How do you buy bitcoins in the UK?

[Pokapoka124]

What is the best UK exchange to buy my Bitcoins. Binance doesn’t work here. And Etoro registration process is just too stressful, too much personal information being requested. I just want to buy Bitcoins in the simplest, scam free way. Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[noorman0]

I see Hodlhodl currently has around 46 sell offers for GBP, just find one that suits your payment method. AI Overview on Google search says you should be able to access it from the UK. And check out UK user reviews too.

[CoinAge.Cash]

What is the best UK exchange to buy my Bitcoins. Binance doesn’t work here. And Etoro registration process is just too stressful, too much personal information being requested. I just want to buy Bitcoins in the simplest, scam free way. Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

I too had this problem looks like most of them are fraudulent site when they ask for full identification including national working number.

[UchihaSarada]

What is the best UK exchange to buy my Bitcoins. Binance doesn’t work here. And Etoro registration process is just too stressful, too much personal information being requested. I just want to buy Bitcoins in the simplest, scam free way. Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Are you living in the UK?

If you have an account on Reddit, ask this question on UK Reddit community, and locals in the UK can help you better.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinUK/

Buying and selling is easy, the harder things is how you can obey to tax regulations in the UK.
Global cryptocurrency taxation policies.

United Kingdom: Capital gains tax applies to cryptocurrency gains, with rates ranging from 10% to 20%, depending on the taxpayer’s income bracket. Business-related crypto income is subject to corporate or income tax.

Cryptocurrency regulations around the world.

[suzanne5223]

What is the best UK exchange to buy my Bitcoins. Binance doesn’t work here. And Etoro registration process is just too stressful, too much personal information being requested. I just want to buy Bitcoins in the simplest, scam free way. Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Why not use Bisq, which is a simple decentralized Bitcoin p2p exchange platform, since the major BTC exchanges you want are the platform with no stress of registration and KYC.
In the meantime, for your information, no crypto p2p trading platform can be scam free, but you're in safe hands if you follow the exchange trading guidelines.

[UchihaSarada]

Why not use Bisq, which is a simple decentralized Bitcoin p2p exchange platform, since the major BTC exchanges you want are the platform with no stress of registration and KYC.
In the meantime, for your information, no crypto p2p trading platform can be scam free, but you're in safe hands if you follow the exchange trading guidelines.

If you want to find and use no KYC exchanges, find them there
https://kycnot.me/?categories=exchange&currency-mode=or&currencies=btc&attribute-mode=or&attr-84=yes

[CoinAge.Cash]

What is the best UK exchange to buy my Bitcoins. Binance doesn’t work here. And Etoro registration process is just too stressful, too much personal information being requested. I just want to buy Bitcoins in the simplest, scam free way. Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

be very careful when using p2p exchanges alot of scammers.

[PostQuantumBTC]

What is the best UK exchange to buy my Bitcoins. Binance doesn’t work here. And Etoro registration process is just too stressful, too much personal information being requested. I just want to buy Bitcoins in the simplest, scam free way. Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

The best that I know is bisq.network or you can use hodlhodl.com. These are among the best that I know. You can also use Peach bitcoin, or another option is Robosats.

[Lillominato89]

What is the best UK exchange to buy my Bitcoins. Binance doesn’t work here. And Etoro registration process is just too stressful, too much personal information being requested. I just want to buy Bitcoins in the simplest, scam free way. Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Why not use Bisq, which is a simple decentralized Bitcoin p2p exchange platform, since the major BTC exchanges you want are the platform with no stress of registration and KYC.
In the meantime, for your information, no crypto p2p trading platform can be scam free, but you're in safe hands if you follow the exchange trading guidelines.

I agree, Bisq would be the best solution in these cases, decentralised and no KYC, just P2P exchange.
But even here on the forum, you could buy Bitcoin directly from sellers; there are loads of them and they have lots of positive feedback. Another idea worth considering.

[Pokapoka124]

If you have an account on Reddit, ask this question on UK Reddit community, and locals in the UK can help you better.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinUK/

Buying and selling is easy, the harder things is how you can obey to tax regulations in the UK.
Global cryptocurrency taxation policies.

United Kingdom: Capital gains tax applies to cryptocurrency gains, with rates ranging from 10% to 20%, depending on the taxpayer’s income bracket. Business-related crypto income is subject to corporate or income tax.

Cryptocurrency regulations around the world.

Thanks for the suggestion. I just found some Reddit threads on the topic but the comments are few. So far, Kraken Pro and Strike(never heard of them before) seem to be most popular.

P.S: I’m not bothered about HMRC.

I too had this problem looks like most of them are fraudulent site when they ask for full identification including national working number.

