[ahtihn]

How do you get the coins to stake in the first place without creating an account and doing KYC verification?

[rhodorhoades]

This may come off as… impractical… but I don’t understand why.

The best way to obtain coins without going through KYC is by using the protocols. The most cost effective is running a filecoin node but there are thousands of ways of getting coins by participating in the ecosystem.