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Coinbase.com is by far the easiest to simply buy or use Bitcoin if you have a US bank account (and it is a YC company). Unlike MtGox.com (originally the most po

Coinbase.com is by far the easiest to simply buy or use Bitcoin if you have a US bank account (and it is a YC company). Unlike MtGox.com (originally the most popular) the site is fast, stable, well designed, and can connect directly with your US bank account. They've also got a set of merchant tools and APIs. The only downside is that it's not a real time trading platform / you wouldn't want to do day trading of BTC on it. This link will give us both $5 in BTC if you buy 1 BTC. https://coinbase.com/?r=4fedfb2d6cbd3b0003000845&utm_campaign=user-referral&src=referral-link https://coinbase.com/?r=4fedfb2d6cbd3b0003000845&utm_campaig...

zachlatta 13y ago
Coinbase is nice, but dealing with their support is not a fun experience at all. For about a month they held about $2000 of my funds due to one of my purchases being marked as high-risk. Support took anywhere from three to five business days to respond to each email. I eventually got my money back after threatening with legal action. Would not do business with them again.
hoers 13y ago
good move
epaga 13y ago
In case you are European, I can highly recommend bitcoin.de for hassle-free, legit buying and selling of Bitcoin. Similar to Coinbase, they're less a day-trading platform and more a place to buy and sell Bitcoin within a few days. They have a partnership with a "real" German bank (Fidor) which makes them highly unlikely to have regulation issues any time soon. https://www.bitcoin.de/ https://www.bitcoin.de/
- epaga 13y ago
  Interesting, a mod removed my referral URL (which I disclosed as being a referral URL). I'm absolutely fine with that, just wondering what the rules are re: referral URLs since other comments seem to be posting them without issues...
- antocv 13y ago
  Doesnt work for Sweden. Too much hassle to be greeted with "your bank doesnt support some lettercombination"
  - melpomene 13y ago
    I wrote a list of Swedish resellers: http://blog.kejsarmakten.se/all/personal/2013/09/09/bitcoin-i-sverige.html http://blog.kejsarmakten.se/all/personal/2013/09/09/bitcoin-...
- hackerboos 13y ago
  Excluding the UK. It's still expensive to send money from the UK to another EU country.
esusatyo 13y ago
Does anyone have any idea how to buy BTC if you're in Australia?
- foley 13y ago
  http://coinjar.io/ http://coinjar.io/ I have had no issues with them, was about 48 hours after signing up to get my first Bitcoins. Supports 24 hour bank transfers or 1 hour cash deposits if you need them fast.

zachlatta 13y ago

Coinbase is nice, but dealing with their support is not a fun experience at all. For about a month they held about $2000 of my funds due to one of my purchases being marked as high-risk. Support took anywhere from three to five business days to respond to each email. I eventually got my money back after threatening with legal action. Would not do business with them again.

hoers 13y ago

good move

epaga 13y ago

In case you are European, I can highly recommend bitcoin.de for hassle-free, legit buying and selling of Bitcoin. Similar to Coinbase, they're less a day-trading platform and more a place to buy and sell Bitcoin within a few days. They have a partnership with a "real" German bank (Fidor) which makes them highly unlikely to have regulation issues any time soon. https://www.bitcoin.de/ https://www.bitcoin.de/

epaga 13y ago
Interesting, a mod removed my referral URL (which I disclosed as being a referral URL). I'm absolutely fine with that, just wondering what the rules are re: referral URLs since other comments seem to be posting them without issues...
antocv 13y ago
Doesnt work for Sweden. Too much hassle to be greeted with "your bank doesnt support some lettercombination"
- melpomene 13y ago
  I wrote a list of Swedish resellers: http://blog.kejsarmakten.se/all/personal/2013/09/09/bitcoin-i-sverige.html http://blog.kejsarmakten.se/all/personal/2013/09/09/bitcoin-...
hackerboos 13y ago
Excluding the UK. It's still expensive to send money from the UK to another EU country.

esusatyo 13y ago

Does anyone have any idea how to buy BTC if you're in Australia?

foley 13y ago
http://coinjar.io/ http://coinjar.io/ I have had no issues with them, was about 48 hours after signing up to get my first Bitcoins. Supports 24 hour bank transfers or 1 hour cash deposits if you need them fast.