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Crypto
Agorism
Liberate yourself from the state's
monopoly on money (fiat), identity
(government ID) and markets
(regulations).
Use Bitcoin, Monero, P2P reputation,
KYC-free services & Second Realms.
Free markets for a free world.
Contents
1) What is Crypto Agorism
2) Fair and free markets
3) State monopoly on money vs. Crypto
4) State monopoly on identity vs. KYC-free
5) State monopoly on markets vs. Agorism
6) Agorist communities
7) Agorist businesses
- Practical examples: Food, jobs, housing,
healthcare, logistics, communications
8) Agorism works today
9) What you can do
10) Links and resources
| WHAT IS CRYPTO AGORISM >
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What is Crypto Agorism?
Agorism means fair and free markets
without state censorship or
surveillance (gray markets, Second
Realms, informal economy).
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and
Monero enable you to earn, spend and
save money outside of the state's
banking system.
Agorism & crypto help people today
to access necessities outside of the state
(e.g. jobs, rentals, healthcare without
government ID).
| FAIR AND FREE MARKETS >
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Fair and free markets
Agorism focuses on small businesses, not
state-backed corporations.
Small businesses have more flexibility
(easier to ignore state regulations).
Closer relationship between buyer and
seller, supply and demand.
Direct trade & "be your own boss"
contributes to fairer wages and better
working conditions (= no greedy CEOs).
Examples:
- Direct trade coffee vs. Nestle.
- Local convenience store vs. Walmart.
- Family-run hotel vs. state-regulated chain.
| MONOPOLY ON MONEY >
< WHAT IS CRYPTO AGORISM
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State monopoly on money
Fiat (e.g. USD, EUR, GBP) is the state's
monopoly on money.
The state can print fiat money limitlessly
and manipulate the economy.
Government ID requirements for banking
exclude people without ID and surveil &
censor the financial transactions of people
with ID.
CBDCs and the war on cash will exclude
millions more from the economy (people
without ID, on state/corporate blacklists, or
who need privacy).
| CRYPTO IS FREEDOM >
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Crypto is freedom
Censorship-resistant: Bitcoin & Monero don't
require state/corporate permission.
Private: Uses pseudonymous cryptographic
keypairs instead of government ID.
Open source & decentralized: No state,
company or individual controls the network.
Easy-to-use: Send, receive and store money
worldwide with a desktop/mobile wallet.
Flexible: Buy/sell products for crypto or
withdraw crypto to physical cash.
Perfect for: Online shopping, local stores,
money transfers, donations & more.
| MONOPOLY ON IDENTITY >
< MONOPOLY ON MONEY
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State monopoly on ID
"Digital ID" already exists (passports,
national ID cards, birth certificates).
The state refuses to print ID for 1 billion
people worldwide.
No alternatives: Flag Theory requires an
existing ID, Red Cross doesn't print IDs and
non-government IDs aren't accepted.
Cruel and fatalistic: No way to appeal or
"earn" access, e.g. if you weren't registered
at birth. No way to prove identity via bills,
school/work records, vouches/witnesses,
social media or even fingerprints.
| KYC IS CENSORSHIP >
< CRYPTO IS FREEDOM
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KYC = Censorship
Government ID requirements (KYC)
artificially exclude innocent people from
jobs, housing, healthcare, contracts & more.
Also dangerous for people who need privacy
(activists, victims of abuse, pseudonyms).
Trades should be between the buyer & seller
only. No third party should be able to
universally censor an individual from the
entire market, such as:
- A skilled individual is looking for work but the
employer is not allowed to hire them due to no ID.
- A patient has a health issue & can pay with cash but
the doctor is forbidden to treat them due to no ID.
- A mailman personally knows the recipient but
can't hand over mail without ID.
| KYC-FREE SERVICES >
< MONOPOLY ON ID
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KYC-free services are vital
KYC-free = no government ID required.
Agorism already helps people without ID
or who can't show ID for safety reasons to
access necessities:
- Under-the-table jobs.
- Informal apartment rentals for cash.
- Cryptocurrencies (remote work, money
transfers, online shopping).
- Anonymous health clinics.
- Anonymous sim cards.
- Proxy merchant services,
e.g. Rental contract under roommate's name,
Friend sends a bank transfer for you,
Local store allows you to pickup mail there.
| P2P REPUTATION >
< ECONOMIC EXCLUSION
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P2P reputation
There are many ways to establish trust or
authorization without government ID:
Anonymity: Buy bread in a store with cash
– no name required.
PIN/password: SMS code to pickup mail.
Cryptographic keypairs: PGP, Bitcoin.
Escrow/cash deposits: Rentals.
Reviews/vouches/web of trust: Commerce.
Non-government IDs: Digitalcourage,
Bitnation, Liberland.
| MONOPOLY ON MARKETS >
< KYC-FREE SERVICES
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State monopoly on markets
State regulations censor what can be sold
(bans), who can sell (permits) and for what
price (price controls).
In a free market, supply & demand
determine what is sold and, along with
reviews, keep customers safe.
State regulations harm people:
- Difficult to access affordable medicine.
- Banned from working if you don't have ID.
- High taxes make it difficult to afford rent/food,
while funding war, corporate bailouts & corruption.
- Zoning laws prevent affordable housing.
- Threats of violence for harmless actions
(= victimless crimes).
| TRULY FREE MARKETS >
< P2P REPUTATION
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Truly free markets
Unregulated markets outside of the state's
control are known as gray markets;
Anyone can start to sell a product or service
without restrictions or asking permission.
Local cash-in-hand word-of-mouth markets
work this way, as well as online classifieds and
darknet markets.
Opsec and risk management are important,
but gray markets have operated successfully
since decades, even in authoritarian
countries.
informal, parallel or circular economies;
the underground; or Second Realms.
| COMMUNITIES >
< MONOPOLY ON MARKETS
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Agorist communities
Many things in daily life are market
transactions: Employment, rentals,
healthcare, shopping, hobbies, etc.
Markets are also communities: Colleagues,
neighbors, suppliers, regular customers.
Local and global agorist communities can help
buyers & sellers to meet each other and build
a parallel economy free from state control.
