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What happened to localmonero, localcryptos, and LocalBitcoins? Did competition close them, or was it governments? Is paxful a non-kyc alternative, particularly for localbitcoins? (monero.town)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

for localmonero the reason is not totally public, but what they communicated suggests that it was governments

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What did they say that suggested it was governments?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

https://web.archive.org/web/20250601044452/https://localmonero.co/blog/announcements/winding-down

After almost 7 years of operation, due to a combination of internal and external factors, we have made the difficult decision to close our platform.