Isn't the whole idea not to rely on gatekeepers? There's been news (Canadian truckers incident) where the government told Paypal/Visa/Mastercard etc to stop the flow on crypto currency.
Am I missing something obvious, or is localbitcoins/classifieds really the only way?
Or you could buy from a Bitcoin "ATM" there's probably one close by if you're in a decent sized city.
Otherwise you pretty much have to deal with an exchange or find an escrow service that will facilitate the transaction or something.
In that sense, a truly decentralized Bitcoin that people can actually make use of doesn't exist.
https://newrepublic.com/article/94477/ron-paul-distorted-lib...
These are the points he seems to take issue with: 1. Private property is important to liberty. 2. The solution to racism might just not be more racism. 3. Open borders are good in theory but have problems in practice.
Some may disagree with these points, particularly on their nuances, but to conclude that they are somehow incompatible with libertarianism is completely brain-dead.
I wonder what this learned author and philosopher is up to these days... Oh, that's interesting: https://www.foxnews.com/media/will-wilkinson-lynch-mike-penc...
AFAIK the function of the Fed is pretty understandable. Whether you agree that they make the correct decisions that is another matter. It seems to me that in an economy that is producing new things that did not previously exist being able to adjust the amount of currency in circulation to reflect the total value of things in the economy makes a lot of sense.
Suppose the 350 million of us had to share the millions dollars that was in existence when the country was founded. There would not be enough for each of us to have a single dollar. That would make the currency pretty useless.