Agorism doesn't require "mass adoption" or
integration with the mainstream white
market. If you find one agorist employer, one
landlord & one grocery store, that's enough.
| AGORIST BUSINESSES >
< TRULY FREE MARKETS
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Agorist businesses
Many ways to participate in agorist markets:
Gray Man: A white market business offers
agorist services under-the-table.
Proxy Merchant: A business makes contracts
under their company name, enabling
customers to access services anonymously.
Second Realm: A purely agorist business, not
registered with the state.
Peer-to-peer: One-time sales by individuals.
- A phone store sells anonymous sim cards on request.
- A personal shopper buys products with their bank
account, customers pay anonymously in crypto.
- Working remotely for cryptocurrency.
- Subletting your apartment while traveling.
| EG: FOOD >
< COMMUNITIES
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Example: Food
Visit farmers markets and local non-chain
stores.
Grow a garden or homestead.
Encourage local stores & restaurants to
accept crypto (KYC-free):
Direct trade for imported food e.g. coffee.
- Bitejo.com is similar to Craigslist and supports
customer reviews.
- BTCPayServer.org works with online stores
(e.g. WooCommerce) and physical points-of-sale.
- A mobile wallet such as Cake Wallet works well
in brick-and-mortar stores.
- Direct trade means fair payments and working
conditions for the farmers, unlike Nestle.
| EG: JOBS >
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Example: Jobs
Work and hire people for cash (e.g. via
Craigslist).
Hire freelancers or small businesses rather
than corporations.
Work remotely for crypto (instead of
banking or Paypal):
Proxy merchants: Setup a shell company
with which freelancers can receive bank
transfers, make contracts, rent a coworking
space and receive mail, without ID.
- Microlancer.io, FreelanceForCoins.com, Bitejo.com.
- Exchange crypto to physical cash with Bisq.network,
HodlHodl.com or CoinATMRadar.com.
| EG: HOUSING >
< EG: FOOD
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Example: Housing
Rent out apartments, hotel rooms, land or
offices for cash/crypto without ID or
address registration.
Build a network of intentional
communities: A neighborhood in a city,
trailer park, homestead, vanliving
community, etc.
Setup community spaces for meetups,
such as cafes, hackerspaces or anarchist
libraries.
Proxy merchants: Setup a shell company
& customers can rent apartments or buy
land under this company name.
| EG: HEALTHCARE >
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Example: Healthcare
Anonymous health clinics (out-of-pocket
cash payments or funded by donations).
Import medicine from countries that don't
require prescriptions.
Telemedicine and online pharmacies.
Bitcoin health insurance with a network of
Bitcoin-friendly doctors.
Private insurance company that prints health
insurance cards without government ID.
Synthesize medicine at home like Four
Thieves Vinegar.
| EG: LOGISTICS >
< EG: HOUSING
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Example: Logistics
Anonymous PO boxes and parcel lockers
that work with a pseudonym, passphrase or
email/SMS code.
An Uber alternative that accepts cash and
crypto (for taxis, food delivery and package
delivery).
Reshipping and mail forwarding services.
Dead drops for local deliveries (Package is
left at specified co-ordinates, neither the
sender nor the recipient meet each other.)
Proxy merchants: Rent an office and allow
customers to pickup mail there for a fee.
| EG: COMMUNICATION >
< EG: HEALTHCARE
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Example: Communication
Import anonymous sim cards (or download
e-sims) from countries that don't require ID
& use roaming.
Setup a city-wide public wifi network like
Freifunk or offer public wifi in your store.
Run a Tor node to help people to access
websites anonymously.
Use Matrix and PGP for encrypted
messaging and Tor for privacy.
Proxy merchants: Register sim cards under
a shell company & sell them anonymously.
| AGORISM WORKS >
< EG: LOGISTICS
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Agorism already works
Agorism is not theoretical. Right now,
sellers earn profits, bypass bureaucracy
and avoid censorship, and buyers get
what they need with cash or crypto.
Many motivations to avoid state
bureaucracy: Time/cost savings, bypass
restrictions, financial inclusion, privacy,
safety, humanitarian or ideological
reasons, etc.
"Will it work?" Gray markets work and
have worked since decades.
| WHAT TO DO >
< EG: COMMUNICATION
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What can you do?
Buy from small businesses and P2P
markets, not state-backed corporations.
Encourage your favorite stores to accept
crypto (KYC-free).
Don't require government ID in your
business & use services that don't ask for
ID.
Offer proxy merchant services if possible
(e.g. via a shell company).
Join online or local agorist groups.
| LINKS & RESOURCES >
< AGORISM WORKS
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Links and resources
There are many resources to learn
more about agorism.
A short list of books, articles,
podcasts, marketplaces, tools and
communities is provided in the next
slides.
A more detailed list here:
https://anarkiocrypto.medium.com
/agorist-bitcoin-monero-and-tech-
resources-de0c74293217
| BOOKS >
< WHAT CAN YOU DO
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Books
An Agorist Primer:
https://kopubco.com/pdf/An_Agorist_Prim
er_by_SEK3.pdf
Second Realm: Book on Strategy:
https://ia801807.us.archive.org/34/item
s/second-realm-
digital/Second%20Realm%20Paperback%20Ne
w.pdf
Agorism in the 21st Century:
https://agorist.xyz
| ARTICLES >
< LINKS & RESOURCES
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Articles
Fifty things to do now:
https://anarplex.net/hosted/files/fifty
things.html
KYC-free Bitcoin circular economies:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/ky
c-free-bitcoin-circular-economies
Dangers of KYC:
https://anarkiocrypto.medium.com/20f2b5
894439
Buy, earn & spend Bitcoin/Monero:
https://anarkiocrypto.medium.com/496ff2
0986ff
| PODCASTS >
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Podcasts
Vonu Podcast:
https://vonupodcast.com
Agora Podcast:
https://anchor.fm/mortified-penguin
Opt Out Pod:
https://www.optoutpod.com
Citadel Dispatch:
https://citadeldispatch.com
Monero Talk:
https://www.monerotalk.live
| MARKETPLACES >
< ARTICLES
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Marketplaces
Crypto classifieds, jobs, fundraising:
https://bitejo.com
Bitcoin/Monero marketplace:
https://miragesale.com
Telegram marketplaces:
https://t.me/bitcoinp2pmarketplace
https://t.me/moneromarket
Matrix marketplace:
#cryptomarketplace:matrix.org
| TOOLS >
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Tools
KYC-free services:
https://kycnot.me
Tor Browser:
https://torproject.org
Encrypted 1:1 and group chats:
https://matrix.org
Monero:
https://getmonero.org
| COMMUNITIES >
< MARKETPLACES
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Communities
Monero:
#monero:monero.social
Bitcoin:
#citadel:bitcoin.kyoto
https://t.me/sovereignbitcoiner
Privacy:
#optout-general:matrix.optoutpod.com
Agorism:
https://flote.app
https://freedomcells.org
https://hackliberty.org
| FREEDOM >
< TOOLS
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Free the markets,
free the world.
