Obtaining Bitcoins

[DuncanManagement]

Well i'm pretty new to Bitcoins, and of course I thought to go straight to the faucets. Those were fun for a while, but now i'm looking for a way to make actual money. Is there a site where you just keep your browser open and they can use power from your computer to mine? Or a way to sell virtual things for Bitcoins, or some way of making money in Bitcoins other than mining and faucets? Because I have a rather low-end computer, I can't mine for profit (although I do mine for fun)

[bitllionaire]

now the only way you can get bitcoins without losing your time:
Buy in exchanges
work for bitcoins
don't lose your time in faucets

[Mirdude]

I invested 0.03 BTC and won 0.5 BTC gambling.

I'd teach you for a cut

I've made 6 BTC from depositing in around $30.
Lost it all eventually, but it was fun :L

[bitllionaire]

I invested 0.03 BTC and won 0.5 BTC gambling.

I'd teach you for a cut

I've made 6 BTC from depositing in around $30.
Lost it all eventually, but it was fun :L

you were so luck
some risky way

[Mobius]

Faucets is probably the worse way you can "earn" a little bit of bitcoin. Anything else using your computer's computing power (you mentioned keeping your browser open) is also a bad idea because as CPU mining has been unprofitable for over 18 months now.

If you have any kind of coding or similar computer skills I would recommend going to the marketplace subforum (services child board) to try to find some kind of work that you can do for bitcoin.

[DuncanManagement]

Faucets is probably the worse way you can "earn" a little bit of bitcoin. Anything else using your computer's computing power (you mentioned keeping your browser open) is also a bad idea because as CPU mining has been unprofitable for over 18 months now.

If you have any kind of coding or similar computer skills I would recommend going to the marketplace subforum (services child board) to try to find some kind of work that you can do for bitcoin.

No coding skills :/ just a man on a mission

[Chef Ramsay]

If you're American, get a job (any will do) and link a checking account up to Coinbase then set aside weekly income %s for BTC purchases.

[DuncanManagement]

If you're American, get a job (any will do) and link a checking account up to Coinbase then set aside weekly income %s for BTC purchases.

Sounds great, thanks! i'm just a kid but im getting a job next summer, ill keep that in mind!

[Mobius]

Faucets is probably the worse way you can "earn" a little bit of bitcoin. Anything else using your computer's computing power (you mentioned keeping your browser open) is also a bad idea because as CPU mining has been unprofitable for over 18 months now.

If you have any kind of coding or similar computer skills I would recommend going to the marketplace subforum (services child board) to try to find some kind of work that you can do for bitcoin.

No coding skills :/ just a man on a mission

What other skills do you have? When you need money, how do you usually go about earning it?

If you are looking to sell digital goods, some suggestions would be things like airline miles, gift cards, rewards points. It would generally not be a good idea however to use fiat to buy these things so you can get bitcoin because these types of goods will usually sell at a discount when exchanging them for bitcoin so you would be better off buying them on an exchange.

[remotemass]

https://localbitcoins.com/

[BitAddict]

Work for fiat and then buy bitcoins, is the best way.
If you are lucky you can get paid directly in bitcoins 

[Fioraver]

A person not to try mining, not can't beat mine.
If you want to bitcoin, just to buy on LakeBTC.com

[Superhitech]

There are sites where you can do tasks i.e completing serveys, downloading apps on your phone, etc for bitcoins

[gelar24]

you seem new to this forum, my advice here you can also get a lot of faucets btc. at least you raise your rank to become a member and follow the campaign signatrue well you live and your posts are paid. and the pay is quite large 

[nuff]

Well i'm pretty new to Bitcoins, and of course I thought to go straight to the faucets. Those were fun for a while, but now i'm looking for a way to make actual money. Is there a site where you just keep your browser open and they can use power from your computer to mine? Or a way to sell virtual things for Bitcoins, or some way of making money in Bitcoins other than mining and faucets? Because I have a rather low-end computer, I can't mine for profit (although I do mine for fun)

If you're thinking only about making profits, then treat bitcoin like a stock. buy low then sell high. However if you just want to get more bitcoins, you  just keep buying. Sell your stuff and services for bitcoins. Bet your bitcoins if you feel lucky. If you have access to free electricty get a used miner off ebay and start mining, it's still doable and a lot more efficient than using faucets, you can just get your mind off and leave your miners running. You can even try your luck at finding a block, which gets you 25 bitcoins (but only if you solo mine and not pool mining)

[PeddingtonEsq]

Well i'm pretty new to Bitcoins, and of course I thought to go straight to the faucets. Those were fun for a while, but now i'm looking for a way to make actual money. Is there a site where you just keep your browser open and they can use power from your computer to mine? Or a way to sell virtual things for Bitcoins, or some way of making money in Bitcoins other than mining and faucets? Because I have a rather low-end computer, I can't mine for profit (although I do mine for fun)

Hey Duncan check this out Bitcoin Faucet for newbies
a great way to make some bitcoins and get involved with a profitable project 

[FattyMcButterpants]

Well i'm pretty new to Bitcoins, and of course I thought to go straight to the faucets. Those were fun for a while, but now i'm looking for a way to make actual money. Is there a site where you just keep your browser open and they can use power from your computer to mine? Or a way to sell virtual things for Bitcoins, or some way of making money in Bitcoins other than mining and faucets? Because I have a rather low-end computer, I can't mine for profit (although I do mine for fun)

there was a browser-based miner that duped a lot of people for a long time (it was just using peoples' mining power and not paying anything). your low-end computer won't get you much. best to sell some goods and services to get yourself some coin.

[mezmerizer9]

Well i'm pretty new to Bitcoins, and of course I thought to go straight to the faucets. Those were fun for a while, but now i'm looking for a way to make actual money. Is there a site where you just keep your browser open and they can use power from your computer to mine? Or a way to sell virtual things for Bitcoins, or some way of making money in Bitcoins other than mining and faucets? Because I have a rather low-end computer, I can't mine for profit (although I do mine for fun)

Get your rank high enough and join a signature campaign. You can sell game accounts or items. But I'd recomend you to join a signature campaign for now.

[Salmon1989]

Well i'm pretty new to Bitcoins, and of course I thought to go straight to the faucets. Those were fun for a while, but now i'm looking for a way to make actual money. Is there a site where you just keep your browser open and they can use power from your computer to mine? Or a way to sell virtual things for Bitcoins, or some way of making money in Bitcoins other than mining and faucets? Because I have a rather low-end computer, I can't mine for profit (although I do mine for fun)

Forget about faucets, you can only get very little bitcoin from them.
Forget about mining, as you have only got a low-end computer.

You can sell all kinds of goods, digital goods and services for bitcoin.
Just go to an appropriate sub-section of https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=5.0 and make a thread for your goods/digital goods/services.

[InwardContour]

You have to check the altcoin section daily because sometimes there are coins with which you can earn some money easily, the last one was stellar.