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Sell the KYC Bitcoin back to the same exchange. You can't delete the purchase records but you can create sale records, so that the state may assume that you don't own Bitcoin anymore.
Then buy Bitcoin via cash, gift cards or money orders. Don't use a bank account, since the bank requires ID to open the account, which means that anything involving banking/credit cards/Revolut/Zelle is KYC-lite not KYC-free.
Many Bitcoin ATMs (especially CoinFlip) have $800/day limits without KYC. For larger amounts, visit different ATMs on the same day or the same ATM for a few days. Use a burner phone number (this isn't KYC, since KYC specifically means government ID requirements) such as TextVerified.com. More info: https://coinatmradar.com
Cash by mail is another option. Find a trader in Bisq.network, HodlHodl.com, Agoradesk.com or LocalCryptos.com. Money orders also work and are KYC-free (for buyers) up to $3k. More info here: https://x21.tools/no-kyc
Gift cards are better for small amounts, e.g. trade a $50 Amazon gift card for $40 Bitcoin. But in case you need it, Redeeem.com is a KYC-free gift card exchange.
You could also find a local cash in person trader. Bisq and other P2P exchanges have cash in person (or face-to-face) listings. You can also ask local Bitcoin, tech or libertarian meetups if anyone is selling Bitcoin. A good guide to setup local groups: https://github.com/taxmeifyoucan/p2p-trading/
For larger amounts, you could look for a KYC-free OTC trader. Maybe there are also some gold/silver traders.
More options here: https://github.com/cointastical/P2P-Trading-Exchanges/ Check which ones accept cash, gold or gift card payments. Avoid banking and credit cards (KYC-lite).
This is dope. Congrats! I hope to see some services such as @silent_link, tunnelsats etc adopt this.
I've also sometimes had trouble finding routes through SN's node. Sometimes I can only find a route if I increase the max fee to something like 100+.
One thing I noticed about SN is that sats are always flowing out of it.
On my public LN node, as soon as I put sats on the SN side of the channel, it almost immediately gets routed back to my side and onto some other destination.
My hypothesis is that there's a huge demand for liquidity to move sats out of or through SN. Thus, channels are setting high fees for the usage of those channels. The low fee ones quickly get exhausted (as my public channel always does.)
Maybe @k00b or @ek can comment. It's definitely a pattern that i've noticed.
@k00b I can't seem to pay the territory fees since the switch. Normally clicking pay generates a LN invoice. But it isn't this time. Did I miss something that was announced?
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