Slide 1:
Crypto Agorism.
Free markets for a free world.
Slide 2:
This presentation introduces Crypto Agorism, what it is, and how it helps
people today to survive outside of the state, and access services without
censorship or surveillance. Important tools are cryptocurrencies,
anonymous services and gray markets.
Slide 3:
Agorism means fair and free markets that operate outside of the state.
No company registration, ID or permits are required. Examples are
under-the-table jobs, informal apartment rentals and anonymous sim
cards.
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Monero are good tools for agorist
markets. Unlike banking, no government ID or corporate permission is
required. Just download a wallet, and you can send and receive money
worldwide without censorship.
Crypto Agorism unites agorists and cryptocurrency users to build
practical free markets.
Slide 4:
Agorism focuses on small businesses, entrepreneurs and communities,
not state-backed corporations.
Small businesses are more flexible, offer better, more individualized,
service, and have a closer relationship between the buyer and seller.
Small businesses can also offer fairer pay and better working conditions,
due to direct deals with the producers, and bypassing middlemen,
profiteers and CEOs. An example is direct trade coffee vs. Nestle.
Slide 5:
Agorism helps you to bypass the state's monopolies on money, identity
and markets, which attempt to censor and surveil the free market.
Fiat, such as the US dollar, is the state's monopoly on money. The state
can print more money limitlessly and manipulate the economy.
The state also forces government ID requirements onto banks, which
excludes millions of people without ID and surveils the financial
transactions of everyone else.
As the state is phasing out cash and planning to introduce gatekept and
surveilled CBDCs, a free currency is necessary.
Slide 6:
Cryptocurrencies are the answer. Crypto operates outside of the state.
No country, corporation or individual controls the network or issuance.
No government ID or application is required. Simply download a wallet,
and you are ready to earn, spend and save money worldwide.
Crypto transactions are pseudonymous, censorship-resistant, fast and
have low fees.
This makes crypto perfect for online shopping, money transfers,
fundraising and brick-and-mortar stores. Additionally you can withdraw
crypto to physical cash, gift cards or gold.
Slide 7:
The tyranny of digital ID already exists, due to the state's monopoly on
identity.
The state already refuses to print passports, national ID cards and birth
certificates for approximately 1 billion people worldwide.
As more and more services require government ID, this shuts people out
from necessities like jobs, apartments, healthcare, mail, sim cards and
more.
Sadly there are no alternatives. Flag Theory requires an existing ID, Red
Cross doesn't print IDs, and non-government IDs aren't accepted. If
someone, for example, wasn't registered at birth, there is no way for
them to appeal or access ID in another way.
Slide 8:
Government ID requirements, also known as KYC, have been excluding
innocent people from jobs, housing, healthcare and more since decades.
Not only people who can't get ID, but also people who need
pseudonymity for safety reasons, such as activists and victims of abuse.
This artificial barrier to the economy is cruel, fatalistic and puts people in
danger. No third party should be able to universally censor an individual
from the entire market.
For example, if an employer likes an applicant's skills and work ethic, they
should be able to hire this person. In reality, government ID
requirements prevent this applicant from finding work anywhere, despite
their abilities and efforts. Likewise, if someone is ill, goes to the doctor
and can pay in cash, they may be wrongly refused treatment due to no
government ID.
In a free market, transactions are between the buyer and seller only.
Trades are made on the basis of supply and demand, without censorship
from external gatekeepers.
Government ID requirements are unethical, especially as the state
refuses to print ID for millions of people. In comparison, agorism doesn't
require ID and is open to everyone.
Slide 9:
Agorist KYC-free services don't require government ID or state
permission. This provides equal and meritocratic access to services,
preserves privacy, and avoids state surveillance and censorship.
Some examples are under-the-table jobs, informal apartment rentals and
anonymous health clinics.
Cryptocurrencies help people to earn money remotely, shop online and
send international money transfers.
Anonymous sim cards and PO boxes help people to access the internet
and receive mail without ID.
Proxy merchants are also useful. Some examples of proxy services
include: A roommate deals with the rental contract on your behalf and
you pay them in cash. A friend sends a bank transfer for you. A local
store allows you to pickup mail there. A business registers sim cards
under their company name and resells them anonymously.
Slide 10:
There are many ways to establish trust or authorization without
government ID, many of which are successfully used today.
Many transactions can be done anonymously, for example, buying food,
clothes or electronics in a store. You only need to hand over the cash,
and the product is yours. No name required.
PINs and passwords can help with authorization. One example is a
password to login to a website, or a PIN sent by SMS or email to pick up a
package.
Cryptographic key pairs are used for critical applications, such as PGP
encryption and signing, for secure communication, and proving
ownership of funds with Bitcoin. A pseudonymous key pair is enough to
prove your identity or send money worldwide.
Online shopping and remote work can benefit from escrows, such as
Bitcoin's multisig. This enables refunds in the case of a scam. Cash
deposits for rentals can protect against damages or theft.
Customer reviews can help you to find trusted products or businesses.
Vouches, for example from friends, colleagues or landlords, and web of
trust can help to trust individuals.
While personal IDs are a dangerous concept, non-government IDs from
NGOs or companies are easier to access than the gatekept, single point
of failure of government ID systems.
Slide 11:
Next to the state monopoly on money and identity, is the monopoly on
markets.
Via regulations, the state censors what can be sold, who can sell and for
what price. The state excludes entire categories of products and groups
of sellers from the economy, despite market demand for these services.
