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by rtkwe 1765 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).