20 sats \ 3 replies \ @om 29 Jun 2022 \ on: Bitcoin P2P Marketplace - Buy, sell, trade, and offer services in exchange for Bitcoin. Peer-to-peer without a middeman! bitcoin
Wow, peer-to-peer without a middleman!
also: phone number required because telegram
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @deleted231216 29 Jun 2022
You can use an anonymous SMS verification service that accepts Bitcoin e.g. JuicySMS.com, SMSPVA.com or TextVerified.com. You can even use an Android emulator like Anbox or Android-x86 to signup, then connect it to Telegram Web or Telegram Desktop.
Additionally, the 10 newest listings are displayed in this P2P marketplace aggregator: https://anarkio.codeberg.page/markets/ But you would still need a Telegram account in order to contact the seller.
There are almost 1000 people in the P2P marketplace group & daily listings, as well as other good Bitcoin-related channels, so it may be useful to make an anonymous Telegram account.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @om 29 Jun 2022
Jumping through hoops to access the service is not the only problem with centralized services. Here's another problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_censorship_of_Telegram_Messenger
There are almost 1000 people in the P2P marketplace group & daily listings, as well as other good Bitcoin-related channels, so it may be useful
Indeed, the worse the platform, the more users it has. I bet you can get even more people on Facebook and Discord.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @deleted231216 29 Jun 2022
It's possible to access Telegram via Tor (e.g. in-app proxy settings, Orbot or use Anbox in Whonix Workstation).
Signal has the same problems (phone number requirement & even more difficult to access without a phone: https://anarkio.codeberg.page/#/7560cf4a7685/11). Didn't test if Briar/Session work in Whonix yet.
Otherwise there is a (less active) P2P marketplace in Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#cryptomarketplace:matrix.org
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