Bitcoin Forum

My experience with buying bitcoin (BTC) started August the 7th. I was wandering if there's a way of securely purchasing bitcoins, I started searching on the net and I found that you can buy bitcoin directly from the Xapo website. At first I was a little bit skeptical but I tried to buy 10 USD anyway. I sent the wire transfer and I waited... Surprisingly yesterday ( 3 days after the wire transfer) I received 0.016-ish BTC on my wallet! So if you are wanting to buy some bitcoins I recommend purchasing them on Xapo.
Thanks.

Might I recommend using coinbase?  I use them on a regular basis and have no issues with getting my BTC from them and transferring them through coinbase.  I also have confirmed my account with them, so I can purchase so much every month instantly, I just go on and make a purchase and it is in my BTC account ready to be transferred immediately!  Welcome and good luck with all you do.

It will depend on which country you are living in which exchange is user friendly for you, as I am buying it from localbitcoins since I am into bitcoin, and all the traders are trusted people and there is no chance of getting scammed.

I cannot use Xapo or coinbase as they dont support my country so i have to buy from local exchange , like localbitcoin and their site is also good with escrow security , so their is no chance of getting fraud and i have been doing trading from more than 2 yrs now and fully satisfied with their services.

Most of exchanges out there have limits , and to take off those limits you will need to verify your identity by sending your ID or passport & I'm against it personally .
Instead , I use Virwox.com , I know the fees might be high but at least ID verification is not needed. I only use Virwox when I'm in a rush actually , If I'm not I simply trade with individuals in Bitcointalk or Leakforums or any other forum that have a currency exchange section. Peer-to-peer & Decentralization all the way !

btw, I'm from Italy and it works perfectly

circle.com,localbitcoins.com...are 2 more choices

The most reliable and convincing is xapo and Coinbase. but some of the exchange is very difficult to use for some countries.
I suggest you use a local exchange that is in your country. it will be easier because you can directly send it to your BANK account.

If around me has people who knows about bitcoin , i will make a trade with him so we can make a trust between ours
Or i am usually buy bitcoin from my trustworthy local exchanger so i can buy bitcoin easily.

I use to sell my bitcoins localbitcoin site as no other site is accepting users from india, and even if we wanted to sell they require all documents to verify after that only they are giving the buying and selling power.

the easiest place to buy your bitcoins is to transfer your fiat in an online exchange and then buy bitcoins, i think right now that would be a really smart thing to do

if you use google and search for how to buy bitcoin you can find all your options.
but generally it depends on how you like to do it. you can use services like coinbase and circle mostly if you are living in US to buy bitcoin easier. or you can even use any of the exchanges like kraken, bitstamp, ... to buy bitcoin with credit card use cex.io
and also to buy from individuals go to localbitcoins.com and pay with cash, paypal.....

localbitcoins is basically the easiest choice to make to be honest and if i buy bitcoins i always use it, i think that if you are a newbie it fits you the best

I think every country has their own bitcoin exchange. in my country there is an exchange site. so I'm easier to exchange fiat to bitcoin or vice versa

ok..noted, i will try using xapo to buy btc!!!! though i use blochain and coinbase..but will try xapo

Talking about me i am not allowed to send bank wire as a personal payment from my country due to foreign currency law. So how you can buy bitcoin depends upon the country and amount you are looking to buy. For me deal with local person is easier but buying large amount is hard for me.

i buy my bitcoins really rarely only and i never risk to put too much money into it to be honest, in my opinion it would definitely better to buy it on an exchange if you really want

There are a ton of other online wallets and exchanges that allow for you to buy Bitcoin with relative safety as well, Xapo just has a minor edge over the rest because of the debit card they offer and their other services. Xapo isn't bad, but this is kind of written like an advertisement to be honest.

bittylicious is also a neat platform to buy bitcoin - its quick for smaller amounts. Hope that helps!

it does not matter where you live you basically should be able to make a deposit to an exchange and buy bitcoins online, it is the easiest way

OP there are so many possibilities to buy Bitcoin today.
You can use one of the several exchanges out there.
The big ones are BitFinex, Bitstamp, Kraken, BTC-e, OkCoin, Huobi, BTCC, Poloniex (Alt->BTC).
Other services are Coinbase and Circle.
Or you use localbitcoins or Mycelium'ss market place to meet people for a real life trade.
Xapo is not bad but there are better options out there.

Always Localbitcoins is my choice because bitcoin very easier than other online bitcoin trading sites. There we can buy through with or else you can buy bitcoins with trader through direct offline also. i have tried with kraken also but nothing is better like localbitcoins...

I guess, no matter which country you are from, you always will be able to buy bitcoins from localbitcoins.com.
It is one of the most trusted site I have come across. Most of the exchanges also offer bids for buying bitcoins. You can choose which best suits for you.

