Topic: How Can You Understand Bitcoin Effectively and Acquire it easily. (Read 810 times)

Even though social media platforms can provide you with informative stuff sometimes, one needs to verify every information they get through other sources such as Bitcoin news platforms such as Cointelegraph or CoinDesk. The reason is simple: social media platforms can be misleading sometimes; even some people who create content on YouTube or other platforms can be misguiding their viewers for the sake of getting some money themselves. This is why, whenever we watch a video or read a post somewhere about something, we should first verify whether it's true or not.

I have seen countless newbies who were misguided by some fake influencer over the internet and their mindsets about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general isn't right. Some of them would have the mindset that earning profits is extremely easy in this space, some would think they can become rich quickly, and it's all because they haven't been told everything.

Someone who tells you about rewards without giving you a warning about the risks is misguiding you.

It was until I joined the forum that I found Bitcoin discussion to be exciting to join. The forum has simplified the discussion and they can make the dumbest individual to understand what Bitcoin is about. The forum can make you understand Bitcoin effectively but you have to be willing to learn because without our willingness, we can not understand what the forum is trying to teach us. The forum has made me see the value in hodling and not every time we are selling the Bitcoin we own. The more we hodl, the greater our profits therefore hodling is better than any other investment strategies. To understand Bitcoin, I think we should first own it. Understanding something that you do not own just does not look right to me.

Since you have the interest to learn more about the crypto market especially Bitcoin, you will have to subscribe to some of the crypto news sites so that you can be getting consistent news from them. You can also check different social media also if you are interested in learning more about Bitcoin. Their are so many videos about Bitcoin on YouTube and other social media like Tiktok, Facebook, Twitter, Quora etc that can help broaden your knowledge about Bitcoin. You will have to be prepared to read and make research about so many phrases and related words about Bitcoin and the crypto market.

With the news, I do often check with the Coin Telegraph and of course, fact check with the help of the news in the internet, beside that is here in the forum tons of members keep updated with the news in crpyto so you can make a discussion to verify the information. We know how easy to publish information in the internet so all you need is to seek and verify now if you confirm that's the time you make a move on it. Theres no restriction of having a bitcoin unless your country does not support or already prohibits the use of the bitcoin because its against with your law or still you are willing to risk which is I do not recommend. 

It's literally exciting and educative.The forum members are very creative and Intentional when  it comes to Bitcoin convos,ideas,news/information.They help to build the forum audience attention and creates room for interaction amongst everybody.However,organize a reading and studying habits, and endeavor to pay attention to every little details.

This forum is indeed the best place to learn about cryptocurrency especially bitcoin but this is not the only place where you can learn about cryptocurrency and blockchain because you can search on google or whatever search engine you use and there will be different results of the topic you are going to search. The only thing that you can't do when you are not in the forum is you cannot ask someone when you didn't understand something unless the website you selected from the results have also comment or post feature.

Probably the fake news problem is the most important thing because many people struggle with it in their crypto journey.

The best way to handle this is to take your time. Do not react to every piece of news. Usually everything gets debunked after enough people get to read it.
If you don't understand the problem, just let others handle it. You may not get the best deals out there and buy/sell when the news come out, but you won't also fall into traps.
People who make mistakes are usually greedy and want to be the first, but when you get to read the news, or see someone on youtube make a video about it, you're either a target of this FUD, or you're already late, or both.

Saying this forum is the only place to learn about bitcoin is entirely not right. Here is the foundation, and a lot of solid information can be gotten from this place, but it's not only limited here; there are even some times where some members mistakenly share misinformation that is not taken care of, and corrections not made by others could mislead someone.
 
The forum is among places you can get solid and verified information about crypto, but it's not the only place.

The only trusted place where you can learn and get genuine information about Bitcoin and how it works and function is through this forum, just ask anything you need and it will be given to you as long as you are always available, either article,videos, books or write up, the professional in the house are always ready to impact knowledge on anyone at anytime and give useful information about Bitcoin, therefore don't go anywhere else looking for information so that you will not be scammed or mislead.

Because most of the newbies in the market these days are focusing on investing in altcoins rather than bitcoin while the forum members are not very friendly towards altcoins. As we can easily see, most people will express dissatisfaction and even criticize anyone who invests in altcoins. That is why many people do not like to use this forum, only bitcoin enthusiasts, bitcoin maximalists like and stick to this forum more.

I also usually recommend forum to those who want to learn and research deeply about bitcoin, those who care a lot about privacy, but for those who like to invest in altcoins, memes, I don't want to recommend forum to them.

