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#19101060 - 11/07/13 02:52 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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does anyone know where to purchase bitcoins that is secure all my go to sites are either down or far to complicated
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Re: bitcoin [Re: gus330]
#19101134 - 11/07/13 03:04 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm wondering the same myself. I can't figure out if there's a way to buy it using a gift card or moneypak. I don't want to link it to my identity and I don't want to pay with cash...
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Re: bitcoin [Re: gus330]
#19101177 - 11/07/13 03:09 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Coinbase is good. You could also just look for people in your area selling them for cash. check localbitcoins to find some. You can use a credit card for some sellers, but very few will actually take them.
There's a lot of options, but those are the most popular (and most reliable).
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I guess I will try out coinbase ,but you gotta wait for account verification
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Re: bitcoin [Re: gus330] 1
#19101277 - 11/07/13 03:24 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Can't you buy them through https://www.mtgox.com/ ?
And holy crap have they jumped up in value since a certain site got taken down.
From 109 at at lowest that day to now... 313.
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Re: bitcoin [Re: 4runner]
#19101311 - 11/07/13 03:27 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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yea you gotta link your bank account with them right?
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Re: bitcoin [Re: gus330]
#19101314 - 11/07/13 03:28 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Unsure how that works, but they seem to be the gold standard.
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Re: bitcoin [Re: 4runner]
#19101352 - 11/07/13 03:36 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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yea I got an account with them but use to transfer from another source then buy and transfer i guess I could use them
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Re: bitcoin [Re: gus330]
#19102268 - 11/07/13 06:57 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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cashintocoins.com
Go to that website, then follow the 'how to' steps (it's easy). Then go to a Wells Fargo bank and deposit the amount you said you would deposit. Write certain info on the deposit receipt and then send a picture to the email provided.
His name is Will. I slightly screwed the process up (didn't write the transaction ID on the receipt), he emailed me asking me for it and then finished the deal. Took around 5 hours in total from time I deposited the money till the time I got them. I'd buy from him again. There are fees of course, but it was easy so idc.
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i am kicking myself in the ass for not buying when they were $4
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blackglass6219 said: i am kicking myself in the ass for not buying when they were $4
I know right? I'm kicking myself for not buying every profitable stock ever when they were almost worthless. I could be a billionaire right now! What was I thinking?
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This isn't too related to this thread. but what are the odds the government sells all of Ross Ulbricht's bitcoins?
I assume the price of bitcoins would plummet. Is it legally probable they'll do this?
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Re: bitcoin [Re: tito123]
#19102599 - 11/07/13 08:06 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I didn't know they had seized them 
just the escrow account
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Re: bitcoin [Re: tito123]
#19102648 - 11/07/13 08:13 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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tito123 said: This isn't too related to this thread. but what are the odds the government sells all of Ross Ulbricht's bitcoins?
I assume the price of bitcoins would plummet. Is it legally probable they'll do this?
They don't have access to his Bitcoins.
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they apparently seized them. Atleast some.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/10/25/fbi-says-its-seized-20-million-in-bitcoins-from-ross-ulbricht-alleged-owner-of-silk-road/
and the link within that article actually answered my question.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/10/04/fbi-silk-road-bitcoin-seizure/
so the price may go down once the trial is over and they liquidate the coins. I don't know if it'll be any significant amount though.
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Re: bitcoin [Re: tito123]
#19103070 - 11/07/13 09:47 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Localbitcoins for the win
They are n your account before you get out the bank dont know how secure but super fast just use people with good ratings
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blackglass6219 said: i am kicking myself in the ass for not buying when they were $4
Some guy in europe cant remeber where specifically bought $29 worth of btcs in 09 and forgot about them till the other day when he dug up his old info for his wallet and found out they were worth over $800,000 now
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Don't but now at 320, wait for the crash first
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Re: bitcoin [Re: gus330]
#19103108 - 11/07/13 09:57 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Re: bitcoin [Re: gus330]
#19103997 - 11/08/13 04:40 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm wondering if there are message boards where people sell -- assuming a person might need to get rid of them because they need emergency cash and is offering a big discount. In other words, keeping a lookout for threads of such nature.
Oh and I'm browsing localbitcoins.com and so far the best prices I'm seeing are for foreign listings. For example, most Bitcoins are currently listed at around 320-330 dollars; I'm looking at an Afghanistan listing where they're listed at 303 dollars. Accepted method of pay is OKPay. Are there any downsides or restrictions to buying from foreign users.
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Re: bitcoin [Re: s240779]
#19104797 - 11/08/13 10:21 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Re: bitcoin [Re: deadwk]
#19110962 - 11/09/13 03:59 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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About the SR seizure, is it true that 200 million USD was seized? If so, that's just insane
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@blackglass:
I don't think they have $200 million USD in BTC, but they certainly have a fuck ton.
Wu-Tang supports BTC now:
https://twitter.com/Wu_Tang_Finance/status/398241873443049472
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Re: bitcoin [Re: deadwk]
#19111027 - 11/09/13 04:17 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm waiting for the crash and buying
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Same here.
