i’m wanting to get on usenet but remain compeltely anon (vpn, anon purchase, etc).

i know this ins’t stricly a piracy question and is maybe more of a crypto question but figure there ain’t nobody who knows privacy and anoniminitry like you guys do.

so if i want to some amounts of bitcoin/whatever anonymously, how tf do i get it? liek not large amount, just small shit like to buy subs for a few for usenet indexes and whatnot?i know the bitcoin atm’s and banks do “know your customer” stuff (basically they id you first) and are not anon. have hear d that you can mine it anon but not sure if apps track hw specs and whatnot that could be used to id you. is there another ways that dont require you to have sepcial sms accounts or burner phones pr whaetver first? or maybe you guys can recommend me some foss mining apps which are safe that i could check out?

i’m on linux ifg it matters for good mining aps. i can write some bash scripts but im not a super hacker or anthing so ones that dont require a degree are appreciated.

edit: i don’t specifically care about bitcoin. i just don’t know jack about crypto and assumed that was what the usenet service providers would accept. if there’s something else they’d take that is still anonymous, that’s fine with me as long as you guys can help my dumb noob ass understand what to do.

  • shawnshitshowEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    You aren’t going to be able to mine more than a few cents of Bitcoin a month without specialized hardware.

    As mentioned, Monero is best for privacy.

    If you must use Bitcoin specifically, one option is to “wash” whatever you buy by using an exchange that allows anonymous account creation, then converting it to XMR and back before using it. You can also find someone to trade with in person for cash. There at least used to be localbitcoin to help facilitate that, if that’s even still a thing.

    • drunkensailor@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      thanks for the reply

      If you must use Bitcoin specifically

      i don’t care about bitcoin specifically, just don’t know crypto stuff - just updated title. whatever usenet services will accept is fine by me, whether that’s bitcoin, monero, xmr or whatever other ones you guys suggest.

      You aren’t going to be able to mine more than a few cents of Bitcoin a month without specialized hardware.

      ugh, that sucks. had been hoping to run a old gaming rig and maybe get 50 or 100 USD of some kind of anon crypto after 3-6 months. Guess that idea is out.

      one option is to “wash” whatever you buy by using an exchange that allows anonymous account creation, then converting it to XMR and back before using it.

      So even if I bought the KYC-style bitcoin from a bank or atm or whatever, if I convert to XMR then that hides me? Any clue how it hides it?

      There at least used to be localbitcoin to help facilitate that, if that’s even still a thing.

      Thanks, when I searched I see 2 of them: localbitcoin.com and localbitcoin.net ? Does it matter?

      • shawnshitshowEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I haven’t dealt with crypto in years, so I’m not really the best source for some of those specifics.

        As I understand it, the Monero protocol doesn’t maintain history between transactions, so it’s very much like electronic cash. if I were to go the exchange route, I would convert to XMR, send it to another exchange, then back to BTC. it doesn’t really matter where you buy it if you go that route. those transactions do have a cost however.

        as I’ve said it’s been years and the crypto world is loaded with scams so I have no idea which if any of those are legit, sorry.