Yeah LBC is one the best site that we have to buy and sell our bitcoins and I am using the same as there are many traders whom I know personally so its become more easy to buy bitcoins.

As others have said, Localbitcoins with a reputable trader. If you buy through coinbase, don't use their wallet if you plan on using your bitcoin for gambling or receiving bitcoin from a gambling site account. It is against their ToS apparently.

I am not buying at a moment, but I am trying to earn as much as possible and whatever I earn I am investing it into altcoin trading which is helping me to earn good profits.

Never used Xapo, just their wallet for faucets.  Coinbase works just fine if you don't mind giving your personal details, same with Circle, which is also very good.  Then there's always wesellcrypto.com--great if you want to buy quickly with PayPal, but the fees are high.  I've used all of those.

the easiest way to buy bitcoin in my opinion is to check localbitcoin and search for a seller near to you and if he offers you a fair price, you can deal with him in person so there is no scam may happen 

I had bought my bitcoins with a person who were here already and were and keep buying and selling bitcoin with an extra fee, but the transactions happens in less then 2 hours, as soon i deposit the fiat the person confirms, and deposit bitcoin at my wallet or fiat at bank. Sure not all people trusted to do this way, soo always search feedback, and well xapo provided a fast service.

if i want to buy bitcoin, i'd will buy with my friends which is buying and selling bitcoin. i am not recommended to buy bitcoin with xapo or any of online transfer, if you know people around you that you can trust and have bitcoin to buy and sell, then you can do with him/her or you can use local bitcoin to buy and sell bitcoin.

Yes, highly recommending to buy from localbitcoins since we have many options to buy and we know who you're buying from.

For security measures, buy from localbitcoin accounts with over 1000+ successful transactions because that's one way of securing a trade, although don't really trust them too much since there are some bought accounts that can still scam for very high amounts.

you have good first experience here but i don't have any plan to using xapo as your recommend and there are plenty way to purchase bitcoin currently also not really difficult to found legit exchange who selling bitcoin and with only simple process it took less than 1 hour and they will process your order and bitcoin will directly sent to your wallet

First of all wrog spellig. It should be "where". Second this kind of question have been scattered and many threads are the same like this. Might want to read them first. Even first pages of their threads are already helpful.

There are definitely some scammers and those looking to commit fraud on localbitcoins, but I would say that they're relatively trustworthy aside from the fraudster minority, and as long as you look at the people you're buying from then you should be fine. Just always be sure you're buying/selling in the right ways.

Buying BTC is too hard to do.. I think that's one of the biggest things that needs looking into for BTC is ease of access..

For the people out there who doesn't have a bank account to buy bitcoins from coinbase or Xapo for some reasons, you should just look for a guy who has tons of bitcoins and want to sell them in your local area. This is much safer based on my experience. You can do meetups, or you can do buyer sends first. You can do escrow as well if you're doubtful. This is much efficient compared to xapo, because it took 3 days for OP to get the BTC. If you're in a hurry and in need of bitcoins, Xapo is just not for you.

OP, your thread looks like you are trying to promote Xapo.Please don`t do this.

There are many places where you can buy btc.

Coinbase,Virwox,Localbitcoins,Paxful,Purse.io

Most of them have very high fees and require ID verification.

Coinbase, circle, localbitcoins

As for now, I buy and sell bitcoin through my local exchanger, since it's easier and more confinient. I can do transaction in my currency and transfer it directly to my bank account.

I was searching for places where we can buy bitcoin, however I did not find good results for online buying, I mean by good websites that are trustable and have low fees.

But in my minds better for choosing local exchanged because their service just covered your local area maybe the fees will more reduce rather than buying from the foreign site. but like me I have someone always provides a service for me and he just charge very little fees I I wanna selling my bitcoin into him.

Yes, it can be fine but may not work in many cases such as online buying or if you are not at the place where you could find the local guy whom you do exchange with them.

Bro I Recommend You Localbitcoins.com Because you Can Buy Bitcoins from Users Here No Need To Pay Money To Website and Your Trade Completes in Only 5 Minutes.....
Also Here Is Very Low Fees Sometimes No Fees Is Charged so You Can Buy As Much as You Like.......

Yes I heard xapo and coinbase where you can purchase bitcoins.  My friend who is a little bit into gambling uses xapo as his btc address because our local wallet deactivated his account. We have here a legit site named coins.ph where you could exchange your money to btc.  They are very strict with their rules.  But I am happy as your money and btc is secured.

thats the best option that is possible right now if you are new to bitcoins as in this way no one will be able to scam you and nothing is possible to go wrong

but its not necessary that evertime your trade will go fast. it depends upon the seller- how much responsive and active he is. so you cannot say that LBC is the fastest method for trading.
wrong. imho, none of the sellers on LBC do 1:1 trades. and believe me, majority of the traders on LBC also put very high fees, so you will have a hard time finding a seller with low fees.
edit: the best place to buy or sell bitcoins is this forum itself. btw, thats just my opinion.

