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Ask HN: Best Place to Buy Bitcoin (today)?
I realize that a few bitcoin exchanges (Coinbase, localbitcoins, etc.) have been struggling to keep up with demand recently. I wonder if these are having issues because they are the main places people go to buy bitcoin? Perhaps knowing of other places would help alleviate the stress?
- ryanmonroe 9y agoJust use GDAX. No fees if you use limit orders.
- companyhen 9y agoGemini.com is my favorite, but GDAX works too.
- dhruvkar 9y agogemini is down (again). i like the interface, but it's been buggy.
- vinchuco 9y agoMt. Gox
- flignats 9y agoThere's no issue purchasing from Coinbase, transactions are instant.
- flignats 9y agoaaand then there were issues!
- jurgenwerk 9y agoBitstamp.
- ya3ad 9y agoBitstamp is only good for those who are in Europe.
- djellybeans 9y agoGDAX for me. Quicker than Coinbase and lower fees.
- ajr0 9y agolooking at GDAX (my first view of it) it looks like the organization that owns GDAX's SSL cert is coinbase, are they not a subsidiary?
- crypticlizard 9y agogdax owns coinbase AFAIK
- throwaway413 9y agoGDAX is just the Coinbase exchange front-end, operated by Coinbase. It used to just be called “Coinbase Exchange” before they changed to a more generalized “GDAX” in May 2016.
- ahamedirshad123 9y agoOnly for US?
- js4 9y agoIf you use SFOX.com you can buy on whichever exchange has the best price.
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- ahamedirshad123 9y agoWhy do they need Aadhar(Indian Identity Number) for buying bitcoin in some of the apps like Zepay?
- muzani 9y agoLuno for me. Smooth interface, low fees, very easy to trade, and they saved my butt twice when I accidentally put in the wrong price on the exchange.
- SirLJ 9y agoThe bigger issue is where you are going to be protected by the government in event of hacking, owners disappear with the money, etc... (presumably you are not keeping your wallet locally tattooed to your left...)
- bsvalley 9y agoGemini = fast and cheap Coinbase = joke, expensive, slow and zero customer service. Open gemini.com and coinbase.com and compare the current BTC price. You'll see the spread they make on coinbase... and we're not even talking about transaction fee
- chrisked 9y agoCoinbase or GDAX from Coinbase if you want lower fees.