Bitcointalk forum is only one of learning resources for Bitcoiners whom can learn about Bitcoin elsewhere. I don't think it is underrated because 2024 year is different than 2009 or 2010 year when the forum is only or very limited places for learning about Bitcoin.

Nothing is enough. You can not make a platform, a forum that satisfies everyone.

Newbies have their own big barriers for learning too. They don't want to read, they want to ask more but read less, think less, and they have bigger favorite in altcoins than in Bitcoin. If they can break their own barriers, they can learn better and faster with many free access resources.

Bitcointalk forum is indeed underrated. I get all the information I need about bitcoin here in this forum and i have never gone wrong with it. So when I see newbies and members making posts about where they can get authentic information about  bitcoin or sites where they can better under Bitcoin, I begin to wonder if Bitcointalk forum hasn't done enough to be the number one forum anyone wishing to get updates about bitcoin should go to, or the perfect place bitcoin enthusiast should get information from. When one is in  doubt about the authencity of the information he's being given, he can ask questions and he will get first hand information from the right people.

Anyone who knows what he is doing will definitely stick with Bitcointalk without getting confused on where to get information about bitcoin from.

One best ways is to verify the news from many sources or news websites. It's your only way of how you're going to tell them whether they're genuine to see the comparison of how these news websites delivered such news.

You'll have to figure out some points that will surely become one of the factors to say that it has authenticity.

And about obtaining Bitcoin, if you have a source of income then your best way depending on your country is to purchase it because some countries aren't in favor of it.

There's no instant means for bitcoin understanding and accumulation. You have to exert a lot of means and efforts, and always start with the basics. Read and understand the topics between the lines, that means you have to go through thorough research and studies so that you’ll understand effectively what bitcoin is and how it will be an advantage for us.

Bitcointalk forum itself is indeed an asset for learning. Stick with it and DYOR. Explore other credible sites as well if possible to further your understanding.

1> The Github Repo would probably be the best? Granted you need to understand how the workflow works first before you can even understand it. If you just want general news then most media would work, just cross reference them to make sure they're accurate
2> Research. Usually finding the root of the news would be more than enough.
3> You already answered it, "depends" on the country. Some countries have limited access to crypto itself iirc, some to Bitcoin. Some don't have any!

People don't have to re-checking the quality of the author, read the whole posts is enough because there's always an expert will correct it.

Most people in this forum are suggesting the less risky one, which is holding our coins in non custodial wallet. However, people in the current society are always looking for the fastest way to get rich, that's why they don't listen with the "traditional way" instead they will take more risk even they can lose it all.

I made a short guide some months ago, I think it summarizes most of the pros and cons, with practical instructions on how to use hardware wallets, exchanges, no-kyc platforms, etc...

https://hideyourkeys.io/product/the-definitive-pleb-guide-to-store-your-bitcoin/

Might give it a chance...

With regards to the news... I would focus on bitcoin twitter mainly, there are quite a few decent accounts over there

When someone has been actively reading on this forum, there will be a lot of knowledge that they can get and re-checking the quality of the author will certainly be better so that we really have information that we can trust and can also be used to apply both in investment and trading, because if the information we get is wrong, of course it can cause failure in what we do, of course it is very detrimental.

If someone has decided to jump directly into the trading or investment platform, then they must have a strong mentality and they must also be ready for everything they will experience, but this method is indeed better than just studying theory but being afraid to try what they have understood, of course this is very useless.

Common problem with newbies is they rush things up especially for learning bitcoin and think about to earn more faster with it. Usually also they didn't acknowledge or know the risk that's why majority of starters fall from scams or other false promises of supposed to be good returns but end up they are been fooled by some people they just meet online. So before taking big step on bitcoin investment or to earn from giving their service then its better to learn from multiple sources and listen to reputable people since provably they can learn something from this. And bitcointalk is really the best source of information since they have more higher chance to get real information since people here don't play around with newbies.

The other members have already addressed your concerns. I will certainly repeat myself if I have to respond to all your concerns, but I advise you to combine theoretical understanding with practical experience. Starting with small transactions can help you learn without significant risk. 👍

One of the ways to understand bitcoin effectively is by engaging in reputable platforms like this forum. Secondly, by monitoring and following up the activities of top bitcoin holders and lastly is through acquiring it yourself, that is practicalizing the process yourself. The best form of learning and understanding bitcoin today will be joining the platform to either trade or invest, through your trading and investment process, you will learn the intricacies of how the system works and whether or not it merits you acquiring it.