I think you can buy it all over the internet. There are many site which selling bitcoin. And those online wallet such as Coinbase, Xapo also have the buying, selling bitcoin system. Or just go to the currency exchange in this forum and ask people to sell their bitcoin

for me it always depends on what country you are living or what country you are right now because we have a difference exchange website where we can deposit or withdraw are bitcoins , we have a lot bitcoin wallet in one country but if you are from different country then you are going to use that xapo but for us (philippines) we always coins.ph because it is easy and free when withdrawing money

But whether buying from the local exchange is not included on the online buying categorize? maybe, average people will suggest to buying from coinbase,localbitcoin and another but I don't know for certainly the fees on that site, maybe visit and reading their faq is better.

You can easily buy bitcoins online in India using your credit card, debit card, Net banking on BuyUcoin - http://www.buyucoin.com. For any suppport mail at support@buyucoin.com

that is not called fee. fee is the fixed or a percentage based amount that the site owners take from you in return for offering you the service. so unless I am missing something here, what you are talking about is not fee. it is only the price that people on localbitcoins website set for their orders to make a big profit from the spread.

I guess the cheapest way is to do a SEPA transfer to an exchange like kraken and buy there at the actual bitcoin rate.

Most services that are a bit easier to use charge much higher fees when making the purchase. The only thing is that they are faster as you have to wait for your SEPA transfer to go through.

It usually doesn't take more than few days before your money is credited, so I would go for that option if I were you.

agree. it's better to buy bitcoins from local exchanger or traders because it will make you easier.

I myself never buy bitcoin, but in my country, people prefer buy bitcoins on local exchanger because the process just needs a day long.

Yup, it does a lot more to do and wear. Because using the local exchange then we will save the cost of the transaction or which obviously we will know the place of exchange. In addition the local exchange would certainly give convenience in each transaction than the exchange world

Are there local exchangers in all countries?
Just a simple question because I believe there may be some countries that does not even have any local-bitcoin exchangers.
You can use localbitcoins too though if there's a chance you can't access exchangers. Although there are some risks like scam.

Aside from local exchangers, there are also online exchangers that you can buy bitcoins from.
Localbitcoins too if you want to try negotiating with the seller if possible and if you prefer multiple ways of transaction / payment option like with fiat and person to person transactions are possible here. I prefer anonymous way of buying which is more secured in my view as I am paying them with fiat and almost instant.

There are lots of bitcoin exchange that you can buy bitcoins.  And I guess there are different bitcoin exchange in different country.  Most popular are xapo and coinbase.  I always hear them and read them in every thread.   Be careful though as some are not licensed.

I purchased bitcoin with xapo, they make the job fast and low fees

I think almost all exchangers do not have a license, but in contrast to Coinbase that have a legal agreement with the countries where they operate and it is certainly a little help people who are afraid to be deceived if bought at any bitcoin exchanger. I personally use a wide variety exchanger, because I only invest with money that is already ready to disappear any time (of course I do not want to lose the least) hehe thanks

If I have to buy bitcoins then I will prefer to buy it from localbitcoins as its very convenient and safe for me and I hold good experience with it so I will prefer to continue with the same.

I would concur. I have had several transactions on localbitcoins from users that have over 1000+ trust and 100% feedback and there's no problem at all.

The other similar service is BTC2BID but with some enhancements, I guess. As they are new, I could not find more number of buyers and seller with them in my city. If someone shares how they are working and any specific advantages over localbitcoins would be more helpful for this community too.

You are welcome to buy Bitcoins at CEX.IO. (https://cex.io/buysell)

You can easily deposit funds using any VISA/MasterCard in any currency, or use a bank transfer.

As the card is linked to your profile, you can buy and sell Bitcoins, as well as deposit and withdraw funds to this card instantly. Withdrawal to payment cards is a unique feature on the Bitcoin market. Note that you do not need to pre-order any debit card, but use your ordinary VISA/MasterCard.

All respective fees and conditions can be found here. (https://cex.io/limits-commissions)

CEX.IO is a trusted Bitcoin exchange, working since 2013. You can check out some feedbacks to our service here. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1585977.0)

Let us know if you have any questions.

i believe best is buy bitcoin locally with local bitcoin site. it will be very easy to to access and exchange . And also you search any local company wallet online exchange may give this buying bitcoin options ,it will be very easy options or else so many exchange sites which will offer that service.

