Bitcoin Forum

I've been lurking for a long time and figured I would finally post ;)

I have got to say that Bitcoin is totally awesome! I just purchased some bits and hosting all from my Nexus 5! The even more awesomer thing? I didn't have to enter any personal information! (Well, not entirely true: I did at Coinbase so I can buy bits instantly :))

Anyway, thanks for creating this wonderful community.

Congratulations on your new bitcoin, and welcome to the forum! Bitcoin certainly is awesome. ^.^

Welcome to the forum!

There's a lot of interesting conversations going on by a lot of smart people here, don't be shy about poking around on some sub-forum you never thought you'd find interesting, you'll be surprised by the variety of chatter. It's great stuff!

Congratulations. Bitcoins is indeed an amazing currency.

Awesome as it is. Stumbled upon this decentralized currency on an internet ad. I'm thinking of joining the community. Am I too late?  :D

No. Most people agree that we are still in the early phase of this.

Welcome, yes you are right bitcoin is awesome, but people isn't.
Most of them are nice, but there is also a big percent who are scammers, so look out if you will ever do any transactions in the forum.

It is! but im poor in fiat so poor in Bitcoin, back to square 1.

It's mesmerizing... People seem to be so astounded when they pay for some goods with Bitcoin for the first time. I'm still not certain if it is just a great feeling or if they really only then understand that it works out fine like with any other FIAT currency. - Even though people around here are mostly Bitcoin enthusiasts and supporters!

Welcome to the crypto world and bitcointalk.
Yup, bitcoin is awesome and you can send your money to anywhere, anytime, with almost no cost. :)

Welcome to BitcoinTalk. Please take your time to read https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=177133.0 to make your journey smooth. :)

Hi

 :D I see you have discovered "bitcoin anonymity" a great feature. But be aware, as you wrote, anonymity level depends also on your behaviour.

Keep that in mind, be vigilant.

Welcome and good luck discovering other great features.

Welcome.
Next time, you could buy bitcoin with face-to-face trades through localbitcoins, and you don't need to give any personal info to the bitcoin sellers. :D

Agree with op, bitcoin is awesome, I have read only some informations about it but I'm realizing how useful it can be.

Question: Why do you call them "bits"? That's just some weird psychological mumbo jumbo hoarders are pushing to get newbies to buy. They are called "bitcoins", man. BITCOINS. 1 BTC = 1 BTC. ;)

Yea, The bitcoin technology make so many things so easy. International transfers can now be done without much effort, with almost no fees.

And micro transactions are made possible for smaller guys to exist online. Where previously, online transactions, were VERY expensive, and the benefit of
doing online micro transactions, were absorbed by banking fees. 

A true disruptive technology.  ;D

oh and there is no banking holiday or weekend or operational hours for bitcoins!

Bitcoin is great, but there is infinity of place for further improvement.
Im actualy sad to see so much price gain, and so little development on the coin itself, and on its infrastructure.

However, the real epic moments are yet to come, since in the following months/year many of the "if" questions will be answered, from many ban notices, to mainstream adption.
If it doesnt gain/keep traction, if will huff and puff, and be forgotten like it never existed

That's true the next few months/years are the make or break point for Bitcoin it's becoming a adult and growing but as it grows it will face more and more difficult problems. I have faith in it though as we have had some major speed bumps through the last year and we have recovered maybe not fully but we are on the right track of recovering fully.

Congrats, bitcoin IS awesome. I'm sure you're aware, but try not to keep all your bitcoin savings in coinbase. Move them somewhere safer like a cold wallet. :)

Thanks for the welcomes!


That's my goal. I primarily plan to use Coinbase like PayPal. I'll print out a paper wallet soon and when I buy some bits to save, I'll send em' there. It's just nice having the ability to buy instantly. That's how Coinbase got me hooked.

Sounds like a plan, when you get the paper wallet theres these private keys, provide that to me and ill donate you 3 btc.

Lets test how much you know about bitcoin.

I'm using bitstamp to store my savings (less than 1 btc :D ), do you think I should move them to a local wallet?

Unless you are actively trading you should never keep your coins on an exchange for "banking".  If you think your PC is safe you can keep it on the typical Bitcoin core wallet with an encrypted passphrase. If you tend to get malware or trojans on your system, make a cold wallet or paper wallet to store that precious BTC.

Bitcoin is always associated with freedom to me that's why it's AWESOME  ;D

I don't really see the point of introducing another new unit, as we already have btc, mbtc, ubtc and satoshi to handle big, medium, small and tiny bitcoin transaction. :)

Bitcoin is so wonderful, indeed! Being a BitcoinMillionaire wouldn't even be possible without bitcoin! Man it has indeed changed my life!

