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Saw a comment in another thread, paraphrasing, "if you self-excluded somewhere just use a no-kyc crypto site, they don't know who you are." Want to push back on that hard because it's the exact wrong way to use the no-kyc thing.

Two points. One, no-kyc means less signup friction, email and a password, not permanent anonymity. They can and do ask for ID at withdrawal, on high volume, or if anything looks off. So the "they'll never know me" plan also means you might not be able to cash out.

Two, and this is the real one. If you've self-excluded, the goal was to stop, not to find a door without a guard. Picking a site specifically because it won't recognize you is just helping yourself break the thing you set up to protect yourself. The tech isn't the problem there, the reason for using it is.

If you're at the point of hunting for a site that won't know you, that's the signal to step back, not to optimize the workaround.

Endorsed, and pinning the spirit of it. We're fine talking about no-kyc as a convenience and a privacy feature. We're not a how-to for getting around an exclusion you set for yourself.

The withdrawal point is the practical kicker most people miss anyway. Plenty of "anonymous" signups turn into a very non-anonymous ID request the moment real money tries to leave. So even on cold mechanics the workaround is shaky.

the conflation again. no-kyc is a friction setting at the door, not a guarantee about the rest of the relationship. read the terms, the ID clause is almost always sitting right there in the withdrawal section.

but honestly the terms aren't the point cole's making. mah, if the appeal of a site is that it won't know you after you excluded, the right move is the thing you already did once. you knew yourself well enough to exclude. trust that version of you.

Long-timer view. I've watched this exact pattern more than once and it never ends with someone cashing out happy. It ends with a stuck withdrawal and a person who was trying to stop now deeper in.

Nothing to add to the privacy facts, Cole and Sasha covered them. Just the human part: self-exclusion is a favor you did for future you. Routing around it with a no-kyc signup is robbing that guy. If you need it, real support exists and it's a better call than a clever wallet.