Nigerians don’t have much options to buy bitcoin anymore and if the p2p trade should be fully shut down in all Centralized exchanges then we will be left with no option.
Nah, you should never think that there are no options my friend. I tell you that there are more than a thousand and one options that we have out there should the government if it is possible somehow shutdown p2p on exchanges. Like they say, necessity is the mother of invention. Mind you, this forum is one of the options where p2p can be done without any government interference. 
Topic: How to Buy Bitcoin with Fiat Money: For Beginners (Read 397 times)
In my country the most common way for buying Bitcoin with Fiat money is through the peer to peer feature on centralized exchange. There is no other way that I know and the result is because the government prohibits buying Bitcoin directly from your bank account. Infact another law made exchanges to delist my currency's pair leaving us with only the P2P on exchanges. Physical P2P would only happen amongst friends and not strangers for security.
Yeah, at least P2P on CEX'es is protected by its authority, but then again, it's also its weakness, being the regulator of the funds that you've got if you leave them there.Our Government is working tirelessly to see that everything crypto stops to work in the country (if i am not mistaken i believe you are from Nigeria). Any bank account found out transacting crypto are blocked so the only way to buy and sell bitcoin is through P2p trading and they still went to collaborate with some of the top and most used exchanges to delist Naira P2P trade just to prevent people from buying bitcoin.
Nigerians don’t have much options to buy bitcoin anymore and if the p2p trade should be fully shut down in all Centralized exchanges then we will be left with no option.
If you know another way to buy Bitcoin with fiat, share it in the comment section.
To buy Bitcoin as a beginner will be better through peer to peer transactions where you can just get the Bitcoin through any p2p platform be it centralized exchanges or decentralized exchanges. As a newbie if you have already learned about almost all the basic protocols and knowledge about Bitcoin, Bitcoin transactions, addresses, and how to protect your private key, you can just buy with any p2p platform. Centralized exchanges are better with this because I used one to purchase my Bitcoin but I don’t leave the Bitcoin in there, I do send it out immediately to my wallet for safety.I don’t trust centralized exchanges with my Bitcoin, but I use them whenever I wanted fiat and when I wanted to trade, my asset’s safety is impotant, and I can’t held anyone responsible of any exchange get hacked or scammed.
In my country the most common way for buying Bitcoin with Fiat money is through the peer to peer feature on centralized exchange. There is no other way that I know and the result is because the government prohibits buying Bitcoin directly from your bank account. Infact another law made exchanges to delist my currency's pair leaving us with only the P2P on exchanges. Physical P2P would only happen amongst friends and not strangers for security.
Yeah, at least P2P on CEX'es is protected by its authority, but then again, it's also its weakness, being the regulator of the funds that you've got if you leave them there.
At my place, there is one more method besides what people have explained above. You can buy any crypto by using peer to peer to someone personally by using the service of middlemen to avoid scams, but gotta be really extras careful in choosing the middlemen to avoid another form of scam. There several people on facebook and some people who are provided by some famous telegram group. They make a living by being a middlemen and maintaining a good reputation is very important,
For added security, consider transferring your Bitcoin to a secure wallet.
So in addition to what you just said above, one of the safest wallet newbies could store their Bitcoin for maximum security are non custodial wallets such as "Electrum" and "BlueWallet", as you gives you the privilege to own the private key of your wallet. Whereas, another way to buy Bitcoin with fiat money is simply by using a Bitcoin A.T.M in places where such is available, because though Bitcoin A.T.Ms are not common in all the countries, it's also one of the reliable means of buying Bitcoin with fiat.Wow, didn't even know about A.T.Ms with BTC
Don't have those here, unfortunately, but it sounds very convenient. 
Next, select an exchange that supports your payment method. Set up your account, link your payment method, and deposit your fiat currency. Once the funds are in, navigate to the Bitcoin section, select the amount you want to buy, and complete the transaction. For added security, consider transferring your Bitcoin to a secure wallet.
If you know another way to buy Bitcoin with fiat, share it in the comment section.
P2P methods through centralized and decentralized exchanges can be a good way to start if you have less experience on these methods you have mentioned, but in centralized exchanges, the only disadvantage is your privacy that will be shared with the exchange you trying to use through KYC.If you know another way to buy Bitcoin with fiat, share it in the comment section.
While you can use exchanges that do not support KYC to have easy access to p2p without doing kyc but don’t leave your Bitcoin with any exchange, make sure you send them out to your personal wallet.
Cryptocurrencies have gained a lot of attention recently, and more people are flowing into crypto. If you’re new to crypto and want to buy Bitcoin with fiat, start by choosing your payment method (credit cards, bank transfers, or digital wallets like Google Pay, Apple Pay, or PayPal).