State regulations harm many people. They make it difficult to access
medicine, affordable housing or even find a job.
High taxes make it difficult for regular people to afford food and rent,
while the state immorally spends these funds on corporate bailouts,
corruption and war.
Slide 12:
In comparison, unregulated markets are open to everyone, without
restrictions. These may be known as gray markets, parallel economies,
circular economies or Second Realms.
Some examples are local cash-in-hand markets, online classifieds and
darknet markets.
Opsec and risk management are important, but gray markets have
operated successfully since decades, even in authoritarian countries, and
provide customers with what they need, and are unable to get from
gatekept state markets.
Slide 13:
Many day-to-day necessities take place as market transactions. When you
earn money from your job, pay rent for your apartment, buy food in a
grocery store and pay for a gym membership: All these are market
transactions between a buyer and a seller.
These market transactions take place in communities, such as with
colleagues, neighbors, regular customers, friends or fellow fans of your
hobby.
Local, global and online agorist communities can help buyers and sellers
to meet each other and build a parallel economy free from state control.
Agorism doesn't require mainstream adoption or integration with the
statist white market. If you have one agorist employer, one agorist
landlord and shop from one agorist grocery store, that's enough. A
network of like-minded people and a peer-to-peer free market can help
people to find what they need.
(It matters less what 99% of statist businesses are doing, if you have
access to 1% of agorist markets.)
Slide 14:
There are many ways to participate in agorist markets.
The Gray Man strategy is when a white market business sells agorist
services under-the-table to trusted customers. For example, a local
phone repair store sells anonymous sim cards on request, or a hotel
rents out rooms without ID to people in need, such as victims of abuse or
undocumented people.
A Proxy Merchant offers their company as a proxy, so that people can
access services anonymously. An example is a personal shopping service.
A customer sends a link to a product and pays with crypto. The personal
shopper buys the product with their bank account and ships it to the
customer.
A Second Realm business exists entirely outside of the state, without a
registered company, ID or permit. An example is remote freelance work
for cryptocurrency, or selling refurbished laptops in Craigslist.
Peer-to-peer sales are one time sales, such as subletting your apartment
for 1 month while you are traveling, or selling your old car for cash.
Slide 15:
Agorist markets for food include farmers markets, local non-chain stores,
crypto-friendly grocery stores and restaurants, and direct trade for
imported products.
You can also grow your own food with a garden or homestead.
Encourage your favorite online and local stores to accept crypto, rather
than only bank transfers or credit cards. Make sure you use a KYC-free
provider, such as BTCPayServer.org, Oshi.tech, Bitejo.com or a mobile
wallet, instead of a platform that requires government ID like Strike,
Coinbase or Bitpay.
Slide 16:
Agorist jobs include under-the-table jobs for cash and crypto, either as
your main income or on the side.
Offer your services via word-of-mouth, Craigslist or crypto classifieds
websites like Microlancer.io or FreelanceForCoins.com. You can exchange
earned crypto to physical cash with Bisq.network, HodlHodl.com or
Bitcoin ATMs.
If you need to hire someone, choose a freelancer or small business, not a
corporation.
Proxy merchants can help by setting up a shell company, with which
freelancers can make contracts, receive bank transfers, rent coworking
spaces and receive mail.
Slide 17:
Agorist housing includes apartment, hotel, land and office rentals for
cash or crypto, without ID or address registration.
With a network of intentional communities such as city neighborhoods,
trailer parks, homesteads or van living communities, agorists can live
together and build local parallel economies.
Community spaces including cafes, hackerspaces and anarchist libraries
provide a place for meetups, events and education.
Slide 18:
Agorist healthcare includes anonymous health clinics with out-of-pocket
payments or funded by donations, crypto-friendly doctors, online
pharmacies and telemedicine services, and importing medicine from
countries that don't require prescriptions.
An agorist health insurance company could print health insurance cards
without requiring government ID, as well as help people access
healthcare for a monthly fee.
In addition, people are starting to synthesize medicine such as insulin, in
home labs. Check Four Thieves Vinegar for more details.
Slide 19:
Agorist logistics includes anonymous PO boxes and parcel lockers, a
crypto-friendly alternative to Uber for taxis and deliveries, and dead drop
services.
A dead drop is where a package is left at specified co-ordinates, and the
sender and recipient never meet each other.
Additionally, a proxy merchant could rent an office and allow customers
to pick up mail there.
Slide 20:
Agorist communication includes anonymous sim cards, KYC-free home
internet, public wifi networks and mesh networks.
In addition, use PGP and Matrix for encrypted chats, Tor for anonymous
browsing, and Monero for private payments.
Slide 21:
It isn't a question of "Will Agorism Work?"
Agorism already provides necessary services to people, outside of state
censorship and surveillance.
Sellers earn profits, save time, avoid bureaucracy and bypass censorship,
and buyers can get what they need with cash or crypto.
There are many motivations for this, such as saving money and time,
avoiding red tape, financial inclusion, privacy, safety, humanitarian or
ideological reasons.
Gray markets work, have worked since decades, and will continue to
work, wherever they are needed.
Slide 22:
What can you do to get started with agorism?
- Buy from small businesses and peer-to-peer markets, instead of state-
backed corporations.
- Encourage your favorite stores to accept crypto, or accept crypto in your
business.
- Don't require government ID in your business and find services that
don't require ID.
- Offer proxy merchant services, for example via a shell company.
- Join online or local agorist groups to build practical parallel economies.
Slide 23:
There are many resources, articles, podcasts, directories and tools to
help you to learn more about agorism and build truly free markets.
Slide 24:
"An Agorist Primer" by SEK3 and "Second Realm: Book on Strategy" by
Smuggler & XYZ are practical books about agorism.
Slide 25:
Check Anarplex, Bitcoin Magazine and Medium for agorist and crypto
articles, like KYC-free Bitcoin circular economies.
Slide 26:
Listen to practical podcasts for agorist ideas, crypto use cases and more,
such as Vonu Podcast and Citadel Dispatch.
Slide 27:
Trade products and services for crypto with Bitejo.com or
MirageSale.com, or join a Matrix or Telegram group, for example Bitcoin
P2P Marketplace in Telegram.
