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It's really not safe to buy/sell BTC with a credit card. If you want to avoid KYC you could try LocalBitcoins.

I need something similar to Coinbase where I can attach a card and just buy some BTC without all the KYC BS you see in Coinbase. There has to be something like that which is heavily vetted by the BTC community? I've seen local bitcoins, but I want to keep everything as virtual as possible.

Some bitcoin ATMs have minimal verification (sometimes none or just a phone # verification). See if you have one in your area, otherwise use localbitcoins.

The problem isn't the risk of the service being a scam (which vetting by the BTC community takes care of) but the risk that the users are scamming the service.

Without all the 'KYC BS', it would be too easy for someone to use stolen credit card numbers to buy Bitcoin which would quickly bankrupt the service or at least cause them to have to pay high processing fees or have their processing terminated.

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