Next, select an exchange that supports your payment method. Set up your account, link your payment method, and deposit your fiat currency. Once the funds are in, navigate to the Bitcoin section, select the amount you want to buy, and complete the transaction. For added security, consider transferring your Bitcoin to a secure wallet.
If you know another way to buy Bitcoin with fiat, share it in the comment section.
Next, select an exchange that supports your payment method. Set up your account, link your payment method, and deposit your fiat currency. Once the funds are in, navigate to the Bitcoin section, select the amount you want to buy, and complete the transaction. For added security, consider transferring your Bitcoin to a secure wallet.
If you know another way to buy Bitcoin with fiat, share it in the comment section.
This is good information. You can also use Google or apple pay. On some vex like Bitget It's zero fees plus a lil cash back..😎
In past I have exchanged my btc to fiat through currency exchange section in this forum but check the reputation of the person before dealing. Recently I am using binance p2p for exchanging crypto to fiat.
For added security, consider transferring your Bitcoin to a secure wallet.
So in addition to what you just said above, one of the safest wallet newbies could store their Bitcoin for maximum security are non custodial wallets such as "Electrum" and "BlueWallet", as you gives you the privilege to own the private key of your wallet. Whereas, another way to buy Bitcoin with fiat money is simply by using a Bitcoin A.T.M in places where such is available, because though Bitcoin A.T.Ms are not common in all the countries, it's also one of the reliable means of buying Bitcoin with fiat.Wow, didn't even know about A.T.Ms with BTC
Don't have those here, unfortunately, but it sounds very convenient. So cool to have that machines in our places since by that we can easily deal with bitcoin. But the reach is limited in this is available in few area so lucky for those individuals that they have this in their area.
Anyways but for people want to know where to buy bitcoin I guess it may vary in their places since there there are country where they are.
Since this is the option they can take for this question.
Remittance
local wallets which is regulated by central banks or authorities since there's buy bitcoin feature using fiat in this option.
Exchange
P2P
They can take these option and I guess its easy for all to deal with this merchants or platforms.
For added security, consider transferring your Bitcoin to a secure wallet.
So in addition to what you just said above, one of the safest wallet newbies could store their Bitcoin for maximum security are non custodial wallets such as "Electrum" and "BlueWallet", as you gives you the privilege to own the private key of your wallet. Whereas, another way to buy Bitcoin with fiat money is simply by using a Bitcoin A.T.M in places where such is available, because though Bitcoin A.T.Ms are not common in all the countries, it's also one of the reliable means of buying Bitcoin with fiat.Wow, didn't even know about A.T.Ms with BTC
Don't have those here, unfortunately, but it sounds very convenient. 
We all know about the $5 dollar wrench attack.
We need to use different wallets for different things and this practice can help us avoid severe problems with wrench attacks too.Quote
And recently, we have Israeli tourist being robbed of $700k worth of crypto in Costa Rica, so it's a dangerous world we live in.
It's bad story but people can be robbed in cash, fiat currency or Bitcoin, cryptocurrency.Quote
And with that, we should be very careful of P2P, it's good to happen amongst friends, but if not then you should go and meet in a public place where there is a lot of people and you should also had someone to watch your back.
If it is trade in person, it's risky and we should avoid trading with strangers. With P2P trades on platforms, not in-person trades, it's safer and we can choose old and trusted trade partners for our trades.On P2P platforms, we can minimize risk by choosing trade partners with old accounts, and with good trade history, many successful trades, majority of feedbacks is good (positive). They might not provide best offers on that platform but we need safety more than best offers. If we choose best offers in offer rates, we will more likely find scammers who will use best offers as honey pots.
I would say I do agree with different wallets, but then again, this criminals are also good at what they are doing, so they can still trace if they zoom in a specific target.
What makes the case about those Israeli tourist is that the criminals knows that they have a equivalent of $700k in crypto and was robbed at gun point and it seems that those who carried it out are professionals.
And in P2P, there are still more dangerous, and again, as I have said, it's better to bring someone with you, even if you trade with old accounts. Because that person too can point you out to someone after the trade and then rob or followed you, just saying.
That won't be easy to do if the country has banned the use of crypto especially if they track your bank records or transactions.
2. Face to face trade aka direct peer to peer, just like what stated on bisq https://bisq.wiki/Face-to-face_(payment_method)
If you don't know who has crypto in your place then it's not easy to do this but if you know someone who has crypto then it shouldn't be a problem to buy crypto using fiat face to face trade. To where I live, it's not easy to find who knows about crypto but I do know that there are people who knows about crypto and are using it so the first choice would be the easiest to find. Lucky for me since there's an exchange/wallet where I can cash in fiat and buy crypto like bitcoin although the crypto that I can buy is limited or there's not a lot of crypto to choose from but they are planning to add more soon which is a good sign. 
