Lemmy@lemm.eecake to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoDoes ProtonVPN no longer offer the option to pay in crypto?message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareDoes ProtonVPN no longer offer the option to pay in crypto?Lemmy@lemm.eecake to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGutless2615@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoBitcoin is not privacy protective.
minus-squareFisch@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoI wonder why they don’t just have Monero as an option
minus-squareglowie@h4x0r.hostlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoThis. In fact, it’s the opposite and designed for transparency.
minus-squaremakeasnek@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-26 months agoThere are ways to achieve significant privacy using Bitcoin, the protocol itself is pseudonymous, lightning in many ways enhances privacy. But you need to know what you are doing and there are many gotchas.
minus-squareLemmy@lemm.eecakeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26 months agoBTC --> XMR --> BTC is the simplest method to achieve anonymity with Bitcoin, or you can just purchase Monero directly via cash by mail.
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoHow many dollars do you need to spend to get $1 worth of Bitcoin using this method?
minus-squaresmcool@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoBetween basically nothing and way to much depending on the amount you transfer, the method you use and the country you live in
Bitcoin is not privacy protective.
I wonder why they don’t just have Monero as an option
This. In fact, it’s the opposite and designed for transparency.
There are ways to achieve significant privacy using Bitcoin, the protocol itself is pseudonymous, lightning in many ways enhances privacy. But you need to know what you are doing and there are many gotchas.
BTC --> XMR --> BTC is the simplest method to achieve anonymity with Bitcoin, or you can just purchase Monero directly via cash by mail.
How many dollars do you need to spend to get $1 worth of Bitcoin using this method?
Between basically nothing and way to much depending on the amount you transfer, the method you use and the country you live in