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But I'm not in Russia and it feels I have to do

A) huge amount of research

B) huge amount of risk / personal responsibility

C) and Still trust some or multiple 3rd party services to practically obtain or withdraw bitcoin, which have same or more power or likelihood to cut me off

I (think) understand the dream. I don't see the reality of seamlessly easily practically safely cheaply transacting bitcoin. As a mediocre techie, every time I ponder getting some bitcoin for giggle, I get lost in conolex how tos and run screaming away from complexity and risk.



I find it takes even more effort to continually understand the situation of the traditional financial system and the current status of geopolitics. I don't know when my country could became the next Russia. It's a hostile world out there; effort is required to survive, and risk is unavoidable


That's fair; but I was talking about strictly logistics of having cash and withdrawing cash, compared to having bitcoin and using/withdrawing bitcoin.




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