Just because an exchange request for KYC doesn’t mean it is a scam. It just so happens that exchanges in the UK are heavily regulated.

Why not use Bisq, which is a simple decentralized Bitcoin p2p exchange platform, since the major BTC exchanges you want are the platform with no stress of registration and KYC.
In the meantime, for your information, no crypto p2p trading platform can be scam free, but you're in safe hands if you follow the exchange trading guidelines.

I agree, Bisq would be the best solution in these cases, decentralised and no KYC, just P2P exchange.
But even here on the forum, you could buy Bitcoin directly from sellers; there are loads of them and they have lots of positive feedback. Another idea worth considering.

Thanks for that. I am downloading the windows version right now. I will let you guys know how that goes.

[Johan van Der Walt]

What is the best UK exchange to buy my Bitcoins. Binance doesn’t work here. And Etoro registration process is just too stressful, too much personal information being requested. I just want to buy Bitcoins in the simplest, scam free way. Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

I’ve tried a few routes while travelling through the UK and found that what works best depends on how “hands-off” you want the process to be.

For simplicity, Strike is actually a solid option now that it supports GBP, it’s clean, fast, and you can withdraw straight to self-custody once you buy. If you prefer to avoid KYC completely, HodlHodl or Peach Bitcoin are fine, but double-check trader feedback before confirming any deal.

Whatever platform you go with, the real key is moving your coins off the exchange as soon as the trade clears. Keeping it in your own wallet (with seed backed up) is what makes it truly scam-free.

[Rikafip]

Why not use Bisq, which is a simple decentralized Bitcoin p2p exchange platform, since the major BTC exchanges you want are the platform with no stress of registration and KYC.

Have you ever actually tried to buy/sell bitcoin via Bisq?

I am asking because the way you described Bisq as a "simple" exchange which is unfortunately far from the truth. Another problem is low volume so its likely that you will end up overpaying bitcoin if you are buying for anything more than few hundreds of dollars.  At least that was the situation was few years ago when I tried it last time, and somehow I doubt that situation changed for the better.

[Lontor]

I have a brother in the UK and he is a trader who uses Mexc and Bybit to do his buying of crypto assets including Bitcoin, you should try these two crypto exchanges first and drop a reply on here after, make sure you don't keep your digital assets on any of these exchanges after you are done, they are centralised exchanges so they are not good for storing your digital assets, withdraw them to your private Bitcoin wallet rather.

[suzanne5223]

What is the best UK exchange to buy my Bitcoins. Binance doesn’t work here. And Etoro registration process is just too stressful, too much personal information being requested. I just want to buy Bitcoins in the simplest, scam free way. Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Why not use Bisq, which is a simple decentralized Bitcoin p2p exchange platform, since the major BTC exchanges you want are the platform with no stress of registration and KYC.
In the meantime, for your information, no crypto p2p trading platform can be scam free, but you're in safe hands if you follow the exchange trading guidelines.

I agree, Bisq would be the best solution in these cases, decentralised and no KYC, just P2P exchange.
But even here on the forum, you could buy Bitcoin directly from sellers; there are loads of them and they have lots of positive feedback. Another idea worth considering.

Yes, the OP can make use of the p2p section of this forum but most p2p BTC seller on this forum mostly dont go for fiat currency which i believe could be the option the OP want to use.

Why not use Bisq, which is a simple decentralized Bitcoin p2p exchange platform, since the major BTC exchanges you want are the platform with no stress of registration and KYC.
In the meantime, for your information, no crypto p2p trading platform can be scam free, but you're in safe hands if you follow the exchange trading guidelines.

If you want to find and use no KYC exchanges, find them there
https://kycnot.me/?categories=exchange&currency-mode=or&currencies=btc&attribute-mode=or&attr-84=yes

I know about kycnot service but based on the Op request, i just think using Bisq will be good.

Why not use Bisq, which is a simple decentralized Bitcoin p2p exchange platform, since the major BTC exchanges you want are the platform with no stress of registration and KYC.

Have you ever actually tried to buy/sell bitcoin via Bisq?

I am asking because the way you described Bisq as a "simple" exchange which is unfortunately far from the truth. Another problem is low volume so its likely that you will end up overpaying bitcoin if you are buying for anything more than few hundreds of dollars.  At least that was the situation was few years ago when I tried it last time, and somehow I doubt that situation changed for the better.

I only used Bisq once and it was years ago when i DCA in BTC.
I know Bisq could be somehow hard to use for newbie but if follow the guildline there's nothing to worry about because the benefit of using is the top priority and according to the OP requirement Bisq is a good option for him/her.