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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prime Mover, post: 2912243, member: 38783&quot;]Mining back in 2013 was the lesser of the evils <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you live in a place where you have a need for heat, you can always buy a miner or three and use them instead of your furnace, and you&#039;d get the side effect of some crypto back in exchange for it.&nbsp; No joking, I did that for my garage in the winter time once. </p><p><br /></p><p>The ATM is an interesting thing, however that 13% fee is killer... I wouldn&#039;t want to pay that on any regular basis.</p><p><br /></p><p>One avenue I&#039;d tell you to explore is that if you have PM&#039;s, there&#039;s usually always someone looking to spend crypto for them.&nbsp; I&#039;d suggest a look here for one example - <a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=217.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=217.0" rel="nofollow">https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=217.0</a> - there&#039;s always stuff for sale, and most silver and gold bullion goes quick, so you could sell what you have for BTC.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other than that, you&#039;re sadly pretty much out of options other than going the verified exchange route.&nbsp; The larger ones are fairly safe, and to be honest, I&#039;d put more faith in them then I would most banks and traditional institutions with regards to security these days (*cough* Equifax *cough*). </p><p><br /></p><p>I do day-trade cryptos and have verified accounts on a couple exchanges.&nbsp; Some of them make you do that in order to add any funds or be able to trade, so no way around it.&nbsp; I have yet to put any cash in or take any out, but at some point in the future I will want to cash some out, so I&#039;ll have to have them.&nbsp; And, I&#039;ll have to claim the proceeds on my taxes as capital gains just like I would with stocks or PM sales - the IRS considers crypto as a similar &quot;asset&quot; at the moment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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