[Noisebridge-discuss] How do you buy bitcoins?

[Tom Longson (nym)]

Well, we haven't announced it per say, but there's a place on 9th and
Harrison that sells cupcakes...

Cheers,
Tom Longson
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CUPCAKES!! http://www.cupsandcakesbakery.com/


On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Ever Falling <everfalling at gmail.com>wrote:

> >  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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