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How To Buy Your First BitCoin

All right nomads, last week I wrote about making a couple of extra €€€ a month with Matched betting.

Continuing on theme of making money online, today we’re talking bitcoin.

BitCoin has yielded a higher return than any investment I’ve made in the last year. I’ve made 40% on my money in less than 6 months, so I thought I should talk about it.

UPDATE: After stupidly selling half my Bitcoin, the remainder is now up 2800% at end of year!

What is BitCoin?

The concept of BitCoin is a little hard to wrap your head around at first.

It’s basically a digital currency that operates without a central bank. Much like gold or silver, there is a finite amount out there, and it also “mined”.

Mining is basically individuals offering up their computer power to process transactions, kind of like a decentralized server using 1,000s of computers worldwide. However, the payout for mining is virtually nothing and it involves a lot of expensive hardware. Don’t bother.

At present rates the last BitCoin will be mined in 2140.

This may all seem a little nuts, but think of how nuts it was when paper money first came out!

In case I’m not explaining it well here’s a little video to help.

How to I buy Bitcoin?

Setting up a wallet

The first thing you need to do is set up a wallet.

The easiest way to do this is be downloading the coinbase app. You can also buy several cryptos using this app.

I also recommend localbitcoins.  Localbitcoins is also the largest and best p2p exchange on the market, allowing to buy and sell bitcoins easily and fast.

On both platforms I recommend using the two-step verification process, which not only uses a password, but a code on your phone that changes every minute. You’ll be pointed to the an app for that.

Buying and Selling

Users post free ads for buying and selling, and you deal directly with the other person. Localbitcoins holds your money in escrow during these transactions, so it’s completely secure. There is also a user rep system in place.

You can pay for BitCoin via a variety of methods, from bank transfers to Paypal to even cold-hard cash. I personally use EU SEPA transfers as they are cheapest.

What can I buy with BitCoin?

Technically, anything.

Although the list of companies accepting BitCoin has continued to grow, it still isn’t mainstream. However, right now you  load bitcoins onto Bitpay visa card and use it like any other visa card.

Conclusion 

So there you have it, guys!  Pretty simple.

I tell people not to think of it as an investment, just another currency. It goes up and down. However, in the future I predict it only become more valuable not just as asset, but as an actually form of payment. Right now it’s not exactly easy to trade, but once it becomes mainstream I predict an explosion.

For for more info and inspiration I recommend the links below.

Other Resources

11 Reasons Men Should Use Bitcoin

9 Responses to How To Buy Your First BitCoin

  1. D February 10, 2017 at 3:28 am #

    “This may all seem a little nuts, but think of how nuts it was when paper money first came out!”

    Well put.
    The concept of paper money is not natural either but we got to used to it.
    (Giving someone a piece of paper to get food?! What?!)

    Many people automatically dismiss BitCoin as a scam or as only something for Internet geeks.

    It’s really not fundamentally different from other monetary systems.

  2. guy February 11, 2017 at 6:15 am #

    really is rising at a rapid rate, still feel there is some risk in owning online money

    • DC February 12, 2017 at 7:58 am #

      Lol, “some risk”. A bit of an understatement. Just look at the tragedy that befell sexcoin. Or hundreds of other cryptocurrencies…

      • guy February 17, 2017 at 7:49 am #

        agree and that is why i dont own any, buddy told me over and over to get it a year ago… kinda wish i woulda listened and sold enough to be even on my initial investment and see how high the rest could go on a freeroll

  3. DC February 12, 2017 at 7:57 am #

    Bitcoin is a ponzi scheme, and will eventually crash, like hundreds of other crypto-currencies with nothing supporting them. Sure, in the short run, the price will go up or down, as there are many believers, but eventually it will go down.

    Imagine bitcoin were a stock. The underlying value of a stock is the assets and profits of the company. Gold also has underlying value. You can pay your taxes with dollars. Bitcoin has nothing supporting it except the belief of its followers. A related problem is that there really isn’t much difference between bitcoin and hundreds of other crypto-currencies other than name recognition. That bitcoin hasn’t crashed yet is testament to how inefficient markets can be, and how long bubbles can last for (perhaps longer than a shorter could stay solvent).

  4. Ben April 5, 2017 at 2:10 pm #

    What do you think the true long-term value of things will end up being?

    I.E…

    If you were to just purchase, say, $10,000 USD equilvalent of Bitcoin right now. And you let it sit until about 2050.

    Thinking of it more as a long-term investment with maybe a high payoff or nothing.

    My thoughts are that it would probably be worth $100,000 or $0.

    And probably nothing in between.

    • Mark Zolo April 7, 2017 at 1:42 pm #

      I would not hold more than 10% net worth in Cryptos. I really can’t speculate. I’ve made my money and moving on, holding only a few hundred in Bitcoin.

  5. Nescio September 1, 2017 at 8:39 pm #

    Very stupid you sold your BTC, I’m sure you regretted. It’s gonna hit 5K any time soon. ETH is flirting with the 400 USD level and will hit 500 by the end of the month, I’m calling it!

    • Mark Zolo September 13, 2017 at 12:28 pm #

      I still have some BTC and other alt coins, and doubled my money on the BTC I sold, so don’t feel that bad. I’ve made 10x my investment at this stage.

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