Slide 28:
Find a list of KYC-free services at KYCNot.me. Use Tor for anonymity,
Matrix for encrypted chats and Monero for private payments.
Slide 29:
There are many agorist, crypto and privacy communities in Matrix,
Telegram and other social networks, including Flote, Freedom Cells and
Hack Liberty.
Slide 30:
Free the markets, free the world.
For more information, visit: https://anarkiocrypto.medium.com

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Crypto Agorism - Free the markets, free the world

  • 1. Crypto Agorism Liberate yourself from the state's monopoly on money (fiat), identity (government ID) and markets (regulations). Use Bitcoin, Monero, P2P reputation, KYC-free services & Second Realms. Free markets for a free world.
  • 2. Contents 1) What is Crypto Agorism 2) Fair and free markets 3) State monopoly on money vs. Crypto 4) State monopoly on identity vs. KYC-free 5) State monopoly on markets vs. Agorism 6) Agorist communities 7) Agorist businesses - Practical examples: Food, jobs, housing, healthcare, logistics, communications 8) Agorism works today 9) What you can do 10) Links and resources | WHAT IS CRYPTO AGORISM > < CRYPTO AGORISM 2/30
  • 3. What is Crypto Agorism? Agorism means fair and free markets without state censorship or surveillance (gray markets, Second Realms, informal economy). Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Monero enable you to earn, spend and save money outside of the state's banking system. Agorism & crypto help people today to access necessities outside of the state (e.g. jobs, rentals, healthcare without government ID). | FAIR AND FREE MARKETS > < CONTENTS 3/30
  • 4. Fair and free markets Agorism focuses on small businesses, not state-backed corporations. Small businesses have more flexibility (easier to ignore state regulations). Closer relationship between buyer and seller, supply and demand. Direct trade & "be your own boss" contributes to fairer wages and better working conditions (= no greedy CEOs). Examples: - Direct trade coffee vs. Nestle. - Local convenience store vs. Walmart. - Family-run hotel vs. state-regulated chain. | MONOPOLY ON MONEY > < WHAT IS CRYPTO AGORISM 4/30
  • 5. State monopoly on money Fiat (e.g. USD, EUR, GBP) is the state's monopoly on money. The state can print fiat money limitlessly and manipulate the economy. Government ID requirements for banking exclude people without ID and surveil & censor the financial transactions of people with ID. CBDCs and the war on cash will exclude millions more from the economy (people without ID, on state/corporate blacklists, or who need privacy). | CRYPTO IS FREEDOM > < FAIR AND FREE MARKETS 5/30
  • 6. Crypto is freedom Censorship-resistant: Bitcoin & Monero don't require state/corporate permission. Private: Uses pseudonymous cryptographic keypairs instead of government ID. Open source & decentralized: No state, company or individual controls the network. Easy-to-use: Send, receive and store money worldwide with a desktop/mobile wallet. Flexible: Buy/sell products for crypto or withdraw crypto to physical cash. Perfect for: Online shopping, local stores, money transfers, donations & more. | MONOPOLY ON IDENTITY > < MONOPOLY ON MONEY 6/30
  • 7. State monopoly on ID "Digital ID" already exists (passports, national ID cards, birth certificates). The state refuses to print ID for 1 billion people worldwide. No alternatives: Flag Theory requires an existing ID, Red Cross doesn't print IDs and non-government IDs aren't accepted. Cruel and fatalistic: No way to appeal or "earn" access, e.g. if you weren't registered at birth. No way to prove identity via bills, school/work records, vouches/witnesses, social media or even fingerprints. | KYC IS CENSORSHIP > < CRYPTO IS FREEDOM 7/30
  • 8. KYC = Censorship Government ID requirements (KYC) artificially exclude innocent people from jobs, housing, healthcare, contracts & more. Also dangerous for people who need privacy (activists, victims of abuse, pseudonyms). Trades should be between the buyer & seller only. No third party should be able to universally censor an individual from the entire market, such as: - A skilled individual is looking for work but the employer is not allowed to hire them due to no ID. - A patient has a health issue & can pay with cash but the doctor is forbidden to treat them due to no ID. - A mailman personally knows the recipient but can't hand over mail without ID. | KYC-FREE SERVICES > < MONOPOLY ON ID 8/30
  • 9. KYC-free services are vital KYC-free = no government ID required. Agorism already helps people without ID or who can't show ID for safety reasons to access necessities: - Under-the-table jobs. - Informal apartment rentals for cash. - Cryptocurrencies (remote work, money transfers, online shopping). - Anonymous health clinics. - Anonymous sim cards. - Proxy merchant services, e.g. Rental contract under roommate's name, Friend sends a bank transfer for you, Local store allows you to pickup mail there. | P2P REPUTATION > < ECONOMIC EXCLUSION 9/30
  • 10. P2P reputation There are many ways to establish trust or authorization without government ID: Anonymity: Buy bread in a store with cash – no name required. PIN/password: SMS code to pickup mail. Cryptographic keypairs: PGP, Bitcoin. Escrow/cash deposits: Rentals. Reviews/vouches/web of trust: Commerce. Non-government IDs: Digitalcourage, Bitnation, Liberland. | MONOPOLY ON MARKETS > < KYC-FREE SERVICES 10/30
  • 11. State monopoly on markets State regulations censor what can be sold (bans), who can sell (permits) and for what price (price controls). In a free market, supply & demand determine what is sold and, along with reviews, keep customers safe. State regulations harm people: - Difficult to access affordable medicine. - Banned from working if you don't have ID. - High taxes make it difficult to afford rent/food, while funding war, corporate bailouts & corruption. - Zoning laws prevent affordable housing. - Threats of violence for harmless actions (= victimless crimes). | TRULY FREE MARKETS > < P2P REPUTATION 11/30
  • 12. Truly free markets Unregulated markets outside of the state's control are known as gray markets; Anyone can start to sell a product or service without restrictions or asking permission. Local cash-in-hand word-of-mouth markets work this way, as well as online classifieds and darknet markets. Opsec and risk management are important, but gray markets have operated successfully since decades, even in authoritarian countries. informal, parallel or circular economies; the underground; or Second Realms. | COMMUNITIES > < MONOPOLY ON MARKETS 12/30
  • 13. Agorist communities Many things in daily life are market transactions: Employment, rentals, healthcare, shopping, hobbies, etc. Markets are also communities: Colleagues, neighbors, suppliers, regular customers. Local and global agorist communities can help buyers & sellers to meet each other and build a parallel economy free from state control. Agorism doesn't require "mass adoption" or integration with the mainstream white market. If you find one agorist employer, one landlord & one grocery store, that's enough. | AGORIST BUSINESSES > < TRULY FREE MARKETS 13/30
