It's for spam mitigation. Works with a burner number too.

(I said the same thought/question a while back)

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vexl requires a phone number, for this reason it should be avoided

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Kraken no longer supports Lightning withdrawals for German clients

Yo, ex-German Kraken user here. I closed my Kraken account due to the recent re-verification nonsense. Used Kraken for close to 10 years, they served me well.

About this
> I'm not that guy that I met on a conference that exclusively buys bitcoin p2p with cash

I get it's intimating initially, but it is actually beautiful in the end: Vexl uses your web of trust to match you with Bitcoiners.

It's like Bitcoin match making using people you know in common. aka tinder for Bitcoiners.

I've made some contacts on Vexl who I consider my "bitcoin friends/contacts", and we ping each other when one of us needs to buy/sell. Meet in person, and done.

Now you have a micro-community around you of Bitcoiners, which we all should have.