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[rocket88]

Hello World, (I knew that script would come in handy one day) 

Well, n00b pretty much covers it with me.  My wife and I are wanting to get involved with BitCoin so here I am.  I wasn't aware of all of the individuals buying/selling BTC.  I thought you had to go to an exchange to do anything like that.  As a result I feel like I'm starting all over.

I have MultiBit running on a Unbuntu box but haven't created a wallet yet because I'm not sure how to get anything into it.  I'm stoked to be on the forum and am looking forward to doin some BitCoins.

Thanks,

rocket

[MAbtc]

Welcome to our community! If you run into problems when you get around to creating your wallet, let us know. 

[uk1]

Welcome to the forums.

[bitcoindigi]

welcome to the forum!

Multibit is a good choice, however, you might want to check out online wallets: blockchain.info & inputs.io are great and legit. it'll help you understand

[pokerFace2]

Welcome, buying/selling BTC from individuals is much riskier than from exchanges.

[pedrog]

You have many hours of reading ahead.  

And welcome!

[uininPeter]

Welcome

Hopefully you create wallet and fill it with some dust from free faucets just for testing. This is how I did it - hard to spend the dust though 

[nahtnam]

Welcome! If you are in the United States, then check out coinbase! They buy and sell bitcoins, and also setup a online wallet for you! Plus they pay the transaction fees for you as long as you send more than 0.001 btc...