For me it always depends on what country you are living but mainstream people are buying bitcoin in coinbase where they can use their credit/debit card but if you are from philippines then why don't you try to use coins.ph because it is more reliable and it is easy to use coins.ph now is partner with some banks where you can deposit your sells and where you can withdraw your money thru remitance centers

locally buying bitcoins might be really hard in my opinion, it is better to use some online exchanges as they are usually really reliable and i have never had any problems with it

In my country can purchase Bitcoin via some exchange purchase, or buy BTC-e code, then purchase Bitcoin via BTC-e.com. Do not buy directly from Coinbase and the large site exchange 

There are many exchange in which they accept Fiat money for BTC. .016 BTC is about right for 10 USD. Now 1$ is worth .017 BTC. I know several wallets have the service of serving 2 kinds of wallet where you can interchange them directly with your account. 1 wallet for the BTC and one for the FIAT very useful when you want to avoid losing the BTC you can change it to a stable fiat money. Therefore gaining more btc and changing it back when it is higher again.

But are you never trying for buying in a local exchange in your country maybe that is will better for buying from the foreign site because they're just covering your local area. and why don't buy from the large exchanges?

Not many exchanges are available here in my  country where i can buy bitcoins. Localbitcoins is one of the only site where you can search someone  from your country and buy bitcoins from him there.

i personaly use virwox,kraken and cash/ATM

And I think that is the best site for buying bitcoins, as I am buying it from there since long time and I don't see any security issue with it, its a very safe and trusted site to buy bitcoins.

I always buy bitcoins from my local exchanger and they have good price on it and no limit to sell or buy bitcoins with them. On that place also have a bonus too if you buy many bitcoins.

   I would try bitcoin atm machine in case I wish to buy bitcoins, there is many atms around the world, yesterday I was surfing around the forum and I saw topic about it. There is a site where you can see atm map and you can easily find closest to you.
   Also you can exchange you fiat for coins with someone who live close to you, close to my town there is one guy who do this kind of transactions. He buy and sell bitcoins with some little interest.
   You can even send money from your bank to some exchanger, and then there you can buy bitcoins. All ways are good ways, there is difference in how big interest someone wish to take from you.

UI was reading through all of this and may I suggest that you open a coinbase wallet.  You do not have to use it much per say, but is very easy to build an account with them and then it makes it very simple to transfer your money into BTC or back to your money with small fees.  This is what I use as my main transfer.

Even if you have to pay some fee or slightly high rates,always buy from reliable exchange.Although there may be some trusted sellers but always use escrow if you want to buy with them

Yes, i too buy bitcoins from Localbitcoins. I have a good experience in it. Many are really trustworthy and very very quick in completing the task. I recently bought some bitcoins. The trader paid me bitcoins for less reasonable amount. I am planning to buy some more bitcoins from the same site to save for future. I require some more money to go for this purchase.  Hoping for good return at the end of November.

well you might be right but it is also really good to buy bitcoins in person as it allows you to make sure that you will not be scammed

I don't usually buy bitcoins but my first and my most recent coins bought were both from Localbitcoins as well. The prices vary much in localbitcoins and can sometimes be a little overpriced but the number of options for paying the coins is a lot and there can be less scam attempts when you tend to buy from those who have 100% and 5000+ successful trades done.

the same in my country to be honest, i think that also you might buy it in other exchanges as they are really easy to use all the time

I buy my bitcoin from this forum Currency exchange section.My country not allow to send money out in this way, if you want to money out bank asking more question.In this forum some people are very trusted.They are charging high fees but no matter at least there have no chance to lose all money.

no the possibilities for getting scam is always there although you're using f2f way for buying bitcoin for personal. but buying with personal just making or keep your personal data is secure. i think the people is want their personal data is safe is always using f2f.

Do not buy from someone if you are planning to buy a good amount of bitcoin, there is always a reputable exchange sites where you can easily purchase bitcoin online and you are secured as for sure they will not ruin there reputation just for a single transaction with you. It is not actually the issue, the more important thing to focus is are we going to buy the current price now?

But I Prefer To Use Coinbase Or Localbitcoins.com To Buy Bitcoins Because I Don't Like Xapo Wallet And Also I Like A Feature About Localbitcoins That I Buy Bitcoins From Real Users No Need To Send The Money to The Website Before Buying Bitcoins.....

I am not sure, cause of I have never tried that, but I guess you can buy bitcoins on Yobit. Just I use that exchanger and I see "sell" "buy" there. For now I only sell, but I see there is an option to buy bitcoins as well. I would add only that on that site the price for bitcoin is usually higher than official, as for buying as for selling, so for selling bitcoins it is good moment I think.

I buy bitcoins occasionally but whenever I buy I prefer to buy it from  localbitcoins as the traders have tie ups with banks in my country which makes entire process very smooth and safe.

there is a lot of exchange website who selling and buying bitcoin like as Yobit and bitfinix and you can buy bitcoin with easily through these exchanger and more people are also buying or selling their bitcoin on its.

I think the online e-currency exchangers will...that's if they sell and buy btc.....definitely I buy mine from online e-currency exchangers they sell and buy bit coin...