# Delete Coinbase! Use this instead... w/ UnhappyBen (Peer.xyz)

Source: https://theblockchainsocialist.com/delete-coinbase-use-this-instead-w-unhappyben-peer-xyz
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Delete-Coinbase-Use-this-instead-w-UnhappyBen-Peerxyz?index=0x69a0077dcc57f8037675487cdc3663927ddc918dbe648181e1b2db78f25c3e42b8bcd195
Submitted by misha on 2026-02-26 UTC, 1 upvote, 0 comments

## Summary

Peer (formerly ZKP2P) is a protocol that lets people trade crypto and fiat peer-to-peer through neobanks such as Revolut, Venmo and Wise, and its head of growth and marketing, UnhappyBen, presents it as a way to fully delete Coinbase and other centralized exchange accounts. According to the article, Peer uses zero knowledge proofs to provide a high degree of privacy. The host says he has used the service to help people send funds to those in Gaza, and the episode discusses the political implications of what Peer has built and what comes next.

## Article

I spoke to UnhappyBen, head of growth and marketing at Peer (formerly known as ZKP2P) which is a service that allows you to officially delete Coinbase and every other centralized exchange account you may have. Peer is protocol that allows people to do P2P trading of crypto assets and fiat through neobanks like Revolut, Venmo, Wise, etc. while providing a high degree of privacy using zero knowledge proofs.

In case you didn’t see it, I spoke about the solution in a recent video of mine where I explained how I have been helping people send funds to those in Gaza using it. We discuss how exactly it works, the political implications of what they’ve built and what’s coming next.

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