It is confusing just getting into it, I agree. I did, however, do enough research to learn that paypal just wasn't the way to go
. Now, I have myself a brand new dwolla account as well as a couple others...
I have visited the bitcoin faucet (and if you haven't done that, it is the easiest of easy money... but just a lil bit). It is essentially someone just giving you money without even asking for it, really.
I have researched and found that you can buy bitcoins with Linden Dollars... if you happen to have Linden Dollars... which I don't. I was kicking the idea around of buying said Lindens to xfer to bitcoins, but that would be expensive. I think I am going to go the route of MtGox to get mine... eventually.
(donations are always accepted, though
)
The 'silk road' is not what is peaking my interest so much as the decline of the US dollar. I am really hoping that bitcoins will be a good investment for the future, and hoping that the whole world adopts this new currency - sooner than later, of course.
Good luck in your BC journey!