You cannot gather knowledge on Bitcoin in a day and you need to understand Bitcoin well by getting knowledge from different sources. If you listen well to regular news papers, magazines, various television talk shows, online magazines, various channel posts on Telegram, moreover, you will know a lot about Bitcoin. Moreover, if you regularly spend your time and stay active in this Bitcoin forum, you will definitely know many details about Bitcoin.

Browse more detail information about bitcoin, like what I mostly practice I search for latest update or headline news about bitcoin and different site pop up. I always go for Cointelegraph, CoinDesk etc. How can anyone tell fake news from real? The forum is a perfect example meanwhile don’t search about bitcoin on every site some site just hire unserious bloggers. I don’t know for others but it’s so simple differentiating real from fake, lastly location matters a lot if you’re allowed to acquire bitcoin or not depending on the rules.

You can find different sources like other forum members provided but this is what you should also focus https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin which you can see what the contributors have done to Bitcoin network. The other one should be the news channel that provides legitimate inform about Bitcoin like news although some news you might have heard could be fake or just using it to gather supporters or something like that.

Concerning this particular one, this is what I will advise the op, so many information on the social media may appear to be real to you but the best thing you can do for yourself is to do a proper research, (DYOR) do your own research to verify every news you see especially in the Internet. Once you see an information try and find out the authenticity of the information before you believe or do anything relating to it.

If there are means ot sharing the information here on the forum with the link you can also do so I believe there will always be an answer to most of your questions.

One of them is in this forum. There are many places if you really want to find accurate information about bitcoin development and many friends before me have provided links to places for you to learn. However, since you are already in this forum, make this forum your main information to learn bitcoin in detail. Because this forum is the oldest forum that discusses bitcoin and there is a lot of accurate information here, you can search for topics that you want to learn more about. One more thing, most likely only in this forum that does not provide fake news.

In this forum too, if you are really serious about studying this forum, you can also get bitcoin by joining the signature campaign, this is one way to get bitcoin. But if you want to get bitcoin in another way, you can buy it on the exchange.

You got no problems as regards learning about the best Bitcoin investment practices that would set you up for the wealth that you intend to acquire. With more participation here, am sure you would be able to distinguish the real from fake news because many of those issues are discussed here, but the only major work you got to do is, surf the boards and read extensively on subjects and stories regarding the subject matter.

News channels and movies these days give detailed information on Bitcoin and am sure if there are regulations and restrictions in your region, the exchange you will further use will make it known to you, the only issue is for you to remain consistent and contribute both with your own personal research and practice.

OP, with the many links I have seen here, I believe you could begin your further research with them to gain more knowledge about bitcoin as you desire. Most of the links provided are well known organizations that one could rely on to getting information and current news and happenings as it relates to bitcoin and crypto as the case may be. You can also do you own research to further gain more knowledge as depending on these would only limit you to further findings.

However, I will also advise that you always verify information from real channels of the reputable crypto organizations before taking any news serious  so that you do not get wrong information from a wrong source  which could lead you to loss of your crypto asset. Take your asset safety serious and do not fall for any scammer telling you to send your secret key to the wallet holding your assets. Do not click link sent to you from unknown source which could put your assets to risk by stealing your details which could grant them access to your assets.


Stay safe!

CryptSafe.

Learning about bitcoin is one thing, but learning how to effectively use bitcoin is the hardest part and I believe we are going to see this means a lot more and we could definitely consider this to be one of the most important things and could be a very good investment without a doubt. I am not saying we are going to end up with a lot of trouble but we are going to end up with bitcoin not being used properly and that is definitely the most important part about the situation.

This is why I believe we are going to see this to be growing a lot more and could invest a bit more towards learning how to use it correctly. If you end up not caring about how to use it and only learn simple few things then you will lose a lot of money.

If you want to follow up bitcoin and to get better information about bitcoin thst can expand your understanding is for you to try your best to get reliable platforms where update concerning bitcoin is given. If you want to learn more about bitcoin I think you are in the right place where you can get a better knowledge on bitcoin. In this forum you can learn the technical aspect of bitcoin,  how to invest and trade bitcoin you can also get a good understanding about it if only you are willing to learn.

Understanding bitcoin is just a matter of time, don't try to know everything about bitcoin at a time, just have patience in learning and you will definitely get the understanding you want in bitcoin.

If you are looking for updated and legit information, don't go too far because the forum itself is a credible and reputable one. But of course, you have to check the author of the thread as well if he is capable of making a quality post or not, don't just read and easily believe without verifying it. While there are highly recommendable forum members, there are also those that are still learning in the process. In the end, DYOR should always be the best key to make your learning effective.