  • 14. Agorist businesses Many ways to participate in agorist markets: Gray Man: A white market business offers agorist services under-the-table. Proxy Merchant: A business makes contracts under their company name, enabling customers to access services anonymously. Second Realm: A purely agorist business, not registered with the state. Peer-to-peer: One-time sales by individuals. - A phone store sells anonymous sim cards on request. - A personal shopper buys products with their bank account, customers pay anonymously in crypto. - Working remotely for cryptocurrency. - Subletting your apartment while traveling. | EG: FOOD > < COMMUNITIES 14/30
  • 15. Example: Food Visit farmers markets and local non-chain stores. Grow a garden or homestead. Encourage local stores & restaurants to accept crypto (KYC-free): Direct trade for imported food e.g. coffee. - Bitejo.com is similar to Craigslist and supports customer reviews. - BTCPayServer.org works with online stores (e.g. WooCommerce) and physical points-of-sale. - A mobile wallet such as Cake Wallet works well in brick-and-mortar stores. - Direct trade means fair payments and working conditions for the farmers, unlike Nestle. | EG: JOBS > < AGORIST BUSINESSES 15/30
  • 16. Example: Jobs Work and hire people for cash (e.g. via Craigslist). Hire freelancers or small businesses rather than corporations. Work remotely for crypto (instead of banking or Paypal): Proxy merchants: Setup a shell company with which freelancers can receive bank transfers, make contracts, rent a coworking space and receive mail, without ID. - Microlancer.io, FreelanceForCoins.com, Bitejo.com. - Exchange crypto to physical cash with Bisq.network, HodlHodl.com or CoinATMRadar.com. | EG: HOUSING > < EG: FOOD 16/30
  • 17. Example: Housing Rent out apartments, hotel rooms, land or offices for cash/crypto without ID or address registration. Build a network of intentional communities: A neighborhood in a city, trailer park, homestead, vanliving community, etc. Setup community spaces for meetups, such as cafes, hackerspaces or anarchist libraries. Proxy merchants: Setup a shell company & customers can rent apartments or buy land under this company name. | EG: HEALTHCARE > < EG: JOBS 17/30
  • 18. Example: Healthcare Anonymous health clinics (out-of-pocket cash payments or funded by donations). Import medicine from countries that don't require prescriptions. Telemedicine and online pharmacies. Bitcoin health insurance with a network of Bitcoin-friendly doctors. Private insurance company that prints health insurance cards without government ID. Synthesize medicine at home like Four Thieves Vinegar. | EG: LOGISTICS > < EG: HOUSING 18/30
  • 19. Example: Logistics Anonymous PO boxes and parcel lockers that work with a pseudonym, passphrase or email/SMS code. An Uber alternative that accepts cash and crypto (for taxis, food delivery and package delivery). Reshipping and mail forwarding services. Dead drops for local deliveries (Package is left at specified co-ordinates, neither the sender nor the recipient meet each other.) Proxy merchants: Rent an office and allow customers to pickup mail there for a fee. | EG: COMMUNICATION > < EG: HEALTHCARE 19/30
  • 20. Example: Communication Import anonymous sim cards (or download e-sims) from countries that don't require ID & use roaming. Setup a city-wide public wifi network like Freifunk or offer public wifi in your store. Run a Tor node to help people to access websites anonymously. Use Matrix and PGP for encrypted messaging and Tor for privacy. Proxy merchants: Register sim cards under a shell company & sell them anonymously. | AGORISM WORKS > < EG: LOGISTICS 20/30
  • 21. Agorism already works Agorism is not theoretical. Right now, sellers earn profits, bypass bureaucracy and avoid censorship, and buyers get what they need with cash or crypto. Many motivations to avoid state bureaucracy: Time/cost savings, bypass restrictions, financial inclusion, privacy, safety, humanitarian or ideological reasons, etc. "Will it work?" Gray markets work and have worked since decades. | WHAT TO DO > < EG: COMMUNICATION 21/30
  • 22. What can you do? Buy from small businesses and P2P markets, not state-backed corporations. Encourage your favorite stores to accept crypto (KYC-free). Don't require government ID in your business & use services that don't ask for ID. Offer proxy merchant services if possible (e.g. via a shell company). Join online or local agorist groups. | LINKS & RESOURCES > < AGORISM WORKS 22/30
  • 23. Links and resources There are many resources to learn more about agorism. A short list of books, articles, podcasts, marketplaces, tools and communities is provided in the next slides. A more detailed list here: https://anarkiocrypto.medium.com /agorist-bitcoin-monero-and-tech- resources-de0c74293217 | BOOKS > < WHAT CAN YOU DO 23/30
  • 24. Books An Agorist Primer: https://kopubco.com/pdf/An_Agorist_Prim er_by_SEK3.pdf Second Realm: Book on Strategy: https://ia801807.us.archive.org/34/item s/second-realm- digital/Second%20Realm%20Paperback%20Ne w.pdf Agorism in the 21st Century: https://agorist.xyz | ARTICLES > < LINKS & RESOURCES 24/30
  • 25. Articles Fifty things to do now: https://anarplex.net/hosted/files/fifty things.html KYC-free Bitcoin circular economies: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/ky c-free-bitcoin-circular-economies Dangers of KYC: https://anarkiocrypto.medium.com/20f2b5 894439 Buy, earn & spend Bitcoin/Monero: https://anarkiocrypto.medium.com/496ff2 0986ff | PODCASTS > < BOOKS 25/30
  • 26. Podcasts Vonu Podcast: https://vonupodcast.com Agora Podcast: https://anchor.fm/mortified-penguin Opt Out Pod: https://www.optoutpod.com Citadel Dispatch: https://citadeldispatch.com Monero Talk: https://www.monerotalk.live | MARKETPLACES > < ARTICLES 26/30
  • 27. Marketplaces Crypto classifieds, jobs, fundraising: https://bitejo.com Bitcoin/Monero marketplace: https://miragesale.com Telegram marketplaces: https://t.me/bitcoinp2pmarketplace https://t.me/moneromarket Matrix marketplace: #cryptomarketplace:matrix.org | TOOLS > < PODCASTS 27/30
  • 28. Tools KYC-free services: https://kycnot.me Tor Browser: https://torproject.org Encrypted 1:1 and group chats: https://matrix.org Monero: https://getmonero.org | COMMUNITIES > < MARKETPLACES 28/30
  • 31. Slide 1: Crypto Agorism. Free markets for a free world. Slide 2: This presentation introduces Crypto Agorism, what it is, and how it helps people today to survive outside of the state, and access services without censorship or surveillance. Important tools are cryptocurrencies, anonymous services and gray markets. Slide 3: Agorism means fair and free markets that operate outside of the state. No company registration, ID or permits are required. Examples are under-the-table jobs, informal apartment rentals and anonymous sim cards. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Monero are good tools for agorist markets. Unlike banking, no government ID or corporate permission is required. Just download a wallet, and you can send and receive money worldwide without censorship. Crypto Agorism unites agorists and cryptocurrency users to build practical free markets.
