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by capeterson 1765 days ago
Overnighted cash drops to a PO box are fairly reliable. Localbitcoins and its spinoffs used to be a popular option, but it seems they're a shell of their former selves.

It's definitely a lot more difficult nowadays, though.
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ajkdhcb2 1764 days ago
It is easier now afaik. Localbitcoins itself is essentially deprecated but there are always alternatives, and a lot more people now than there were in 2013 and so
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rtkwe 1764 days ago
> Localbitcoins and its spinoffs used to be a popular option, but it seems they're a shell of their former selves

It's because KYC requirements and money changing regulation were applied to people selling btc in any real quantity. Someone I knew caught a case a few years ago for doing essentially the localbitcoin (and not telling the undercover to leave when the cop implied he got the money from selling drugs... allegedly).

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