Getting accurate information with adequate technology and the internet is actually not difficult and distinguishing whether the reporting of information is valid or not can also actually be seen from the source whether the media is trusted or not because in the end for now there are a lot of trusted media or maybe forums like bitcointalk have actually presented a lot of discussion or learning material and the latest information about bitcoin.

As for how to get bitcoin it is also not difficult because we only have to buy bitcoin or maybe if we really want more then we can become miners as an initial benchmark.
Being in bitocin is actually quite simple and easy but sometimes our distraction and inability because we don't want to learn well about bitcoin is what makes this more difficult than it should be.

It’s good that you are here already because this is the best forum for anything Bitcoin-related. You came to the right place and needed to find the topics to answer your question. The topics in the forum are also updated, and you should still correlate them to other news articles so that you know that they are the right ones and not fake news.

You can quickly tell if the source is not credible enough. You should always reference and see the sources. You could verify it yourself if you really want to, but some websites offer good news regarding integrity. The members here Have posted the sites.

Make sure that cryptocurrency is legal in your country. You could buy Bitcoin on exchanges or, if possible, do a P2P transaction.

To learn about BTC one must have interest in it, research with it, its future and learn everything nicely by researching. I can't agree with your agreement about free bitcoins because I think that free bitcoins can be earned through campaigns is completely wrong. Here u are giving your enough effort, qualifying yourself by using your brain power then you are getting chance in sig. campaign to earn bitcoins. So I don't think it's right to say it's free.

You may say that there is no spending money to earn bitcoins in that case I will say that it is not just bitcoins or spending money to earn bitcoins. I think that you are qualifying with your intellectual power which is definitely a bigger power than your money. That's why I disagree with you about earning free bitcoins. I know you understand my talk. Thank you.

Understanding bitcoin is base on your involvement with bitcoin, so if you have passion on bitcoin I know very well that if you make a research of Bitcoin you will understand it properly, so bitcoin is understandable when you pay attention on it,,I believe that some persons who know is bitcoin today some of them acquire the knowledge through bitcointalk, and they acquire the knowledge because they want to learn and they wants to know of bitcoin, you can  know about Bitcoin and start the investment gradually, earning bitcoin you most join signature campaign and if you fail to be serious in the forum you will not have the opportunity to join signature campaign, and it's only signature campaign can give you free bitcoin in this place.

@OP, you can learn more about Bitcoin from the links below, i did receive it about a year ago and it was helpful to me too.

To know about Bitcoin you must know from the beginning. That's why you need to learn the basics. Only reading bitcoin white papers and getting knowledge about what is bitcoin can be difficult for those who are brand new to learn about bitcoin or if they only look at big news portals online. Those who are at an advanced level learner, several members have already provided various news links or channel links that a person can follow to learn about Bitcoin constantly. Also if he wants to get better information or more deep knowledge then there are many experienced people in the forum who can help you instantly. Nowadays, people can easily get all the information online because of the easy access to online platforms so there is no problem for learning about bitcoin if one desire to learn thoroughly. When a person acquires a good knowledge of Bitcoin and the recent market, he can easily gain knowledge about which news can be fake and which can be true.

First of all, let me say that if you are looking for practical instructions on how to possible buy bitcoin, maybe you try watching some videos on YouTube, thats the platform where you see some people make videos on how to go about any issue relating to bitcoin and all that.

As for how and where to get accurate information, news about bitcoin, there are several outlets, we have a of them like cointelegraph.com, bitcoin.com, newsbtc.com and a host of them, you can also get on X (formally known as Twitter) and follow accounts that mostly post about bitcoin  and it's development, there are alot of them if you search.

And talking about how to know and differentiate a fake news from a real news, this i would honestly tell you I don't know, the only way to be sure that you are always getting the real news is to make sure you are following reliable and trusted accounts and platforms, who have been trusted over the years to only provide to the public, news that they have verified themselves to be true.

It seems the OP has misunderstood how the forum works. OP, you came to a forum that implies direct communication, also searching for information, and not just creating new topics with a bunch of questions. The answers to your questions can contain numerous topics that do not necessarily have to be transferred personally to each new person.
How about answering in your topics, and also try using the search?

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/guide-searching-effectively-5276341

Edit: This is the rule you need to learn before all the other nuances of the forum: 32. Posting multiple posts

When I came to know about BTC I was feeling researched about it so I also looked for some such trusted news sites. Recently remember a few things that I learned about the different types of news that I read about BTC. I will share them with you.

Important Links:
CoinDesk: Popular cryptocurrency news websites in the world.
Crypto News: Provides news cryptocurrencies.
Cryptocurrency News: Cryptocurrency related news.

