If you buy a ton of Bitcoin you'll wanna wait for more confirmations. Anything under $100 you can reasonably just wait for 1 or 2 confirmations (10 to 20 minute

If you buy a ton of Bitcoin you'll wanna wait for more confirmations. Anything under $100 you can reasonably just wait for 1 or 2 confirmations (10 to 20 minutes). All about managing risk. Or you could buy from a Bitcoin "ATM" there's probably one close by if you're in a decent sized city. Otherwise you pretty much have to deal with an exchange or find an escrow service that will facilitate the transaction or something.