How to buy Bitcoin

[turnipbeet]

Greetings,

I live in the USA, and heard the Joe Rogan / Andreas M. Antonopoulos podcast interview.  He said his bitcoins are associated with debit card - he can make purchases with a regular looking debit card in USD currency, that is pulling funds from a bitcoin account.

How can I get such a set up going? Where and how to buy bitcoins that can be linked to a card?

Thank you for simple explanations. 

[Shiroslullaby]

Hopefully we can get some recommendations from users who have used a Visa debit card.
There are services like

BitPay
https://bitpay.com/visa/

Xapo
https://xapo.com/card/

That can load your Bitcoin for payment.

Cointelegraph has a review article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/6-cards-battle-for-bitcoin-supremacy-bitcoin-debit-card-comparison-test
But I've become suspicious of them lately since many of their "news stories" show obvious bias.

[JeffBrad12]

Yes, here you go and find the best one for you, dude.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1410577.0

You can visit the official site for read more about that, but the simple review and explanation are already given.

[MingLee]

Greetings,

I live in the USA, and heard the Joe Rogan / Andreas M. Antonopoulos podcast interview.  He said his bitcoins are associated with debit card - he can make purchases with a regular looking debit card in USD currency, that is pulling funds from a bitcoin account.

How can I get such a set up going? Where and how to buy bitcoins that can be linked to a card?

Thank you for simple explanations. 

Something similar to the Xapo system, or the Xapo system itself would be something you would more than likely be considering as a candidate for what you want to do. This system gives you a debit card that withdraws from your account every time you make a USD purchase.

[bhadz]

Greetings,

I live in the USA, and heard the Joe Rogan / Andreas M. Antonopoulos podcast interview.  He said his bitcoins are associated with debit card - he can make purchases with a regular looking debit card in USD currency, that is pulling funds from a bitcoin account.

How can I get such a set up going? Where and how to buy bitcoins that can be linked to a card?

Thank you for simple explanations. 

For sure he is talking about a service just like what xapo is providing the bitcoin debit card. You can just simply visit their website xapo.com and try to apply the bitcoin debit card on your own. Don't use any other third party websites if they don't require because a lot of scammers are interested for those people like you.

[Snorek]

Whole whole process of owning debit/credit card associated with your bitcoin stash and ability to use it to buy everything FIAT money can purchase is convenient.
But at the same time it not exactly why bitcoin was created in the first place and I am not a big fan of it and you shouldn't be too.
It is basically not ideal use of your Bitcoin - we shouldn't be doing this - it is harmful for direct adoption of Bitcoin.
Do we really want to be linked to debit cards forever?

[LilibethSantos]

You can simply just start a wallet with blockchain.info and meet up to buy bitcoins with cash using localbitcoins.com. It is inconvenient but doable.

[bitkilo]

You can simply just start a wallet with blockchain.info and meet up to buy bitcoins with cash using localbitcoins.com. It is inconvenient but doable.

Did you even bother to read the OP? The member is not just looking for a place to buy or store bitcoins they are looking for a way to setup a bitcoin debit card account.

@turnipbeet, The bitcoin debit card i have has to be "loaded" before use and i can easily do this within the bitcoin wallet the card is connected to. I use Coinjar for this but i don't believe they are available in the US yet.

[carlisle1]

Greetings,

I live in the USA, and heard the Joe Rogan / Andreas M. Antonopoulos podcast interview.  He said his bitcoins are associated with debit card - he can make purchases with a regular looking debit card in USD currency, that is pulling funds from a bitcoin account.

How can I get such a set up going? Where and how to buy bitcoins that can be linked to a card?

Thank you for simple explanations. 

it's like xapo can be a good suggestion for you , you can make your first xapo wallet and then you can set up your bitcoin debit card with them . i don't know a lot of things from it especially those requirements for you to get the card .

[mobnepal]

There are many bitcoin debit card provider where you can deposit with your bitcoin and use it in regular ATM and i am using cryptopay.me for really long time. You can check them https://cryptopay.me
And also you can find good review regarding all debit card providers here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1410577.0

[X-ray]

as an alternative you can also use debit card which originally issued by coinbase and for now are only available in US if it was from the site information,it's called shift card,for more information i do recommend you to read about it furthermore here https://www.shiftpayments.com/faq

[seven2smoke]

Xapo offer a debit card
You can get an xapo credit card, which you can load your Bitcoin for payment.

[zombie007]

Xapo offer a debit card
You can get an xapo credit card, which you can load your Bitcoin for payment.

yes xapo is ok and nothing wrong xapo but there are also so many other source of buying ans selling bitcoin, for me i personally using local bitcoin for buying and selling bitcoin,

[Dassi]

The cheapest I have come across so far is uquid.com and coinizy.com

coinizy even allows you to load your card with PayPal if you wish.

[turnipbeet]

Thank you everyone for your replies! I'll be off to investigate more

Whole whole process of owning debit/credit card associated with your bitcoin stash and ability to use it to buy everything FIAT money can purchase is convenient.
But at the same time it not exactly why bitcoin was created in the first place and I am not a big fan of it and you shouldn't be too.
It is basically not ideal use of your Bitcoin - we shouldn't be doing this - it is harmful for direct adoption of Bitcoin.
Do we really want to be linked to debit cards forever?

And this is also a valuable point of view, appreciate it

[Murat]

I think the safest way to buy bitcoin with your debit card/ credit card, You should buy from coinbase or you can try circle.This sites are legit and no issue with them.But don't ever send or receive direct bitcoin from any gambling sites.If you use any gambling site better use a third party wallet like Electrum.

[Razzgoku]

You can buy or sell bitcoin from this site. https://localbitcoins.com/buy_bitcoins

Register an account with LocalBitcoins. You get a free and secure online bitcoin wallet.They also offer in which currency you can buy the bitcoin.

[neochiny]

Hey. I would also recommend checking out cryptopay. 
They have bitcoin wallet and Bitcoin debit card. They also have option for verified and unverified cards, though the unverified ones does have limits.

The fees are okay @ 1% loading fee then $1.75 for atm withdraws. Best thing I really like is that they have great support.
Really friendly and active with my queries.

bitcointalk thread : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1384807.0
(I think they have giveaway so you could try out their card)

website/fees : https://cryptopay.me/bitcoin-debit-card?utm_source=bitcointalk&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=debitcard_promo_codes