How do you get Bitcoin? (Poll)

[BitcoinBarrel]

We have got most of ours over the years with faucets,

Really? Do they even exist anymore? How much satoshis are we talking about here? I'm curious because from the day I started (back in 2014) and price was like $400, when I tried faucets the only conclusion was that they are a waste of time. All I've made is something like 50k satoshis at best.

In any case to answer your question, I earn my bitcoins as I earn any other form of money I earn!

Yes faucets still exist, and while the claims appear small... they add up. Plus there are ways to maximize your earnings as well as lotteries, bonuses, referral commissions, etc.

The very first faucet gave away a 5 BTC 

[Saint-loup]

What is surprising(or not) is that you didn't mention "trading" in your poll or even "lending" or "investments". LOL does it mean you don't think people could make susbstantial profits in cryptos by trading on exchanges, investing them in ICO or in lending products? Well, it's true that we don't hear about this kind of guys very often to be honest, but I'm sure they exist somewhere.

[Nrcewker]

I'm interested in how most forum members receive their Bitcoins. We have got most of ours over the years with faucets, earning sites and also payments for various gigs.

What about you?

This seems interesting. So during the initial days when Bitcoins were cheap, I used to buy them from exchanges to gamble in casinos. Later on, I started accepting payments through Bitcoins for some of my freelance work. I hold majority of the coins, and when the price increased, my total holdings also increased. So yes the majority of the Bitcoins that I currently hold are from clients making me payments in Bitcoins. I also have traded some of the other alts with Bitcoins and made good profits from it.

[SatoPrincess]

Unless you’re giving a service on the forum, signature campaigns, gambling and contests are the only way to earn bitcoin on the forum. So far I have not had any luck with any of the contests organized on bitcointalk. Hoping to change that soon.

I don't know how this may sound but I earn Bitcoin from Bitcoin. What I mean is by holding Bitcoin when the price increases I earn Bitcoin from holding Bitcoin as a result of it.

You are not really earning bitcoin by hodling for long term Unless you’re selling at a high and buying more bitcoins when the market dips. The value of your bitcoin hodlings may increase in USD but 1 bitcoin is 1 bitcoin, if that makes sense.

[nakamura12]

I have tried getting bitcoin through services on the forum like the campaigns, gambling (before), faucet and buying. I haven't forgotten when I received uni from uniswap before and sold it so I can have eth to bitcoin. When I joined the forum, I didn't even earn bitcoin because before I am only joining icos that many of it are scams or a failed icos until I stop joining icos and learn more. I clearly remember when I receive bitcoin (tip) when I am gambling when I helped someone.

[Odohu]

I'm interested in how most forum members receive their Bitcoins. We have got most of ours over the years with faucets, earning sites and also payments for various gigs.

What about you?

Perhaps you are among the early users of Bitcoin who benefitted from faucets and the others. I doubt there are free Bitcoin now again so all Bitcoin have to be earned from work done or bought... this is how I get my Bitcoin.  The service section of this forum have companies running their promotions here and they pay in Bitcoin. Apart from this, majority of my Bitcoin were bought from CEX and  transferred to my private wallet.

[cr1776]

The two possible ways to likely HODL bitcoin currently, is either you buy it or you earn it. ...

For new people yes, there have been other ways too that worked out well in the past.  Of course "mining" is also earning via proof of work.

[BitcoinBarrel]

What is surprising(or not) is that you didn't mention "trading" in your poll or even "lending" or "investments". LOL does it mean you don't think people could make susbstantial profits in cryptos by trading on exchanges, investing them in ICO or in lending products? Well, it's true that we don't hear about this kind of guys very often to be honest, but I'm sure they exist somewhere.

That is a good one, I suppose investments/trading could fall under Earn them

[TravelMug]

Yeah, most likely in the beginning, majority might have earn their first BTC thru signature campaigns. And then they ventured into trading and gambling and evolved into buying then becoming a HODLer.

As for the faucets, no I wasn't able to join as this kind of methods to earn could only been on some old members as I remember that there were faucets in the early years that gives 5 BTC by Gavin Andresen.

Here is the archived of it: https://web.archive.org/web/20100703032414/http://freebitcoins.appspot.com/

[Gallar]

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I personally get bitcoins by buying them, because I only got to know bitcoins a few years ago, so I don't really understand about faucets or anything related to getting bitcoins (not through purchasing). Maybe when I found out about the existence of bitcoin, at that time (2022) it seemed like bitcoin could no longer be obtained through faucets. So the only way to get it is to buy it directly. However, after I entered this forum, and tried to discuss positive things related to bitcoin or other things in this forum, I was able to move up in rank and was able to take part in the signature campaign. From here I can also get bitcoin every week until now. So in addition to continuing to do DCA using the cash I have, I also earn weekly income from signature campaigns. Maybe people who can get bitcoins through faucets can be said to be very lucky people. Because they can own bitcoin with only a cellphone or computer and an internet network. But even so, I am still proud of my current achievements. Because basically people who know and invest in bitcoin are extraordinary people, in essence I am proud to be part of the bitcoin investors.

[FinePoine0]

I'm interested in how most forum members receive their Bitcoins. We have got most of ours over the years with faucets, earning sites and also payments for various gigs.

What about you?

