggest
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market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies.</p>
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<p><strong>Monero</strong>: if digital cash was to exist, it should be like Monero. Fungible, private by
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design,
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fast and pretty low fees. Also, one of the oldest cryptocurrencies around.</p>
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<p>No other currencies will be added. Most sites listed here also accept other cryptocurrencies, such as
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Ethereum or Litecoin.</p>
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</div>
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<h2 id="listings">listings</h2>
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<h3 id="request">request</h3>
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<p>You can request a new listing by visiting the <a href="/request/service">Request</a> page.</p>
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<h3 id="attributes">what is an attribute?</h3>
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<p>An attribute is a feature that a service has. An attribute can be either good, a warning, bad or
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informational. Attributes are not limited, the list of attributes will grow if needed, you can see a
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full list of the attributes available on the Attributes page.</p>
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<p>You can click on any point to see a detailed description of what it means. The point page also shows all
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the listings that have that point. This is also a useful way to find listings that have a specific
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feature.</p>
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<h3 id="search">search</h3>
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<p>Filtering services in kycnot.me is very easy. In the main page, you will see 3 possible filters:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><b>Type filter</b>: Lets you choose between seeing all the listings (default), only exchanges, or
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only services.</li>
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<li><b>Search bar</b>: The search bar is the most powerful filter. You can use it to perform a full-text
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search on the listings. The search will look for the text you enter in the name, description,
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keywords and category. The search is not case-sensitive.</li>
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<li><b>Currency filter</b>: Lets you choose between seeing all the listings (default), only listings
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that accept a certain currency. If you choose more than one option, it will show all the listings
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that accept all of the selected currencies.</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="scoring">scoring</h3>
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<p>Each listing has a score that is calculated based on the attributes that it has. The score does not
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reflect how good an exchange is overall, but it seeks to give a score in relation to its KYC practices.
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An exchange could have an awful UI/UX, but if it is very NO-KYC friendly, it will still get a high
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score.</p>
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<h3 id="order">order</h3>
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<p>The listings are sorted in a decreasing order by score. For listings that share the same score (tie), the
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order is random every time within that score range.</p>
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<h2 id="tos">terms of service auto-reviews</h2>
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<p>KYCnot.me offers an automated tool that reviews the Terms of Service (ToS) for various services. This
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tool utilizes AI models to analyze the ToS text, extracting key points and presenting them in simple,
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plain English. The aim is to make understanding the ToS for any service easier and more straightforward.
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</p>
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<p>For this, I am using OpenAI's GPT4-turbo model, which proved to be the most reliable and provides the
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best results.</p>
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<p><b>Important note:</b> This automated tool is not perfect, it may detect false positives, or non-relevant
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lines. But, overall, it returns reliable and good results.</p>
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<h2 id="levels">kyc Levels</h2>
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<p>
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KYCnot.me has a KYC level system. These levels allow you to quickly identify the kind of KYC practices a
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service may have. There are 4 levels going from 0 to 3. The higher the level, the more invasive the KYC
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practices are. <b>You can click on the level on the service page to see a detailed description of what
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it means.</b>
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</p>
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</div>
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<h2 id="verification">verification</h2>
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<p>You will see that some services show a double blue tick. This means that the service has been tested
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personally by me.</p>
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<p>To check the service, I make a trade on the site, or test the service manually. With this, I can verify
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that the service does not perform KYC practices on regular basis, and that it is not a scam, at least at
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the time of the verification.</p>
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<p>These checks are done randomly and without prior notice to the service. For this reason, and as the list
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is in constant growth, not all services have been verified yet and it takes me some time to verify them.
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</p>
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<p>A verified service does not mean that the service is safe to use blindly, it just means that at the time
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of the verification, the service was not performing KYC practices on regular basis, and that it was not
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a scam. It is still recommended to do your own research before using any service.</p>
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<h2 id="comments">(nostr) comments</h2>
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<p>Each service has a dedicated comments article. The comments are suppored by <a
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href="https://usenostr.org">Nostr</a>, a decentralized structured data sharing protocol used to
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build social networks.</p>
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<p><a href="https://usenostr.org" target="_blank">> Visit this page for a simple and quick introduction to
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Nostr.</a></p>
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<p>To comment on a service's page, you just need a Nostr private key and a secure <a
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href="https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr#nip-07-browser-extensions" target="_blank">nostr
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siging extension (nip-07)</a> for logging in. I recommend using <a href="https://getalby.com/"
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target="_blank">Alby</a> or <a href="https://github.com/fiatjaf/nos2x" target="_blank">nos2x</a></p>
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<h2 class="font-bold text-lime-400">what is KYC?</h2>
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<div class="space-y-2">
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<p><strong>KYC</strong> stands for <strong>"Know Your Customer"</strong>, a process designed to
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protect financial institutions against fraud, corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing. Or at
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least this is what they want you to believe.</p>
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<p>The truth is that KYC is a threat to our freedom. KYC is a direct attack on our privacy and puts us in
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disadvantage against the governments. True criminals don't care about KYC policies. True criminals know
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perfectly how to avoid such policies. In fact, they normally use the FIAT system and don't even need to
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use cryptocurrencies. Banks are the biggest money launders, the <a
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href="https://www.reuters.com/business/hsbc-fined-85-mln-anti-money-laundering-failings-2021-12-17/">HSBC
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scandal</a>, <a
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href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nordea-bnk-moneylaundering-idUSKCN1QL11S">Nordea</a> or <a
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href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-moneylaundering-swedbank/swedbank-hit-with-record-386-million-fine-over-baltic-money-laundering-breaches-idUSKBN2163LU">Swedbank</a>
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are just some examples.</p>
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<p>KYC only affects small individuals like you and me. It is an annoying procedure that obligates us to hand our
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personal information to a third party in order to buy, use or unlock our funds. We should start boycotting
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such companies. We should start using decentralized exchanges and decentralized wallets. We should start
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using cryptocurrencies as they were intended to be used.</p>
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</div>
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<h3 id="other-acronyms-of-interest">Other acronyms of interest</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><strong>AML</strong>: Anti-Money Laundering</li>
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<li><strong>CFT</strong>: Combating the Financing of Terrorism</li>
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<li><strong>SoF</strong>: Source of Funds</li>
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</ul>
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<div class="w-full my-4 border border-t border-white/20"></div>
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<h2 id="why-only-bitcoin-and-monero-">why only Bitcoin and Monero?</h2>
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<div class="space-y-2">
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<p><strong>Bitcoin</strong>: it is the most well-known cryptocurrency. It's widespread and has the biggest
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market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies.</p>
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<p><strong>Monero</strong>: if digital cash was to exist, it should be like Monero. Fungible, private by design,
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fast and pretty low fees. Also, one of the oldest cryptocurrencies around.</p>
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<p>No other currencies will be added. Most sites listed here also accept other cryptocurrencies, such as
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Ethereum or Litecoin.</p>
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</div>
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<h2 id="listings">Listings</h2>
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<h3 id="request">Request</h3>
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<p>You can request a new listing by visiting the <a href="/request">Request</a> page.</p>
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</section>
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</article>
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