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Title: Trying to bitcoins...confused. Post by: ele on May 18, 2011, 04:39:28 PM A friend of mine wants to accept bitcoins in his shop and asked me to set up a bitcoin account to make a purchase. It looks like there are a lot of steps involved in getting bitcoins:
*make dwolla account *add bank *wait for verification *verify bank *wait to add money *transfer dwolla money to mt gox *use mt gox to get bitcoins Is this really the easiest way to get bitcoins? It looks like it will take quite a while. Is there someone on here who would accept money on paypal from me and then send bitcoins my account? Title: Re: Trying to bitcoins...confused. Post by: PlasticLiving on May 18, 2011, 04:45:13 PM It should be easy to find a direct seller. Have a look over at #bitcoin-otc
http://bitcoin-otc.com/vieworderbook.php Title: Re: Trying to bitcoins...confused. Post by: BitterTea on May 18, 2011, 04:57:13 PM If the amount does not matter, you can get 0.02 free coins from the faucet (http://freebitcoins.appspot.com/).
Title: Re: Trying to bitcoins...confused. Post by: Drifter on May 18, 2011, 05:05:06 PM *make dwolla account *add bank *wait for verification *verify bank *wait to add money *transfer dwolla money to mt gox *use mt gox to get bitcoins If you were to replace "dwolla" with "paypal" in those steps, what would be the difference? Dwolla has the same steps of adding money to an account as paypal does, unless you use a credit card, which has more steps and more risk in terms of chargebacks. Title: Re: Trying to bitcoins...confused. Post by: BitterTea on May 18, 2011, 05:08:17 PM If you were to replace "dwolla" with "paypal" in those steps, what would be the difference? Dwolla has the same steps of adding money to an account as paypal does, unless you use a credit card, which has more steps and more risk in terms of chargebacks. The difference is that he probably already has a Paypal account. Title: Re: Trying to bitcoins...confused. Post by: Drifter on May 18, 2011, 05:09:54 PM Right. I meant to say, if you didn't have paypal nor dwolla. And if you can figure out paypal, you can figure out dwolla.
Title: Re: Trying to bitcoins...confused. Post by: BitLex on May 18, 2011, 05:16:33 PM Is this really the easiest way to get bitcoins? of course not.the easiest way would be, to find someone who has bitcoins, and wants whatever you have to offer, may it be goods, services, or another currency. Title: Re: Trying to bitcoins...confused. Post by: Ian Maxwell on May 18, 2011, 05:19:11 PM Trying to bitcoins...confused. Just be sure you don't accidentally the bitcoins. Title: Re: Trying to bitcoins...confused. Post by: ploum on May 18, 2011, 05:29:04 PM A friend of mine wants to accept bitcoins in his shop and asked me to set up a bitcoin account to make a purchase. It looks like there are a lot of steps involved in getting bitcoins: *make dwolla account *add bank *wait for verification *verify bank *wait to add money *transfer dwolla money to mt gox *use mt gox to get bitcoins Is this really the easiest way to get bitcoins? It looks like it will take quite a while. Is there someone on here who would accept money on paypal from me and then send bitcoins my account? Yes, it's really hard, I agree. Thanks for taking the time and welcome to our little community. If you have ideas on how to make things easier, please share that with us on http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8623.msg125174 Title: Re: Trying to bitcoins...confused. Post by: toffoo on May 18, 2011, 07:07:48 PM Hello ele,
As it seems you have already discovered, the absolutely fastest, cheapest, and most secure for a new guy (with a U.S. checking account) to get Bitcoins in your wallet is: 1.) sign up for Chase Quickpay (or Popmoney is another good option too) 2.) post a bid in #bitcoin-otc offering to buy BTCs with Quickpay 3.) buy from a trusted member of the OTC trading community, and watch your new Bitcoins pop up in your wallet in a matter of minutes! Glad I could help. ;D Title: Re: Trying to bitcoins...confused. Post by: anisoptera on May 18, 2011, 07:27:58 PM Trying to bitcoins...confused. Just be sure you don't accidentally the bitcoins. Yeah, I hear it's dangerous. Title: Re: Trying to bitcoins...confused. Post by: edd on May 18, 2011, 07:32:16 PM Trying to bitcoins...confused. Just be sure you don't accidentally the bitcoins. Yeah, I hear it's dangerous. This can easily be avoided by following the proper precautions. Simply the bitcoins. |