Many people find their bitcoin holding address by using many tricks, many people buy bitcoins with money and some people accumulate their money by freelancing. And he should have a plan to sustain this money or bitcoins for a long time. 
Holding is usually maximum in Bitcoin which is a unique case but the possibility of loss is high, but in Bitcoin it is possible to have some guarantee of maximum leverage and benefit.

[o48o]

It started with faucets, then i tried to mine bitcoin, but thought that i was not getting enough, even though compared to current prices it would be considered plenty.
So i moved to mining altcoins and tried to convert them to bitcoin, as btc is was the main pair for every altcoin, and sometimes that was worth it. Most of the time not.

If i had just kept my wins in btc and not tried to trade it, i would have done way better then with any trading and be a millionaire now, i don't want even to do the math on how much was it. But that's how it goes, no need to dwell in the past.

Later on i found the possibility to do bounties, and some of legit ones paid in btc.

[bubilas]

I'm interested in how most forum members receive their Bitcoins. We have got most of ours over the years with faucets, earning sites and also payments for various gigs.

What about you?

I'm already confused by all the ways I get Bitcoins to my wallet. It all started with a bounty, here on the forum. We shared links on Facebook, Twitter. We saved up stakes and then they exchanged them for campaign tokens. I remember that the campaign signature was not always for Bitcoins, more often for tokens, which we immediately sold for Bitcoin. I also received Bitcoins for participating in contests and giveaways. And now this is mainly the signature campaigns.

[Sayeds56]

I'm interested in how most forum members receive their Bitcoins. We have got most of ours over the years with faucets, earning sites and also payments for various gigs.

What about you?

 When I first entered the cryptocurrencies landscape back in 2017, I used to buy Bitcoin from exchanges such as Binance and Kucoin. for few months I also joined a cloud mining firm who paying me Bitcoin as reward of my contract, however soon I realized that their rewards are minimal, so I stopped buying cloud mining contract after that.

For the last several years I have been participating in Bountry campaign on Bitcointalk form where bounty manager usually make payment in Bitcoin.

[SuperBitMan]

Buying Bitcoin and holding is what I'm doing, I'm using the DCA strategy and I'm very much comfortable with it, I will be consistent and then keeping holding for a very long time in other to be able to accumulate enough Bitcoin, if I don't hold for a very long time I can't accumulate enough using the DCA strategy.

[2Pizza410000BTC]

I'm interested in how most forum members receive their Bitcoins. We have got most of ours over the years with faucets, earning sites and also payments for various gigs.

What about you?

I got most of my bitcoins (through earnings) by working on signature campaigns on this forum. Also I took some extra money from family and invested it by buying p2p bitcoins. But I haven't been able to invest bitcoins with any money I made from gambling until now. Because the amount of money I have taken in the gambling section has been spent by losing and cashing out so I have not been able to buy bitcoins from the gambling platform so far which is why I will never reveal it.

[Ultegra134]

The first Bitcoin I acquired was between 2014 and 2015, through faucets; I managed to earn a decent amount in terms of Bitcoin. Nowadays, most of my Bitcoin is derived from signature campaigns, gambling, and some I have left since 2015 from the faucets I mentioned earlier. I'm not actively purchasing Bitcoin, even though I could have set up a budgeting plan, but I preferred not to mess with my monthly salary since I'm already earning some through signature campaigns.

I believe most forum members have similar stories and are dependent on campaigns and gambling.

[Churchillvv]

There is no more easy way to have bitcoin except buying them, earn them for some task, or even get paid through bitcoin. perhaps I have eared bitcoin through signature campaign, I have also bought bitcoin and I have also got paid through bitcoin for a freelancing job... although not all are left in bitcoin just some because I usually exchange some for cash to facilitate my daily life while the once I hold till date are most from my school monthly/weekly allowance because it took me alot to get them so I don't sell till I see a good price in bitcoin.

Apart from this few mentioned above it's literally had to see people who have bitcoin through any other means outside the above mentioned and I think people who where early in bitcoin are more favour to have earn BTC through some simple tasks.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Around 2019, when I started my crypto journey, the first bitcoin I had was bought from an exchange. Fast forward to 2022, when I started on this forum, and then I started earning free bitcoin from the signature campaign in which I participated. Later that year, I also started to accept Bitcoin payments in my furniture shop. 

So, the bitcoin I am holding in my custody has come from three different sources: first, it was bought; second, it was earned through signatures; and third, it came from payments I receive from customers. It is not so easy to earn free bitcoin this time around, unlike in the past, when it was very easy to earn a lot of bitcoin from a faucet and just participate in a small task on the internet. 

From my total holdings, a major percentage was bought from my monthly salary.

[lovesmayfamilis]

Really? Do they even exist anymore? How much satoshis are we talking about here? I'm curious because from the day I started (back in 2014) and price was like $400, when I tried faucets the only conclusion was that they are a waste of time. All I've made is something like 50k satoshis at best.

I was also once surprised that there are faucets; moreover, they pay. But yes, they still exist.

https://www.bestchange.ru/index.php?nt=bonus

Another question is that some want a few cents for regularly entering Captcha. I guess I'm too picky, and many want to get at least a little from Bitcoin, but doing faucets in our time is simply wasting not only time but also eyesight if you listen to the advice of doctors about the harm of sitting in front of monitors for a long time. Now it is not a problem to buy bitcoin than to do faucets. Is it so hard to deprive yourself of 3–5 bucks a week (although I think you won't even get that amount) than to regularly poke the captcha? However, if you check the recent boom in tapping phones, then for some this is no longer a problem.