But when u read these news, you must pay attention to the current market, in which direction the market is going and check what the news is saying by comparing them. In fact, no matter how much news we read or no matter how good news we get, if we cannot identify what we read then we will not be able to understand what is right and what is wrong. When I see any news I also read the news by identifying. Hope you will understand everything if you try this way.

Your question is wrong one because all people on Earth only can buy bitcoin, but no one can acquire Bitcoin. It's decentralized from code (open source), developments (from a decentralized developer community and any protocol must be supported by community dominantly to be activated on Bitcoin blockchain), to hashrate and full nodes.

Newbies can start with learnmeabitcoin.com for beginners. It can help them to understand Bitcoin in a comfortable way and it has a search feature, that allows newbies to selective search what they want to learn.

Interesting, never heard about him.
Will give him a try, thanks for the suggestion!
(that wasn't sponsored )

Just as many people have earlier stated, there are news websites that post nws about Bitcoin, which are reputable  and reliable, such as sites like;
1. News.Bitcoin.com,
2. Cointelegraph.com
3.coindeck.com
4.Coingesto.com

The only way to tell if a Bitcoin news is fake is if it's not coming from any of these news platforms listed above, or any of the popular and reputable news company such as CNN and BBC.

Different countries has different laws regarding certain things at a specific period of time, of which I can remember few months back in Nigeria, if you are buying or selling a Bitcoin through p2p, you deal not type in the word "Bitcoin" or crypto in transaction description, as bank related to crypto were usually blocked. But as times go on we got over that stage. Hence, it's always important to study wherever you find yourself and know their laws regarding Bitcoin.

The primary method of owning Bitcoin is by buying it using fiat. Gone are the days when it was being airdropped and way cheaper to afford. Now, to own a handful of Bitcoin, you need enough fiat to buy it. After buying them, you can easily get more if you invest or trade your Bitcoins. Another way you can get Bitcoin is by earning through it. If you have a skill, you can choose to get paid in Bitcoin after you render your service completely. You can also earn from campaigns too.

One way is to access Bitcoin news website through the internet there are a lot of them. Another way is to stay consistent in the forum and surf through it every day. Any information regarding Bitcoin will be shared here by any member.

This is a little difficult to tell but I will advise you to do proper research on any information you get so that you won't fall victim to misinformation.

Understanding bitcoin is a lot of work and you have a point that no matter how reliable it is their are seasons you will have to wait before you can harvest anything,  and post sponsoring new might be true and all this will favour some were it will not favor others so you just have to Clear your mindset so that you don't allow things like this discourage you from investing. And you have to have different sources getting your news so that you don't rely on one source, the pattern at which news is going makes it more legitimate and you will be able to determine wether is true or not, anything crypto is always having a copyright, most of this apps like CoinGecko have legitimate news inflow. Or go for cointelegraph, you will get a lot of interesting news out of their so their are places that their news is okay at least you get information that can be of help to you.

Well first off there is no way for anyone to acquire bitcoin easily.  It just doesn't exist.  Perhaps back when bitcoin was created you could find it for free at certain places, such as there were such things like "bitcoin faucets" which would quite literally give away free bitcoins daily.

When it comes to learning about bitcoin, I think there is no better source than the great Andreas Antonopoulos.  I would highly recommend looking him up on YouTube and watching his videos.  He is brilliant.

There are news websites about crypto all over the internet, if you want latest news about it then you can just read those and you will get a superficial information a bit late but it would be good enough for a long term investor like me.

If you are trading then you are going to want quicker and more news in detail but that would be hard to get, cryptopanic could probably satisfy your needs when you want more stuff but would be very hard to navigate all of that for a newbie. You can't tell real news from fake news when you are a newbie, so act as if all of them are fake news, until you can confirm it from multiple sources with proof, otherwise nothing would be possible to accept at face value when you see it right away.

To expand your knowledge about Bitcoin:

1.Information sources: Check CoinDesk and CoinTelegraph. Follow experts on Twitter.

2.True vs. false news: Always verify sources and be cautious of misleading headlines.

3.Getting Bitcoin: Use Binance or Coinbase based on your region. For P2P, look at LocalBitcoins or Paxful.

You've already been given apps and sites where you can keep up with bitcoin news, so there's no point in me repeating them but I just want to say that when it comes to learning about bitcoin, keep it simple. That's how I learnt at least. Just start from the basics. What bitcoin is and about, how transfers work, where to keep them and how to exchange them. Understand the basics of bitcoin first and then with time on the forum you'll be surprised at how much you learn over the next couple of months. 

