再也不见,LocalBitcoins

farewell

2月10日,收到来自Localbitcoins.com的邮件:

We are therefore sad to share, that regardless of our efforts to overcome challenges during the ongoing very cold crypto-winter, we have regretfully concluded that LocalBitcoins can no longer provide its Bitcoin trading service.

We encourage all customers to withdraw their funds from LocalBitcoins and we ask you to proceed with withdrawing the Bitcoins from your LocalBitcoins wallet. You have 12 months to withdraw, however of course we encourage you to proceed withdrawing sooner.

Thank you for being a part of the LocalBitcoins family! It has been our honor and pleasure to serve you over the last decade.

Timeline for discontinuing the Bitcoin trading service:

  • 2023-02-09 Suspension of new signups
  • 2023-02-16
    • Suspension of trading on LocalBitcoins
    • Suspension of using LocalBitcoins wallet (with exception of withdrawing one’s funds)

After 16th Feb 2023, LocalBitcoins customers will only be able to log-in to withdraw their Bitcoins. The trading and Wallet services will no longer be available at this point.

邮件明确告知,加密寒冬之季,上线十多年的点对点P2P芬兰Bitcoin交易网站LocalBitcoins服务将关闭,于2月16日起,12个月内只能提取上面的资产,不再提供其它服务。

十多年前开始我在此网站上进行过交易,上面留下了许多回忆,包括在上面遇到骗子的故事,如今随着网站的关闭,一切都彻底成为历史。

当年它可以完成匿名交易,不需要KYC身份验证信息,后来迫于监管压力,它必须进行不同等级的KYC验证才能使用,交易和提现手续费又贵,其它中心化交易所的兴起,今天我们甚至有办法直接使用加密货币当作人民币消费,这一切都将它的市场份额降到了可有可无的地步,如今居然要关闭了。

不像当年,网站的关闭并未引起任何加密资产市场的波动,只有部分行业网站报道了这个新闻,也足以说明这个老古董网站的存在感甚低。

不过,网站关闭倒是让我忙活了一阵,一个朋友在上面还有2个多Bitcoin资产,前年帮他找回了网站的密码,但他却因忙碌和其它原因未能完成KYC身份验证,因此一直没有提取出来。

紧急关头,在我的全力协助下,指导他用国内的身份信息完成了KYC验证,成功将资产从网站上的钱包里提取出来。10年前他无意中在比利时听我提起Bitcoin,在”迷信”我的前提下投了1300多欧元,后来一度跌到忘记了这回事……

10年过去,没想到按当下的价格也值近40万人民币了。10年间,能从开始到最后都帮到他,我感到很开心,这一切都是发生在LocalBitcoins网站上的故事。

这一关闭,也就再也不见了,LocalBitcoins!感谢你带给我这么多回忆,愿时光善待所有有耐心的人。

是为记。



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That's sad. I've never used localbitcoins, but kept it in the back of my mind in case I'd ever want to buy or sell. Let's hope something similar appears soon.

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