[Noisebridge-discuss] How do you buy bitcoins?

[Ever Falling]

>  just because you haven't come across it, it must not exist.

Did I say that, wise guy?

On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Martin Bogomolni <martinbogo at gmail.com>wrote:

> Ah, yes.. just because you haven't come across it, it must not exist.
>
> *chuckle*
>
> The real advantage is the Bitcoin is the "Tor" of currency.   Many
> places, people, and businesses now accept it.
>
> -M
>
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Ever Falling <everfalling at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > what are the advantages of having currency in bitcoins? I've never come
> > across anywhere that accepts them.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Martin Bogomolni <martinbogo at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Nym,
> >>
> >> I use bitinstant when I need to convert USD to bitcoin.   They have a
> >> remarkably fast, and fairly anonymous way for me to make cash deposits
> >> at 7-11/Walmart/Walgreens/CVS and convert it to BTC with a ~3% fee.
> >>
> >> I also have one of the new BitInstant debit cards.  This will make
> >> conversion to/from BTC much easier.
> >>
> >> For quantities under $100, I also do personal exchanges using physical
> >> bitcoins from Casascius.
> >>
> >> -M
> >>
> >> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Tom Longson (nym) <tomlong at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hey Noisebridge,
> >> >
> >> > I put together this guide, which tries to help people out with real
> >> > world
> >> > advice on how to buy bitcoins, using credit cards, cash, and a bunch
> of
> >> > different ways.
> >> >
> >> > http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/
> >> >
> >> > It doesn't go into detail too much about what bitcoins are (lots of
> >> > people
> >> > have covered that) but it does try to make it easier to buy bitcoins.
> >> >
> >> > Once you have one, you might wanna go to get cupcakes on 9th st, or
> >> > donate
> >> > to 1B5sJQ6Wu6AmK9xG5YTic4Nszw4PS7UMAM (noisebridge donations)
> >> >
> >> > Cheers,
> >> > nym
> >> >
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