Taking it on as a course makes it more complicated. Just see it as a lifestyle where you learn as you go. When you continue to interact daily, you won't know when you've known more than the basics and begin to understand the technical side of it, It is from what you know that you'll be able to tell if a new is true or fake about bitcoin.

1. Reading the bitcoin whitepaper and news are things to do. However take every news with a bag of salt. Never trust anyone without verifying first. Also I dont suggest doing this everyday or first thing in the morning. No need for that extra dose of anxiety before you start the day. I often read the news once a week or leave it for months on my RSS reader.

2. This is tough for a newbie and like I said, if you are anxiety prone, you should not read the news much. Major stuff like wallets getting hacked or malware even get posted on this forum by the admin, so you can watch that too. Eventually you will understand how the market psychology works and then you will be able to differentiate FUD with clarity.

3. Bitcoin is like a currency. You get it when you have done something to earn it. Sell services or articles.

To the best of my knowledge, the new CEO of bitcoin.com is Corbin Fraser. He took over from Dennis Jarvis. While there are bad news about the latter as you have already mentioned, I have yet to see any indictment on Corbin Fraser or Dennis Jarvis. Please do not get me wrong, I am not inferring that they are clean or not. The point I am making is that anyone who gets their news from bitcoin.com would know if it can be trusted or not because nowadays, bitcoin news always go viral. If it is reported in one news website, it will be surely reported in another. Anything discrepancy in them should raise a concern. Besides, we have been told not to trust but verify.

There are some news outlets that are reliable and you can depend on them to get news on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. You have to be careful though because regardless of them being reliable, they might post sponsored news at times and without knowing, they would have spread the wrong information therefore do not depend on news from only one source but you can verify the news from different sources before believing what they are reporting. One way I used to differentiate real news form fake one is what the news is talking about. News that tries to hype you about Bitcoin or talk bad on Bitcoin has their reason and that's the manipulate you. The best way to obtain Bitcoin is by buying it regardless of any country or region that you are from.

I don't think it should be difficult for you in terms of getting any information you want about Bitcoin because the purpose of Google is to provide any information that's being requested so long as is on the online, though I don't have any particular site I could recommend to you but perhaps you could make a rearch about it and if you come up with different sites you can compare their information to no which one has the most accurate information about Bitcoin news. However on the part you mentioned that obtaining Bitcoin depends on region or the country, I don't quite understand the main question, so if you don't mind you can clarify the question more but if perhaps you are talking about if a country permit to invest or not, I believe the question is for you to answer because you no how things work better in your country than any other person.

Certainly most YouTubers are not the people to rely on getting information about anything because they don't care about how the information was derived so whether authentic or not they would publish it because all they want is just to get flowers or subscribers, however I noticed that most other members has recommended some site he should look into perhaps it should be very easy for him to get the accurate information he wants.

coindesk.com is a site you can always get your legitimate Ii informations and stays updated about Bitcoin.

bitcoinmagazine.com is a website associated with trending news surrounding Bitcoin including social news influencing the adoptions of Bitcoin.

cryptoslate.com is a top leading Bitcoin and Crypto market domain analysis which practically would help you stay up to date including learning about the historical prices of Bitcoin.


Make your research and compare your sources of informations and do your consultations for verifications to testify what news is real and one that is fake.


If your government has accepted Bitcoin for for legal tenders where the financial institutions are facilitating on Bitcoin transactions, you actually buy your Bitcoin from your Central banking sectors.

Alternatively, you can also purchase your Bitcoin on the P2P depending on the available exchanges existing in your country. Here KYC would be required to caption your location during when opening an account with the above crypto exchanges and only functional if Bitcoin has not be termed an illegal technology in your country otherwise, your country would either be delisted from the exchanges or would be limited to facilitate on Bitcoin transactions. It all jus depends what categories your government is being against Bitcoin or Cryptocurrencies at large.

Lastly, if Bitcoin has become an illegal currency in the country, you can inquire to get a legitimate one-on-one dealer to sell it own Bitcoin to you and then you can pay the dealer off the exchange network but be sure that this process is risky here you might be needing an escrow as a third party if the trust is not going to be satisfying.

For free obtaining of Bitcoin, you can be lucky to earn some if participated in any of the Bitcoin projects such as bounty's, games and rounds, signature campaigns. Etc.


For practical learning, watching YouTube would do you lot of helps for theoretical insights, making readable research in various platforms would do you a lot help but I would recommend you stays here in bitcointalk, ask your questions serially based on what you need to know and you will surely be guided accordingly.
Be sure that you must be a good reader and be dedicated to yours needs.

