I guess you’re right, I just think there are some gaps in my knowledge on the finer details. For example I know that prepaid debit could be used as a replacement for debit and credit cards, but I’m not sure if there’s a better way to go about that other than just buying visa gift cards constantly.

Also I think one of the big things I’m curious about is if there’s a more convenient or just better way of storing my money other than a safe full of cash (or gold), or crypto.

There’s also probably some catches related to paperwork stuff that I’m not aware of yet. I think taxes should be relatively fine, because my employer will have payment records regardless of what I end up doing with my money, the only thing that might be difficult would be deductions but at least I won’t piss off the IRS with tax evasion.

That’s not necessarily true, my last job would give out physical checks if you didn’t have direct deposit setup, and I could cash them out at my local grocery store without a fee because I didn’t get paid much.

As for a house as far as I know you only need a bank if your getting a mortgage. If you buy it outright then you don’t need them. It’s a tall order I know but I was already planning on attempting that route because I don’t like credit.

This defeatist mindset is exactly what I was finding everywhere else, and most of the time I think it’s just invalid. I know it’s a lot of work and would need to take advantage of niche systems but I really don’t think it’s impossible or even infeasible

Ohhh, that’s clever and really cool!

What’s that character you use for “th”?

I’m pretty sure services like EasyOptOuts automate that process

Couldn’t you avoid ICANN altogether by making a domain on tor? I’m only just now learning how all this works but from what I can tell tor is disconnected from all the ICANN stuff

Oh yeah I forgot about that. I wonder if there’s some way of completely self hosting a domain to then be used for email. My first thought would be an onion website or maybe I2p, that then somehow connects to the rest of the internet to be able to be used like a normal email. Not sure if that exists but that would probably be the ultimate free and private setup.

I’ve really been considering that, but from what I’ve heard you can’t make a domain completely anonymously. I could be wrong because I haven’t researched it enough, but if there is a way to make a domain completely anonymously by all means let me know, because that would pretty much be the solution.

Even if at some point in my life I can’t afford the electricity bill for the server hosting my domain, if I can manage an upfront investment then I could get solar and make an entirely self sustained system. This is drastic of course but it’s nice to theoretically have the option.

I’m not completely sure how it is on proton, but on tuta you can only have one free email address at a time. So if you make more then one on a premium account and then stop paying, eventually your other emails will be disabled. I’m not sure if they just get deactivated until you resubscribe or if they get completely deleted, but either way for critical services that’s a big issue.