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it's starting to crash now, but the problem is it never drops enough to justify me buying in.
after the last big drop about 2 or so months ago, it got down to about 70p/btc ... if i hadve dropped 10 grand like i was planning to then, i would have about 40-50 grand++ before tax right now.
kind of kicking myself.
it's too risky though. like it had multiple mini crashes between the rise from 70-~350, and it rose gradually with the exception of just a few short 10-20$ per day gains. in the last 3-4 days its gone crazy from like 260, up to like 390 max or something!!!!
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haha it's insane how much money i would have right now if i had kept all those coins.
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Re: bitcoin [Re: maggotz]
#19111786 - 11/09/13 07:32 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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It is a risky game, but so is stock marketing in general. IMO in the long term, bit coins value will always go up, despite crashes etc... Even if you buy them when they are $125 a piece, in the long term, you will gain profit.
It's all about waiting to sell at the right time.
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Re: bitcoin [Re: maggotz]
#19111807 - 11/09/13 07:39 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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maggotz said: haha it's insane how much money i would have right now if i had kept all those coins.
there was one guy on here who used to mine a shitload of bitcoins with some 9 PC rig, he must be absolutely rolling in cash now. his name was diecommie or something. he was mining shitloads back when btc was only like 5-10-15 per coin.
with the ammount of coins he had i seriously think he would having hundreds of thousands now, no joke
like he was way into bitcoins before even the first initial bubble, let alone the second one. and he mines them free, doesnt have to purchase them at a price and resell!
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Re: bitcoin [Re: deadwk]
#19111810 - 11/09/13 07:41 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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yeah, i still have some i remember paying 70 cents each. i've also lost a lot of coins in dead hard drives haha. and i rememer diecommie, dude must be rich now.
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@souldarity: 9 PC desktops was a lot then, but now they wouldn't mine much. He's probably sitting on a fat stack, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's under 200K total.
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Re: bitcoin [Re: maggotz]
#19111825 - 11/09/13 07:44 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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maggotz said: yeah, i still have some i remember paying 70 cents each. i've also lost a lot of coins in dead hard drives haha. and i rememer diecommie, dude must be rich now.
Pay to get that shit recovered.
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Re: bitcoin [Re: deadwk]
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thedeadwalkk said: It is a risky game, but so is stock marketing in general. IMO in the long term, bit coins value will always go up, despite crashes etc... Even if you buy them when they are $125 a piece, in the long term, you will gain profit.
It's all about waiting to sell at the right time.
What about litecoin?
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Re: bitcoin [Re: deadwk]
#19111834 - 11/09/13 07:46 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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eitherway he must be absolutely rolling in cash. it wasn't so much about how much he was mining with his rig, but for how long and how early on he was mining, when the bTC were really cheap. talking like more then %2000 increase in value.
remember the example i said, from just 2 months, with 10k initial @70 p/coin, its ridden up to ~350 now, which would mean a gain of like 40k if i sold at the peak.
he would have ridden up the first initial bubble and made a killing, then the second as well.
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Re: bitcoin [Re: deadwk]
#19111836 - 11/09/13 07:46 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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maggotz said: yeah, i still have some i remember paying 70 cents each. i've also lost a lot of coins in dead hard drives haha. and i rememer diecommie, dude must be rich now.
Pay to get that shit recovered.
well, those drives are there so eventually it will be worth it, it seems.
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Soulidarity said: eitherway he must be absolutely rolling in cash. it wasn't so much about how much he was mining with his rig, but for how long and how early on he was mining, when the bTC were really cheap. talking like more then %2000 increase in value.
remember the example i said, from just 2 months, with 10k initial @70 p/coin, its ridden up to ~350 now, which would mean a gain of like 40k if i sold at the peak.
he would have ridden up the first initial bubble and made a killing, then the second as well.
Ah okay that's very true, but don't forget the difficulty to mine goes up, which makes your hardware more obsolete as time goes on. Yea he's probably rolling in cash now thats for sure.
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Da2ra said: What about litecoin?
Litecoin is a joke IMO, it offers nothing up to the table that bitcoin doesn't already offer. Bitcoin has more support for it, and more popularity so it's the go to. LTC is also more easily controlled by people on a smaller scale then bitcoin simply because LTC user base is smaller.
Granted, if you don't have ASIC miners, then a trick I've heard people do is mine LTC, convert to BTC.
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maggotz said: haha it's insane how much money i would have right now if i had kept all those coins.
there was one guy on here who used to mine a shitload of bitcoins with some 9 PC rig, he must be absolutely rolling in cash now. his name was diecommie or something. he was mining shitloads back when btc was only like 5-10-15 per coin.
with the ammount of coins he had i seriously think he would having hundreds of thousands now, no joke
like he was way into bitcoins before even the first initial bubble, let alone the second one. and he mines them free, doesnt have to purchase them at a price and resell!
Yeah he made a few posts again within the last little while. I asked him if he was a millionaire now and he said not quite but he had done pretty well.
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