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 I am a big fan of non-government currencies, especially if they are decentralized and used non-custodially. I am a big fan of non-government currencies, especially if they are decentralized and used non-custodially.
  
-### BCH +### Bitcoin Cash 
-BCH, or Bitcoin Cash, is the good, working version of the original Bitcoin.+[Bitcoin Cash](https://bitcoincash.org/), is the good, working version of the original Bitcoin.
  
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 ### Dash ### Dash
-Dash, Digital Cash, is one of the most useful cryptocurrencies out there, and it has a lot going for it.+[Dash](https://www.dash.org/), Digital Cash, is one of the most useful cryptocurrencies out there, and it has a lot going for it. 
 + 
 +As well as using the traditional bitcoin-like addresses (below), Dash now has usernames. That means you can "friend" someone and send money back and forth without needing to know the long string of letters and numbers. And it creates a new and unique one every time you use it. My username in Dash is *rhelwig7*.
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 ### Dogecoin ### Dogecoin
-Dogecoin might have started out as a joke, but it is now a serious currency. As a sort of lightweight version of Bitcoin, it has a slightly different economic model that is intended to keep it working as a less volatile currency far into the future.+[Dogecoin](https://dogecoin.com/) might have started out as a joke, but it is now a serious currency. As a sort of lightweight version of Bitcoin, it has a slightly different economic model that is intended to keep it working as a less volatile currency far into the future.
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 ### Monero ### Monero
-Monero is one of the longest working **privacy** coins.+[Monero](https://www.getmonero.org/) is one of the longest working **privacy** coins.
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 ### ZCash ### ZCash
-ZCash has been around about as long as Monero, and is also a serious **privacy** coin that has the option of transparency when it makes sense.+[ZCash](https://z.cash/) has been around about as long as Monero, and is also a serious **privacy** coin that has the option of transparency when it makes sense.
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 +## Wallets
 +Each of the above cryptocurrencies has their own wallet, which is the standard for that currency. You can certainly use their wallets if you want.
 +
 +But there is at least one wallet that can use multiple currencies. [Edge](https://edge.app/) is one that is well-respected and can use all the currencies above. If you are just getting started using crypto I suggest just installing the Edge app on your phone and trying that out. You can even use it to buy your first crypto from inside the app.
 +
 +## Dollars, et al
 +This is the Internet. There aren't supposed to be any countries or borders, so government money doesn't make sense here. And most government currencies are inferior to cryptocurrencies in many ways.
 +
 +In order to use dollars or other legacy currencies you have to give information and control over to governments and corporations. That is ridiculous, and can be dangerous in some cases such as whistleblowers or people under oppressive regimes trying to get information out.
 +
 +In addition, legacy payment methods have too high of a failure rate. In a business I used to run PayPal messed things up too many times so we had to drop them. I won't use them anymore. And every day I see people complaining on Reddit that Patreon's payment options (using the legacy systems) have lots of issues.
 +
 +So please, just stop using them. If you want to learn how, check out my friend [Joël Valenzuela AKA The Desert Lynx](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx) (see also his site: [Descentr](https://descentr.net/)) who has been living on crypto for ten years now.