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Hey BTC Colleagues!

BTC n00b here requesting some direction:

Where may I find an ALL INCLUSIVE (very comprehensive) "Beginners Guide" from the angel of an actual BTC Buyer/Spender/Investor (Hoarder) then eventually getting involved in the BTC community as a miner?

I understand that pretty much everyone is a BTC Buyer/Spender/Investor etc, but I was hoping for a guide that doesnt just answer the question "What is Bitcoin?"

Like many beginners, questions related to ultra n00b BTC topics are always instructed to just "Google" it.

Sometimes, that is just not enough.

For the past several months, I have been reading/watching SO MUCH information on BTC and each blog/article/guide makes me want to keep spending more hours reading to a point that I feel like I am one of those stereotypical loser fat adult children in grandmas basement never seeing daylight and sitting on a makeshift toilet seat so you dont even need to get up to piss or shit while on the PC.

Really great information on the internet, but its not focused enough for a comprehensive guide. Some articles are just for miners, some for traders, some for average debit card spender, some for ultra n00b (i.e. what is Bitcoin).

I tend to read the same crap over and over again and I really wanted a place where I can really read something comprehensive for the user who wants to become the Buyer/Spender/Invest + (Securely).

Maybe this already exists and I am stupid (possibility). Or not looking in the right places.

But Bitcoin is honestly too complicated and theres just too much crap to put into one guide.
However, I am sure some AWESOMENESS person out there has made a guide that I am looking for.

This guide would be from the perspective of a potential BTC Buyer/Spender/Investor (Hoarder) that eventually wants to get involved in the BTC community as a miner.

Coinbase makes BTC buying too easy.
You dont even know whats going on in the backend which is critical for people to understand the underlying technology.

Always helpful are people who post within this forum to answer questions. Great responses.
Props to those community members who spend the hours to post helpful information w/ links.

However, everything I read are in pieces and in "blocks" of topic areas.

Is there anything more "holistic"??

For example:

User Profile: Say I am a reech beech and I have $1MM of liquid capital wanting a piece of the BTC action

So now, I would like to read about how to effectively buy BTC and be an active + smart spender, invest some (Hoard It), keep security ULTRA tight and then really get involved in the BTC community as a miner (later).

The guide would be broken down similar to below:

Intro: What is Bitcoin (etc etc), Why BTC (etc etc), Godfather Satoshi (etc etc) - Whatever other "intro topics"..

1-A) Where to buy BTC (Pro/Cons) based on Country

-USA: Coinbase - etc etc (Pro/Cons) Bitstamp - etc etc (Pro/Cons) BTC-e - etc etc (Pro/Cons) Localbitcoins.com - etc etc (Pro/Cons)
-ACH vs Wire vs etc etc (Pro/Cons)
-Fees - etc etc

1-B) After selecting how to obtain BTC, will FULL understanding how Wallets + Address + Keys (Public/Private) works

- https://blockchain.info (WHO/WHAT/WHERE/WHEN/WHY/WTF/SUCH WOW)
- www.bitaddress.org (WHO/WHAT/WHERE/WHEN/WHY/WTF/MANY INFO)
- Paper Wallets (ALL RELATED INTRICACIES - Random number generator, etc etc)
- Hardware Wallets (i.e. Piper - AWESOME bitcoin paper wallet printer)
- Cold Storage (Pro/Cons)
- All about BTC "Sweep" + Security + Mixers
- All about security (never use same address twice, never create online wallets where vendor holds keys etc etc)
- All about encryption of wallets/keys etc etc etc + Multi-Sig + BIP0038

*2) How to spend it (i.e. Debit Cards) - Online Shopping - PayPal - XAPO - etc etc (Pro/Cons) - Shift Payments - etc etc (Pro/Cons)

^ ^ ^ ^

Something like this.

Something ALL encompassing and provides the necessary detail for a user that wants to be part of this community.

So I am hoping something like this exists.

Thank you so much everyone!!

I think the best place to start is https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/FAQ

If u are looking for Bitcoin while learning about it ...U may try www.CoinLearn.org

But, the wiki is more comprehensive the than the site that pays u in Bitcoin.

Yeah indeed, you should check the WIKI and search around this forum for Bitcoin tutorials.

Hey jeroenn13 + newIndia

Thank you for the reply. Definitely good resources. Looks like I need to just "learn how to learn" BTC. No lazy all inclusive manual.

Wiki of course and bitcoin.org!

Thank you for the reply!

Yes, definitely those two, but I was looking for more of a "User Manual" which is probably impossible to create without some large budget.

Sadly it is hard to cover all things.   With investing, mining, safe holding, etc all really are broad and a expert view in all will be hard to come by sadly.  And with things such as mining if you did write a book it would change a lot even after writing. 

The wiki is a good idea.  But all inclusive sadly i think will be impossible.

Thank you notlist3d. Makes sense and I totally get it. I will just have to continue my BTC studies in the dark corners of the library.
However, I have to say, there are surprisingly a tons of girls/hotties starting to use crypto currencies which makes me feel even more n00b.

Not being sexist, just saying I typically dont associate something so tech heavy with girls just jumping on and getting cray cray on r/GirlsGoneBitcoin which is a whole topic altogether..

Thank you.

Try to search and learn bitcointalk, you can find everything here.

Other than bitcointalk and the bitcoin wiki, the Coindesk guide is pretty good for newbies and it covers a number of problems you stated in OP.
Link: http://www.coindesk.com/information/

Thank you for the input Buziss. Read CoinDesk daily, but never looked at that page. BTC so cheap now!!

Indeed :) Bitcoin is worth reading.

Yup, but it is not easy for newbies to understand bitcoin. It took me quite some time to fully understand how bitcoin (wallet, transaction, mining, message signing, and many others) works. :)

Thank you for the response BunsenBurner! Unfortunate, I will have to take the same long path to learning. Wish there was an ROSETTA STONE for Bitcoin!! haha. Sounds like you enjoy science man! or at least burning things..

Yup lol.
I enjoyed the learning process a lot, especially after realizing how bitcoin is different from all the other things existed. A couple of my friends found it too difficulty, got frustrated, and soon lost interests in bitcoin though.

I am enjoying the process a lot too my friend. The learning curve is steep though. Which is why I was like  :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o r/GirlsGoneBitcoin WTF... Not so much amazed from the NSFW pics, but amazed from the concept of hotties getting into BTC. From an interest perspective. Not intelligence.

With Coinbase and Circle, I guess anyone can join.


Yes jeroenn13, will continue reading in my dark basement..


Huge amounts of info, but yes, trying every day.