So, I think crypto purchase is really getting easier than ever, and I think it will keep getting easier over time.
Yes, it's just a matter of promo offers, the fees, platform availability and payment option. There are many exchange accepting Google Pay for payment actually, this includes CEX.io, Crypto.com, Kraken and many more. For added security, consider transferring your Bitcoin to a secure wallet.
So in addition to what you just said above, one of the safest wallet newbies could store their Bitcoin for maximum security are non custodial wallets such as "Electrum" and "BlueWallet", as you gives you the privilege to own the private key of your wallet. Whereas, another way to buy Bitcoin with fiat money is simply by using a Bitcoin A.T.M in places where such is available, because though Bitcoin A.T.Ms are not common in all the countries, it's also one of the reliable means of buying Bitcoin with fiat.
I think you mentioned all I know already. Although I don't know that one can also buy with Apple Pay but I recently bought some via Google Pay on Bitget, announced here some days back which is new to me. I did that because of the 10usdt bonus that will come with it, lol.
So, I think crypto purchase is really getting easier than ever, and I think it will keep getting easier over time.
So, I think crypto purchase is really getting easier than ever, and I think it will keep getting easier over time.
In my country the most common way for buying Bitcoin with Fiat money is through the peer to peer feature on centralized exchange. There is no other way that I know and the result is because the government prohibits buying Bitcoin directly from your bank account. Infact another law made exchanges to delist my currency's pair leaving us with only the P2P on exchanges. Physical P2P would only happen amongst friends and not strangers for security.
Yeah, at least P2P on CEX'es is protected by its authority, but then again, it's also its weakness, being the regulator of the funds that you've got if you leave them there.
If it's P2P then they're not protected, you will be provided escrow until the trade ends but still there are chances for the other person to charge back because most of the fiat transactions can be reversed so don't think trading on Binance P2P is completely safe and there are lot of reports available about how scammers used Binance P2P to scam people by buying Bitcoins via hacked bank accounts and stolen credit card.
Next, select an exchange that supports your payment method. Set up your account, link your payment method, and deposit your fiat currency. Once the funds are in, navigate to the Bitcoin section, select the amount you want to buy, and complete the transaction. For added security, consider transferring your Bitcoin to a secure wallet.
If you know another way to buy Bitcoin with fiat, share it in the comment section.
Usually every exchange requires every user to complete KYC as in my country of residence. KYC is the privacy of each user that can be misused even though the party does not necessarily intend to misuse the data. If there is an option that allows users to buy Bitcoin without having to go through a KYC exchange, that would be better. It's not that there aren't any, exchanges that don't require KYC do exist but I have never made a purchase using an exchange without KYC like https://bisq.network/getting-started/If you know another way to buy Bitcoin with fiat, share it in the comment section.
We all know about the $5 dollar wrench attack.
We need to use different wallets for different things and this practice can help us avoid severe problems with wrench attacks too.Quote
And recently, we have Israeli tourist being robbed of $700k worth of crypto in Costa Rica, so it's a dangerous world we live in.
It's bad story but people can be robbed in cash, fiat currency or Bitcoin, cryptocurrency.Quote
And with that, we should be very careful of P2P, it's good to happen amongst friends, but if not then you should go and meet in a public place where there is a lot of people and you should also had someone to watch your back.
If it is trade in person, it's risky and we should avoid trading with strangers. With P2P trades on platforms, not in-person trades, it's safer and we can choose old and trusted trade partners for our trades.On P2P platforms, we can minimize risk by choosing trade partners with old accounts, and with good trade history, many successful trades, majority of feedbacks is good (positive). They might not provide best offers on that platform but we need safety more than best offers. If we choose best offers in offer rates, we will more likely find scammers who will use best offers as honey pots.
In my country the most common way for buying Bitcoin with Fiat money is through the peer to peer feature on centralized exchange. There is no other way that I know and the result is because the government prohibits buying Bitcoin directly from your bank account. Infact another law made exchanges to delist my currency's pair leaving us with only the P2P on exchanges. Physical P2P would only happen amongst friends and not strangers for security.
Yes, I thought that you are not going to add the risk on going P2P, because they are, specially face to face with a stranger. We all know about the $5 dollar wrench attack. And recently, we have Israeli tourist being robbed of $700k worth of crypto in Costa Rica, so it's a dangerous world we live in.
And with that, we should be very careful of P2P, it's good to happen amongst friends, but if not then you should go and meet in a public place where there is a lot of people and you should also had someone to watch your back.
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