How are you converting to BTC without a middleman?
The only problem is that you have to trust them (both the sellers and the buyers) or you can get scammed. But, that's never happened in 10 years of doing this, and my own corrupt government is guaranteed to scam me no matter what.
Hodlhodl for example, you can find someone locally to swap cash with bitcoin.
It does not participate in the trade, just finds you someone to trade with.
No. They're a seller and you are a buyer.
With a usd/btc trade, you are either the seller or buyer, depending on your perspective.
I use hodlhold to sell unwanted dollars.
The eggs? No. The chicken, maybe.
> With a usd/btc trade, you are either the seller or buyer, depending on your perspective.
OK, so again; the person upthread "that uses Bitcoin strictly to remove the middleman" is removing what middleman? Whether you're buying from a local or Coinbase, there's the same setup of buyer/seller.
Replacing the middleman I definetly do not want (the govt and local banks) for the ones I want.
Bitcoin is the only tool that lets me do that.