Interesting, we have £50 notes in the UK but they essentially don't exist for most people. No cash machines will give you one, and shopkeepers mistrust them, although generally accept. 20s are the highest people deal with here usually.
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That's actually illegal in the UK, to charge a fee for card use. Just means everyone pays more in increased prices, although most people in the UK use card for everything so for the population as a whole its probably a money saver, if not a privacy saving policy.
This decision was helped by moving to GrapheneOS and losing Google Pay, definitely. (And Degoogling for other reasons at the same time). If I have to carry a card I may as well carry cash, a few folded notes are the same footprint as a card and as I mentioned, I try not to break notes if I don't have to, so I'm not carrying change often.
Anyone in a 14 eyes country is essentially impossible to achieve zero footprint, but assuming they're not actively looking into your network packets or searching for you on CCTV its feasible to have a relatively low footprint. I'm essentially trying to eliminate as far as practical, any data points I'm just giving away for free for no reason, especially to corporations and advertisers.
Least edgy libertarian. Hope you don't like driving on roads or using the internet fibres
No, same in the UK. How could you force them to take cash if they don't want to?
I'm interested in this, I did buy a small amount but struggling to spend it anywhere? Even when I bought a Trezor hardware wallet I had to use LTC... I know I can pay for Mullvad with it when my subscription expires in two years lol
I also can't find any no-KYC place to buy it now LocalMonero is closed.
They use mobile data over here so it can be very slow in spotty areas, but most populated areas in the UK have full 4G/5G.
Yeah I always use throwaway cards from my bank online, game changer. Even if just free trials so they can't charge me if I accidentally don't cancel
It's a private contract between the business and the customer, you are supposed to ensure you have means to pay beforehand.