im new

[thomasflad]

any advice on how to start off and get bitcoin quickly

[toiminto]

buy them from an exchange or otc

[nobelcode]

visit some free bitcoin site, just for fun 

[thomasflad]

im trying that it just takes a while

[best_btc]

welcome in the community

[Signus]

Do you have interest in mining or are you just looking to buy in?

If you want to mine, do the following:

• 1) Get a wallet. You can do this via Coinbase or the standard method.
• 2) Find a pool to start out in. Most people start out at Slush's Pool.
• 3) Set up a worker on your pool(s).
• 4) Configure your miner (cgminer, bfgminer, GUIminer, etc.) to connect to your pool, using your worker credentials
• 5) Wait a while. Wait a while, and wait some more. Try to upgrade your hardware, and then wait some more.

If you are wanting to mine, what kind of hardware setup do you have currently?

[thomasflad]

i am mining but only getting 100 mhash from a crappy graphic card

[thomasflad]

any pools you reccomend

[jsmarclook]

I use mtred - it's a reddit pool. If anyone have better recommendation, feel free to share!

[AdamR]

At what Mhash level would you say that a pool is no longer advisable for bitcoin mining? Or is a pool always a good idea no matter how big you get?

[DannyHamilton]

At what Mhash level would you say that a pool is no longer advisable for bitcoin mining? Or is a pool always a good idea no matter how big you get?

Depends on how long you are willing to wait between possible payouts.