Do not forget to store your Bitcoin in the self custodial wallets where you would be in charge of your funds and privatizing your private keys.

Bitcoin dot com belongs to Bitcoin Cash team and Roger Ver is a core member of it, it's not trustworthy.

I sometimes read news shared by people with new source from bitcoin dot com but I am skeptical on it, and always have to search to check that news validity with other websites.

To newcomers: make sure when you buy bitcoin you are buying bitcoin!

Considering that bitcoin.com is owned and run by Roger Ver who has a history of scamming people by selling them bcash calling it bitcoin, I wouldn't consider anything from his websites to be "trusted".

That's the old link. They migrated to google groups for some reason a little less than a year ago. https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/aewBuV6k-LI

A good point was raised. Even though you have credible sources, they are not always true all the time.
There may be errors from time to time, that's why it's important to rely on many of them, and on their quality in general.

You have been given refered to many reputable news websites where you can get up-to-date information about Bitcoin. You could distinguish between fake and real news by verifying the news from different sources. Cointelegraph once published a fake news about the approval of the US Bitcoin Spot ETF but they apologized for spreading false news. Clarification on sharing false spot Bitcoin ETF news. Always verify.

With the internet and other technological tools location is not a limitation to acquire Bitcoin. You can earn, buy and buy Bitcoin from anywhere in the world. Your only challenge will be government policies relating to Bitcoin. Some countries restricts citizens from dealing with Bitcoin.

1. https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin
2. https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
3. https://web.libera.chat/#bitcoin-core-dev

What are the example of fake news? I think you refer to "centralized news" e.g. China want to legalize Bitcoin, India want to ban Bitcoin, Trump will use Bitcoin, etc etc. There's no way to know if it's real or fake news because you're not the insider.

Some countries completely ban Bitcoin, some countries ban mining, some countries ban banks that associated with Bitcoin transactions, of course it's matter.

This! Totally agree with you.
Many great things can be acquired from here, just stick to credible members of the forum and remember, OP - being wrong or having a different opinion on something is okay - it's not okay to not to reflect on it or to not to learn from the mistakes made. By you yourself or by others.
Other than that - stick to what bigmanik said as well!

the forum always comes first because there's no important update that relates to Bitcoin that doesn't come to the forum. As a matter of fact, it's more like the forum filters core information from genuine source and the good thing is that you don't just see update without people's opinion and council concerning it. You're informed and made to stay abraced with global Bitcoin related news and happenings by staying put on the forum. Other than the forum, other legit news sources like cointelegraph, coinmarketcap and some reputable exchanges also serve as legit news source.

a lot of regular blogs are fund of bringing out fake news and if you're relying on some random sources and verifying your information from YouTubers, you can easily fall for them. Most news that drops on the forum are at least 90% true and are from a reliable source. If they're not, by going through the discussion you can easily spot them out. If you find a news that has potential effect on you as a Bitcoin enthusiast, you can always verify the authenticity of that sort of news from the forum. The insight of forum members on global related news is enough to tell which is true and which is false.
 
if you're buying from the fiat in your local currency, then you should necessarily verify the extent of government regulations on crypto in your country and how it affect your buy decision. Good thing is that there are likely already existing crypto users in your country who knows good exchange you can buy from. Join your local board on the forum and relate well with them and they should give you a specific kind of guidance that will help you obtain Bitcoin seamlessly in your region.

It helps if you follow Bitcoin discussions everywhere-- here on the forum, GitHub, Reddit, Twitter, and other platforms. Bitcoin-related news sites may be good but they are prone to report exaggerations, fake news, unverified information, and the like. It's one-sided as well, so it's better to follow the news on forums and discussion platforms. At the very least, contributions are coming from many community members. Users are free to counter, refute, contradict, rebut what's being reported. The veracity of the news is constantly challenged and verified.

It also matters who to follow on social media platforms. For research and development and discussions on them, it's probably best to follow Bitcoin developers themselves. It's fun reading them debating against each other.

Yes, there may be specifics in obtaining Bitcoin locally, so it's best to specify where you're coming from. Better yet, raise your questions and concerns in your local board.

Well you have received alot of suggestion already on what you were looking for another thing I would love to add is this forum
You can also increase you knowledge about bitcoin by participating on the forum
It will definitely be of help to you
Mostly because some of the people here started Bitcoin a long time ago and have a lot of experiences and guidance to give to newbies
And also try to understand the basics of Bitcoin it will help you alot
And most importantly before paying for anything regarding crypto
I would advise you ask for advice from people in the forum and I'm certain you won't regret it
There are a lot of scammers out there targeting newbies just be careful

There’s a lot to cover, and I don’t want to overwhelm you since you’re still new. You definitely don’t want to mix things up. Start with the basics and gradually work your way to the technical stuff. It’s not something you’ll master in one day, but I’d suggest reading more advice here from different posts. That way, you’ll get a better sense of where to begin and how to move forward.