  • 32. Slide 4: Agorism focuses on small businesses, entrepreneurs and communities, not state-backed corporations. Small businesses are more flexible, offer better, more individualized, service, and have a closer relationship between the buyer and seller. Small businesses can also offer fairer pay and better working conditions, due to direct deals with the producers, and bypassing middlemen, profiteers and CEOs. An example is direct trade coffee vs. Nestle. Slide 5: Agorism helps you to bypass the state's monopolies on money, identity and markets, which attempt to censor and surveil the free market. Fiat, such as the US dollar, is the state's monopoly on money. The state can print more money limitlessly and manipulate the economy. The state also forces government ID requirements onto banks, which excludes millions of people without ID and surveils the financial transactions of everyone else. As the state is phasing out cash and planning to introduce gatekept and surveilled CBDCs, a free currency is necessary.
  • 33. Slide 6: Cryptocurrencies are the answer. Crypto operates outside of the state. No country, corporation or individual controls the network or issuance. No government ID or application is required. Simply download a wallet, and you are ready to earn, spend and save money worldwide. Crypto transactions are pseudonymous, censorship-resistant, fast and have low fees. This makes crypto perfect for online shopping, money transfers, fundraising and brick-and-mortar stores. Additionally you can withdraw crypto to physical cash, gift cards or gold. Slide 7: The tyranny of digital ID already exists, due to the state's monopoly on identity. The state already refuses to print passports, national ID cards and birth certificates for approximately 1 billion people worldwide. As more and more services require government ID, this shuts people out from necessities like jobs, apartments, healthcare, mail, sim cards and more. Sadly there are no alternatives. Flag Theory requires an existing ID, Red Cross doesn't print IDs, and non-government IDs aren't accepted. If someone, for example, wasn't registered at birth, there is no way for them to appeal or access ID in another way.
  • 34. Slide 8: Government ID requirements, also known as KYC, have been excluding innocent people from jobs, housing, healthcare and more since decades. Not only people who can't get ID, but also people who need pseudonymity for safety reasons, such as activists and victims of abuse. This artificial barrier to the economy is cruel, fatalistic and puts people in danger. No third party should be able to universally censor an individual from the entire market. For example, if an employer likes an applicant's skills and work ethic, they should be able to hire this person. In reality, government ID requirements prevent this applicant from finding work anywhere, despite their abilities and efforts. Likewise, if someone is ill, goes to the doctor and can pay in cash, they may be wrongly refused treatment due to no government ID. In a free market, transactions are between the buyer and seller only. Trades are made on the basis of supply and demand, without censorship from external gatekeepers. Government ID requirements are unethical, especially as the state refuses to print ID for millions of people. In comparison, agorism doesn't require ID and is open to everyone.
  • 35. Slide 9: Agorist KYC-free services don't require government ID or state permission. This provides equal and meritocratic access to services, preserves privacy, and avoids state surveillance and censorship. Some examples are under-the-table jobs, informal apartment rentals and anonymous health clinics. Cryptocurrencies help people to earn money remotely, shop online and send international money transfers. Anonymous sim cards and PO boxes help people to access the internet and receive mail without ID. Proxy merchants are also useful. Some examples of proxy services include: A roommate deals with the rental contract on your behalf and you pay them in cash. A friend sends a bank transfer for you. A local store allows you to pickup mail there. A business registers sim cards under their company name and resells them anonymously.
  • 36. Slide 10: There are many ways to establish trust or authorization without government ID, many of which are successfully used today. Many transactions can be done anonymously, for example, buying food, clothes or electronics in a store. You only need to hand over the cash, and the product is yours. No name required. PINs and passwords can help with authorization. One example is a password to login to a website, or a PIN sent by SMS or email to pick up a package. Cryptographic key pairs are used for critical applications, such as PGP encryption and signing, for secure communication, and proving ownership of funds with Bitcoin. A pseudonymous key pair is enough to prove your identity or send money worldwide. Online shopping and remote work can benefit from escrows, such as Bitcoin's multisig. This enables refunds in the case of a scam. Cash deposits for rentals can protect against damages or theft. Customer reviews can help you to find trusted products or businesses. Vouches, for example from friends, colleagues or landlords, and web of trust can help to trust individuals. While personal IDs are a dangerous concept, non-government IDs from NGOs or companies are easier to access than the gatekept, single point of failure of government ID systems.
