[Noisebridge-discuss] where and how to open bitcoin account

[Jonathan Toomim]

I recommend not using the official client from Bitcoin.org, since that 
client will fully engage in the peer-to-peer bitcoin process as a peer 
server, which requires several gigabytes of storage and a lot of CPU 
time and bandwidth to remain fully synced. A client like Multibit 
(http://multibit.org/) will give you all the user functionality without 
the resource usage. I think Multibit also has a better UI.

You should think in terms of "wallets", not "accounts". You don't need 
to interact with any banks or third party organizations to have a 
wallet. You just download some software and create one. That said, it 
often makes sense to have your wallet managed by a bank-like 3rd-party 
organization, since they're likely to understand security better than 
you are, and you don't lose your bitcoins if your hard drive crashes 
without a backup.


On 12/12/2012 10:10 PM, Brian Cloutier wrote:
>
> You'll surely get much better answers later, but here's a summary:
>
> There's no such thing as a generic "Bitcoin account", there is no bank 
> of bitcoin.
>
> You have two options:
>
> You can download the official Bitcoin client, from Bitcoin.org, and 
> you'll automatically have an address, ready for donations!
>
> You can use an online wallet, I've heard decent things about 
> mybitcoinwallet, which will handle everything for you. Of course 
> there's some danger that site will steal your bitcoins.
>
> Also, due to a few Paypal policies you have pretty much no hope of 
> using that euro for bitcoins.
>
> - Brian
>
> On Dec 12, 2012 9:57 PM, "Frantisek Apfelbeck" <algoldor at yahoo.com 
> <mailto:algoldor at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi to all,
>     I want to open a bitcoing account before 29c3 for myself and for
>     Food Hacking Base, the project which I coordinate so we can obtain
>     donations from people who want to support us. I wonder if someone
>     could share some info on the subject of opening bitocin account?
>
>     I know that I should be doing the reading by myself but I think it
>     would take me at least several hours to get the idea how and where
>     to open it "safely". I'm leaving for Europe within next few days
>     so I'm really busy finishing up my staff here in Korea and because
>     of the preparations for 29c3. For now the accounts are primarily
>     for obtaining donations.
>
>     Anyway if you could help me out with some information/links that
>     would be cool. I have around 1.5 eu now on Paypal so maybe I can
>     use it somehow to open the account :-)
>
>     Many  thanks,
>
>     Sincerely,
>     Frantisek Algoldor Apfelbeck
>
>     biotechnologist&kvasir and hacker
>
>
>     http://www.frantisekapfelbeck.org
>
>
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>     Gandhi
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