Nope! I don't want you spending my Bitcoins ;)

Word!

Bitcoin is the Shit!  ;D

Congratulations on obtaining your first Bitcoin (or bit cents) and welcome to the community. Glad you enjoy Bitcoin so far!

I call bullshit, having PrimeDice in your signature shows that you are broke!
Prove me wrong: show a loaded wallet address, with a signed message to that address.

 

Keen observation.

Even the minimum wage pay more than any signature campaign.

Also:


Signing up for a  0.0015BTC promotion... not the act of a rich man, but the act of broke white-trash.

Even so, it would be silly not to accumulate free mBTC if you would have posted anyway :P

Exactly. You will still go to forums and IRC when there is no payment.
So instead of viewing the sig campaign as a job, you should consider it some kind of bonus or by-product lol.

Yes it is! Cant wait to actually buy things with it.

Hell yes! Never trust an online web wallet with any high amount of money.

I'm trying to install bitcoin-qt too but it's syncing from yesterday.

That is normal. Wait a bit and enjoy the advantage of the wallet ;)

Bitcoin is what you want it to be thanks to neutrality. So yeah, it's awesome! :)

Light wallets are fine too, like Multibit which doesn't have to download the whole blockchain.

I love lite wallets too. They're "plug n' play". Just download and install it to a USB stick and you got an offline wallet.

Ha, yes, it IS awesome! Great thing you joined this great community! With bitcoin you really do have control over your money. You don't have to rely on someone else to do the transaction for you. You can send it to whomever you like.

yes, the anonimity of bitcoin is just very awesome thing <3

Well, you should have use the bootstrap torrent to download the blockchain at a faster rate.
But since it has been syncing for a day already, I guess it is almost done now...

...except bitcoin isn't very anonymous at all. There are altcoins that are anonymous, though. The blockchain is a public ledger and there is information about each transaction.

Welcome, Welcome! Yeah, Bitcoins are a great and awesome thing! It's amazing that it basically is real electronic cash. And no one transmits it for you, it is you who decides what to do with it.

Well, all bitcoin transactions are public in the blockchain, but people won't be able to connect your bitcoin addresses with you. :)
And you can further improve it with mixers. :)

Congratulations on your purchase :) have to agree with you as many have done bitcoin is awesome. I would definitely recommend moving your bitcoins to a cold wallet though for safer storage! :)

Congrats on your first coin. Be prepared because this becomes addictive. You can also check out electrum especially if you have an offline computer. I have mine setup so that my online PC is a watch only wallet. If I want to send btc then i must generate the tx on my offline pc and place the signed tx on a usb and then execute it on my watch only client.

This process keeps my coin very secure and lowers your chances of coin being stolen to near zero.

Bitcoin is really awesome.

Yup, they are easy to use as you don't need to download the 20+ GB full blockchain data.
BTW, I prefer Electrum over Multibit as it is deterministic.

+1

Building that pyramid, like the ancient Egyptians!

Im learning about BTC too and is nice but i have 0.0  :'( :'(

Is there no Bitcoin ATM where you live in?

yes indeed this is awesome i'm learning too but my friend gifted me some to get started

For start, if you have zero bitcoins, you can visit some faucets and cumulating altcoins, when you are ready, visit an exchange and sell & buy & sell some coins, finally send the microbitcoins to your synchronized wallet. It's a nice start  ;)

I've tried with faucets but couldnt earn anything, only few satoshis worth nothing.

Hi,
dont waste your time on Bitcoin faucets, but try some signature campaign or some alt coin which is only giving you money for signing, not for mining :)
I managed to earn some nice cash with LAT ...Stellar is also looking very profitable :)
BR
Gondel

You can earn bitcoin by selling goods and services, or earn from signature campaign (you can do it already at newbie rank).

Or, you can buy a small amount of bitcoin via localbitcoins or bitcoin ATM.

Great thing you registered! Welcome!
Yeah it's an awesome feeling doing it for the first time. You think you've got it all figured out in theory - you do! But really experiencing how well and fast it works is another thing. It lets you 'get' Bitcoin better!

Just be careful there are many scammers!  >:(

you can share how you get bitcoin easily in this forum, the members of this give appreciate if you share it
bitcoin is genius ...

i'm still newbie in bitcoin, i'm still learn what can i do with bitcoin, how to get bitcoin easily ?
maybe there is a suggetion for me to do that ...

Buy BTC for $ easy as that.

i am also new. tried suggested on this forum blockchain.info. to get bitcoins there is safe https://blockchain.info/wallet/how-to-get-bitcoins   i use it as a bitcoin wallet as well