  • 37. Slide 11: Next to the state monopoly on money and identity, is the monopoly on markets. Via regulations, the state censors what can be sold, who can sell and for what price. The state excludes entire categories of products and groups of sellers from the economy, despite market demand for these services. State regulations harm many people. They make it difficult to access medicine, affordable housing or even find a job. High taxes make it difficult for regular people to afford food and rent, while the state immorally spends these funds on corporate bailouts, corruption and war. Slide 12: In comparison, unregulated markets are open to everyone, without restrictions. These may be known as gray markets, parallel economies, circular economies or Second Realms. Some examples are local cash-in-hand markets, online classifieds and darknet markets. Opsec and risk management are important, but gray markets have operated successfully since decades, even in authoritarian countries, and provide customers with what they need, and are unable to get from gatekept state markets.
  • 38. Slide 13: Many day-to-day necessities take place as market transactions. When you earn money from your job, pay rent for your apartment, buy food in a grocery store and pay for a gym membership: All these are market transactions between a buyer and a seller. These market transactions take place in communities, such as with colleagues, neighbors, regular customers, friends or fellow fans of your hobby. Local, global and online agorist communities can help buyers and sellers to meet each other and build a parallel economy free from state control. Agorism doesn't require mainstream adoption or integration with the statist white market. If you have one agorist employer, one agorist landlord and shop from one agorist grocery store, that's enough. A network of like-minded people and a peer-to-peer free market can help people to find what they need. (It matters less what 99% of statist businesses are doing, if you have access to 1% of agorist markets.)
  • 39. Slide 14: There are many ways to participate in agorist markets. The Gray Man strategy is when a white market business sells agorist services under-the-table to trusted customers. For example, a local phone repair store sells anonymous sim cards on request, or a hotel rents out rooms without ID to people in need, such as victims of abuse or undocumented people. A Proxy Merchant offers their company as a proxy, so that people can access services anonymously. An example is a personal shopping service. A customer sends a link to a product and pays with crypto. The personal shopper buys the product with their bank account and ships it to the customer. A Second Realm business exists entirely outside of the state, without a registered company, ID or permit. An example is remote freelance work for cryptocurrency, or selling refurbished laptops in Craigslist. Peer-to-peer sales are one time sales, such as subletting your apartment for 1 month while you are traveling, or selling your old car for cash.
  • 40. Slide 15: Agorist markets for food include farmers markets, local non-chain stores, crypto-friendly grocery stores and restaurants, and direct trade for imported products. You can also grow your own food with a garden or homestead. Encourage your favorite online and local stores to accept crypto, rather than only bank transfers or credit cards. Make sure you use a KYC-free provider, such as BTCPayServer.org, Oshi.tech, Bitejo.com or a mobile wallet, instead of a platform that requires government ID like Strike, Coinbase or Bitpay. Slide 16: Agorist jobs include under-the-table jobs for cash and crypto, either as your main income or on the side. Offer your services via word-of-mouth, Craigslist or crypto classifieds websites like Microlancer.io or FreelanceForCoins.com. You can exchange earned crypto to physical cash with Bisq.network, HodlHodl.com or Bitcoin ATMs. If you need to hire someone, choose a freelancer or small business, not a corporation. Proxy merchants can help by setting up a shell company, with which freelancers can make contracts, receive bank transfers, rent coworking spaces and receive mail.
  • 41. Slide 17: Agorist housing includes apartment, hotel, land and office rentals for cash or crypto, without ID or address registration. With a network of intentional communities such as city neighborhoods, trailer parks, homesteads or van living communities, agorists can live together and build local parallel economies. Community spaces including cafes, hackerspaces and anarchist libraries provide a place for meetups, events and education. Slide 18: Agorist healthcare includes anonymous health clinics with out-of-pocket payments or funded by donations, crypto-friendly doctors, online pharmacies and telemedicine services, and importing medicine from countries that don't require prescriptions. An agorist health insurance company could print health insurance cards without requiring government ID, as well as help people access healthcare for a monthly fee. In addition, people are starting to synthesize medicine such as insulin, in home labs. Check Four Thieves Vinegar for more details.
  • 42. Slide 19: Agorist logistics includes anonymous PO boxes and parcel lockers, a crypto-friendly alternative to Uber for taxis and deliveries, and dead drop services. A dead drop is where a package is left at specified co-ordinates, and the sender and recipient never meet each other. Additionally, a proxy merchant could rent an office and allow customers to pick up mail there. Slide 20: Agorist communication includes anonymous sim cards, KYC-free home internet, public wifi networks and mesh networks. In addition, use PGP and Matrix for encrypted chats, Tor for anonymous browsing, and Monero for private payments.
  • 43. Slide 21: It isn't a question of "Will Agorism Work?" Agorism already provides necessary services to people, outside of state censorship and surveillance. Sellers earn profits, save time, avoid bureaucracy and bypass censorship, and buyers can get what they need with cash or crypto. There are many motivations for this, such as saving money and time, avoiding red tape, financial inclusion, privacy, safety, humanitarian or ideological reasons. Gray markets work, have worked since decades, and will continue to work, wherever they are needed. Slide 22: What can you do to get started with agorism? - Buy from small businesses and peer-to-peer markets, instead of state- backed corporations. - Encourage your favorite stores to accept crypto, or accept crypto in your business. - Don't require government ID in your business and find services that don't require ID. - Offer proxy merchant services, for example via a shell company. - Join online or local agorist groups to build practical parallel economies.
  • 44. Slide 23: There are many resources, articles, podcasts, directories and tools to help you to learn more about agorism and build truly free markets. Slide 24: "An Agorist Primer" by SEK3 and "Second Realm: Book on Strategy" by Smuggler & XYZ are practical books about agorism. Slide 25: Check Anarplex, Bitcoin Magazine and Medium for agorist and crypto articles, like KYC-free Bitcoin circular economies. Slide 26: Listen to practical podcasts for agorist ideas, crypto use cases and more, such as Vonu Podcast and Citadel Dispatch. Slide 27: Trade products and services for crypto with Bitejo.com or MirageSale.com, or join a Matrix or Telegram group, for example Bitcoin P2P Marketplace in Telegram. Slide 28: Find a list of KYC-free services at KYCNot.me. Use Tor for anonymity, Matrix for encrypted chats and Monero for private payments. Slide 29: There are many agorist, crypto and privacy communities in Matrix, Telegram and other social networks, including Flote, Freedom Cells and Hack Liberty.
  • 45. Slide 30: Free the markets, free the world. For more information, visit: https://anarkiocrypto.medium.com