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Title: newbie help Post by: Tyslice on February 07, 2014, 05:34:53 PM Hi, I am trying to get into the bitcoin craze but each time I research iant seems as if everything is in another language as I am not well versed in tech lingo.
A few questions I have would be: What is the purpose and benefits of bitcoin? How do you obtain Bitcoin? I already was advised to sign up for a wallet thru Blockchain, so I did but I have no idea what to do with it from there... Title: Re: newbie help Post by: Jacce on February 07, 2014, 05:49:56 PM Hello and welcome to Bitcointalk! There are some sites/threads I think you should consider checking out: the newbie readme (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=177133.0) and also this Bitcoin guide (http://free-btc.cu.cc/#!/whats_btc) which hopefully can answer at least some of your questions.
Title: Re: newbie help Post by: byt411 on February 07, 2014, 05:51:27 PM Hi, I am trying to get into the bitcoin craze but each time I research iant seems as if everything is in another language as I am not well versed in tech lingo. A few questions I have would be: What is the purpose and benefits of bitcoin? How do you obtain Bitcoin? I already was advised to sign up for a wallet thru Blockchain, so I did but I have no idea what to do with it from there... Purpose: Replace current useless pieces of paper. (You might know this as money) Benefits: Instant, irreversible transactions. Obtain: You buy them, you mine them, you scam people for them. Title: Re: newbie help Post by: Bitware on February 07, 2014, 05:52:14 PM Start Here --> https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Research
Bitcoin may be obtained by mining, purchasing or trading your products or services for them. Title: Re: newbie help Post by: Sonny on February 07, 2014, 06:23:57 PM Hi, I am trying to get into the bitcoin craze but each time I research iant seems as if everything is in another language as I am not well versed in tech lingo. A few questions I have would be: What is the purpose and benefits of bitcoin? How do you obtain Bitcoin? I already was advised to sign up for a wallet thru Blockchain, so I did but I have no idea what to do with it from there... Purpose: Replace current useless pieces of paper. (You might know this as money) Benefits: Instant, irreversible transactions. Obtain: You buy them, you mine them, you scam people for them. You can also sell your goods and services for bitcoin :P Title: Re: newbie help Post by: Ritual on February 07, 2014, 07:05:50 PM This may help a bit:
http://cryptoexperiment.wordpress.com/ Title: Re: newbie help Post by: Bitcopia on February 07, 2014, 07:13:56 PM Hi, I am trying to get into the bitcoin craze but each time I research iant seems as if everything is in another language as I am not well versed in tech lingo. A few questions I have would be: What is the purpose and benefits of bitcoin? How do you obtain Bitcoin? I already was advised to sign up for a wallet thru Blockchain, so I did but I have no idea what to do with it from there... Purpose: Replace current useless pieces of paper. (You might know this as money) Benefits: Instant, irreversible transactions. Obtain: You buy them, you mine them, you scam people for them. If you replace bitcoin with Bitcoin: Purpose: a decent solution to a long standing problem in computer science that allows for distributed consensus via a publicly audited ledger. Benefits: an unimaginable amount of applications, the first of which is bitcoin (currency) Obtain: download bitcoinqt and run 24/7 I apologize if this is confusing for you, but I just want to clarify that Bitcoin (the protocol) is much more than just bitcoin (the currency). Many people don't understand this and fail to look further. |