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Topic: How Do You Buy BTC? (Read 8969 times)

newbie
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August 16, 2014, 10:25:43 AM
I did my first transaction ever with localbitcoins, was really easy and fast, I would recommend it to anyone.
hero member
Activity: 644
Merit: 500
August 16, 2014, 09:48:34 AM
Bitstamp or LocalBitcoins
hero member
Activity: 612
Merit: 500
August 16, 2014, 09:38:41 AM
So far the majority of the bitcoin I've purchased over the past 6 months has been from coinbase.  Never had any issue(s) that weren't quickly resolved.  Fee-yaat typically hits my bank account ~4 business days after I cash out the satoshi's.
I would like 2 do this but coinbase won't d do outside US bank account ttransfer. Buy or sell. Atm is still best for me

Yup Coinbase only serves US customers.
If you want to buy bitcoin outside US with bank transfer or SEPA, you could use Bitstamp.
legendary
Activity: 1638
Merit: 1010
https://www.bitcoin.com/
August 16, 2014, 03:14:59 AM
So far the majority of the bitcoin I've purchased over the past 6 months has been from coinbase.  Never had any issue(s) that weren't quickly resolved.  Fee-yaat typically hits my bank account ~4 business days after I cash out the satoshi's.
I would like 2 do this but coinbase won't d do outside US bank account ttransfer. Buy or sell. Atm is still best for me
newbie
Activity: 28
Merit: 0
August 15, 2014, 08:07:53 AM
You put FIAT into BTC with exchanges like Bitstamp, Kraken, BTC-e, other (not MT Gox  Roll Eyes)
legendary
Activity: 1610
Merit: 1000
Well hello there!
August 15, 2014, 03:56:39 AM
So far the majority of the bitcoin I've purchased over the past 6 months has been from coinbase.  Never had any issue(s) that weren't quickly resolved.  Fee-yaat typically hits my bank account ~4 business days after I cash out the satoshi's.
legendary
Activity: 1638
Merit: 1010
https://www.bitcoin.com/
August 15, 2014, 02:56:33 AM
I used a bitcoin ATM today for the 1st time today Grin and it was a very easy and fast way 2 buy coins. I used a Lammassu brand ATM and all I had to do was hold up my QR code up to the machine put in some fiat and coins were in wallet within 30 seconds, confirmation  in 1 hour, too easy!!
I moved coins onto paper wallet  straight away.
Safe coins within 2 hours .
full member
Activity: 336
Merit: 100
August 14, 2014, 03:39:30 PM
How do you think, which is the safest (including localbitcoins) ?
sr. member
Activity: 434
Merit: 250
★Bitvest.io★ Play Plinko or Invest!
August 14, 2014, 03:34:34 PM
yes have had very good experiences with localbitcoin as a lot of other posters have said.
hero member
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Exhausted
August 14, 2014, 05:42:09 AM
I mainly use localbitcoins to buy bitcoin. When I want to buy some coins, I just find someone online there that has a good feedback, and the trade could be done within the day easily most of the time. Smiley
newbie
Activity: 48
Merit: 0
August 14, 2014, 05:04:07 AM
I amusing big exchanges like, bitstamp, coinbase.
newbie
Activity: 28
Merit: 0
August 14, 2014, 04:23:43 AM
 Mt. Gox another options for online trading.

But if you are in US, you can use dwolla because is the cheapest.
full member
Activity: 238
Merit: 100
August 09, 2014, 10:27:30 PM
Thank you so much!!! Really helped Smiley
member
Activity: 61
Merit: 10
August 09, 2014, 09:46:11 PM
I try to use face to face trades whenever I can.
sr. member
Activity: 476
Merit: 250
August 09, 2014, 07:08:04 PM
Hey guys, I was wondering how you buy bitcoins. What exchange/service do you use and why? I'm a newb and want to start buying some bitcoins and I'm leaning towards coinbase because of it's ease of payment, although I do not know how long it takes for bank transfers to complete. Gox is to centralized it seems, and getting money into Gox seems to be very hard, especially with Dwolla, which has many hoops on its own. I wish I could use a smaller exchange like Bitstamp, but I don't know how to easily deposit money there, and Bitinstant doesn't help much, I don't want to drive to do a cash deposit, and the fees are high. Thanks for your input Cheesy
-Jet

There are still only centralized exchanges as of now, even over 1 year after you posted this. I think some of the exchanges nowadays are actually rather trustworthy. I won't mind buying at BitStamp or Coinbase, Kraken... But there still are shady exchanges like BTC-e where it is completely unknown from where they even operate their exchange!
I would doubt that we will every see any kind of decentralized exchange. The closest thing that we have to a decentralized exchange is LBC face-to-face transactions and we all (hopefully) know how many scams are attempted with these kind of trades (and the likely amount of scams that are successful). As long as the exchange has a certain level of trust and users are smart enough to not leave coins on the exchange for excessive periods of time, having a central exchange is not necessarily a bad thing.
sr. member
Activity: 448
Merit: 250
August 09, 2014, 06:39:01 PM
I buy BTC from trusted members on this forum.
Check the Marketplace for many threads of members buying and selling all types of crypto currency
sr. member
Activity: 406
Merit: 250
August 09, 2014, 06:37:20 PM
Bitstamp mostly. Sometimes using bitfinex.
member
Activity: 70
Merit: 10
August 09, 2014, 06:33:57 PM
localbitcoins
sr. member
Activity: 434
Merit: 250
August 09, 2014, 06:04:19 PM
you should chooce btc-e
Btc-e is the cheapest price of bitcoin
full member
Activity: 154
Merit: 100
Is there life on Mars?
August 09, 2014, 12:36:56 PM
Hey guys, I was wondering how you buy bitcoins. What exchange/service do you use and why? I'm a newb and want to start buying some bitcoins and I'm leaning towards coinbase because of it's ease of payment, although I do not know how long it takes for bank transfers to complete. Gox is to centralized it seems, and getting money into Gox seems to be very hard, especially with Dwolla, which has many hoops on its own. I wish I could use a smaller exchange like Bitstamp, but I don't know how to easily deposit money there, and Bitinstant doesn't help much, I don't want to drive to do a cash deposit, and the fees are high. Thanks for your input Cheesy
-Jet

There are still only centralized exchanges as of now, even over 1 year after you posted this. I think some of the exchanges nowadays are actually rather trustworthy. I won't mind buying at BitStamp or Coinbase, Kraken... But there still are shady exchanges like BTC-e where it is completely unknown from where they even operate their exchange!
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