Changes between Version 9 and Version 10 of PublicBitcoins


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Timestamp:
04/11/21 06:54:45 (3 years ago)
Author:
garcon du monde
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Removed Mt Gox links

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    3434A better way can be to [https://localbitcoins.com/buy_bitcoins trade Bitcoins locally], paying by cash, not providing your real identity. Make sure you buy from someone with a positive track record and you have checked the latest exchange rates.
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    36 An alternative is to use an intermediary (or, more than one!) to transfer money from your home currency into bitcoins. For example, if you live in the UK, you can use [http://transferwise.com TransferWise] to transfer money from your account to a EUROs account run by a bitcoin exchange - for instance, [https://bitstamp.net bitstamp.net], who have lower rates than [https://mtgox.com Mt Gox] (the biggest online bitcoin exchange). Using this method, !TransferWise would know the bank details of origin - and hence who was transferring the money, even if you used a pseudonym - but the 'final destination' (i.e. bitstamp.net) would only be presented with the information of !TransferWise. Thus, if the bitstamp.net account is registered anonymously (for instance, an account created from a net cafe over [http://tor.eff.org Tor]), then maximum privacy would be ensured.
     36An alternative is to use an intermediary (or, more than one!) to transfer money from your home currency into bitcoins. For example, if you live in the UK, you can use [http://transferwise.com TransferWise] to transfer money from your account to a EUROs account run by a bitcoin exchange - for instance, the online bitcoin exchanges listed at https://bitcoinity.org/markets. Using this method, !TransferWise would know the bank details of origin - and hence who was transferring the money, even if you used a pseudonym - but the 'final destination' (i.e. bitstamp.net) would only be presented with the information of !TransferWise. Thus, if the bitstamp.net account is registered anonymously (for instance, an account created from a net cafe over [http://tor.eff.org Tor]), then maximum privacy would be ensured.
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    3838This method can also be fully anonymous if you buy [http://www.ukash.com/ Ukash], [https://www.paysafecard.com/ Paysafecards] or prepaid credit cards in the streets (usually in small shops), where you should be able to do so without providing your identity. These can then be exchanged to bitcoins at [https://www.virwox.com/ Virwox.com] (by intermediary exchange to Linden Dollars), or, often cheaper, by [http://wiki.bitcoin-otc.com/wiki/Using_bitcoin-otc trading over the counter]. Obviously the intermediary exchange account shouldn't be registered on your identity for this approach to provide anonymity.