Most options I find are dead or require ID now. Ive been trying to buy bitcoin without going through full kyc verification for a few weeks now and honestly its getting frustrating. Every guide I find online recommends the same stuff, bisq, robosats, atms, but none of those work for my situation
Bisq needs you to already have bitcoin to start trading. Robosats is lightning only and the learning curve is steep. Bitcoin atms near me charge 12 percent fees which is insane and most of them require id now anyway
All i want is to pay with my debit card or apple pay and get btc or usdc sent to my wallet without uploading my passport and taking a selfie. I dont need full anonymity i just dont want my documents sitting on some exchange server waiting to get leaked
I know most big exchanges require kyc now but there has to be something that works for smaller amounts. Is anyone actually buying bitcoin with a card in 2026 without full verification or is that completely dead?
Real experiences only please, not just links to articles listing exchanges that changed their policies 2 years ago
Why people do not consider to EARN it?
Demand to be paid in bitcoin.
How should people turn the fiat they have into bitcoin?
Those with fiat will pay fiat bills of friends that have BTC. Is the best way to move towards circular economy.
They help each others and also keep the sats in their hands, not in Saylors hands.
Once the "fiat friend" is out of fiat, and became a full bitcoiner, will start helping another "fiat friend" and so on.
Then all together will help a merchant, slowly. Then the merchant start paying his employees in sats and so on...
That's very smart. What if you're a miserable son of a bitch with no friends, though, or the last dummy to get off fiat amongst your friends?
hahaha yes, there are cases when are no friends around.
In that case Robosats and other p2p apps allow you to post an offer like:
"I have sats, I need somebody to pay this X fiat bill".
I did that sometimes and works. Living without a bank account is possible if you really want it. And now we have the tools.
By using this kind of strategy, in fact you reduce the fiat in circulation.
Sorry about all the zaps, but those are good answers and I want to help people see them.
I know. In fact I didn't even wanted to comment anymore and let SS to explain it, but you triggered me.
ok
Bisq Easy. Or even Bisq original I think has a cash in the mail option if you really don't want to use robosats.
Robosats will require a small bond paid in sats... So in my experience you have to start somewhere however RS easy to use with a little practice
For what I know, Bisq requires a bond too