I think the best board for this kind of thread you brought up is in Beginners & Help ... You’ll find tons of similar questions there, and maybe even ones you’re curious about too. If you can't move this thread, I'd suggest browsing through some of the interesting topics over there. I’m sure you’ll find something helpful.

You can get accurate and up to date information about Bitcoin on this forum all, you need is to read threads that are available on Bitcoin discussion board and you'll learn enough about Bitcoin from that. You can also check the sites that the above reputed members mentioned as those are also some good sources to get information and news about Bitcoin.

You might want to look at https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/.

But for the best news, I do think that this is the only source, as this community is complete and there are a lot of Bitcoiners here who have walk the talk and most of them are sharing their opinions here.

So it might be better if you will just go around and go on other boards to see those doubts that you have in mind. Again, this community is complete, from technical discussions to pure speculation on BTC.

Use Nostr. It's a decentralized communications protocol filled with Bitcoiners.


Reason from first principles.


Bitcoin isn't limited by your country, it's worldwide.

Coinmarketcap.com, Coingecko.com, Github.com for news and development activities.
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/bitcoin
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin

Most of news are fake and FUD so it's better for you to simply ignore news as much as possible.

End the FUD website can help you to understand more about FUD and Bitcoin, then will be more knowledgeable and less affected by Bitcoin FUD.
https://endthefud.org/

Underbanked or unbanked people have more reasons to invest money in Bitcoin and engage in Bitcoin communities. Because with Bitcoin blockchain and private keys through non custodial wallets, they will have their own banks.

Well OP a whole lot of resource links have been put down for you here. First and foremost I suggest that you go through them . Secondly you should proceed to summarising what aspect of bitcoin you wish to understand and how deep you wish to go. Well for me I personally prefer to understand all the basics including simple economics everything about wallets open source softwares, decentralisation and basic things like protecting your coins and your privacy too.

The most effective way to grow in my opinion is to do alot of reading and also try as much as possible to practice what you read that's the only way you can experience it firsthand and hardly forget it, remember they say experience is the best teacher. Lastly , make sure to engage in important discussions and ask questions as you learn. As for acquiring you can do that by rendering a service even on this forum.

Good luck on your journey.

Well the only way I know someone can get bitcoin is by working for it, either you earn it or you buy it just as every other investment.

And for the news you can seek every news from popular crypto websites and you're already on a platform where you can validate every news you get if they are correct or not here.

Top trusted sources:

• https://news.bitcoin.com/
• https://cointelegraph.com/tags/bitcoin
• https://coingeek.com/news/

Stick to the popular bitcoin news channels. They'll most likely not publish fake news. It is their reputation on the line. Avoid unpopular ones. They are a pool for fake news, scams etc.
It differs from one country to another. For example, in my country the best way to acquire bitcoin is via P2P. The reason is the government place a ban on all bitcoin transactions.

To help you further. I'll share mk4 compilation for those need to start from somewhere. It has helped me immensely and I hope it does so for you too. Here it is below.

Just focus on these news outlets as 99% of their reports are real.
1-CoinDesk
2-CoinTelegraph
3-Bitcoin Magazine
4-https://decrypt.co/

Sure, you can get Bitcoin as long as you’ve got the means. Just always keep your country’s Bitcoin regulations in mind. For example, if you’re in a place like China where Bitcoin trading is illegal, you’ve got to be careful not to get caught. There are still ways to do it if you dig into some research. Actually, you can ask for tips and ideas right here in this forum.

Just reading isn’t enough to fully understand it. You should also check out some videos in youtube to learn the basics - they’re super helpful for getting a grip on the technical stuff. Think of these videos like mini-tutorials; they make things much clearer.

Good day my members of this community,I am interested in expanding my learning knowledge about Bitcoin and looking for ways on how it being obtain. Therefore, could more knowledgeable members of this great community reveal how.

>>How does one get accurate and up to date information on Bitcoin news, research, and development?
>> What is the best way to tell real news from fake news?
>>Are there any specifics of obtaining bitcoin depending on the region/country?

I am in need of detailed insights and practical instructions. Also want to know both theoretical and practical aspects of the issue. Thanks for your contribution and for enabling me to understand Bitcoin better.