Getting Started With Bitcoin

Bitcoin 101 Section

What is Bitcoin?
What is bitcoin? Bitcoin is a form of digital currency, created and held electronically. No one controls it. Bitcoins aren’t printed, like dollars or euros;...
Fri, 27 Dec, 2013 at 10:08 PM
Why use Bitcoin?
Bitcoin is a relatively new form of currency that is just beginning to hit the mainstream, but many people still don’t understand why they should make the e...
Sat, 28 Dec, 2013 at 3:31 PM
How can I buy bitcoins?
Now you’ve realized bitcoin is the way of the future, the next step is to get some bitcoins. But how? This guide will help you. You can buy bitcoins...
Sat, 28 Dec, 2013 at 4:00 PM
How to store your bitcoins
Bitcoin wallets store the private keys that you need to access a bitcoin address and spend your funds. They come in different forms, designed for different ...
Sat, 28 Dec, 2013 at 4:06 PM
What can you buy with bitcoins?
More merchants are beginning to accept bitcoins in exchange for goods and services, although the best place to find these merchants are marketplaces and agg...
Sat, 28 Dec, 2013 at 4:19 PM
Is Bitcoin legal?
Bitcoin is of interest to law enforcement, tax authorities, and legal regulators, all of which are trying to understand how it fits into existing frameworks...
Sat, 28 Dec, 2013 at 4:23 PM
How do bitcoin transactions work?
Bitcoin transactions are sent from and to electronic bitcoin wallets, and are digitally signed for security. Everyone on the network knows about a transacti...
Sat, 28 Dec, 2013 at 4:28 PM
How bitcoin mining works
In traditional fiat money systems, governments simply print more money when they need to. But in bitcoin, money isn’t printed at all – it is discovered. Com...
Sat, 28 Dec, 2013 at 4:30 PM
How to set up a bitcoin miner
There are three main categories of bitcoin mining hardware, each more expensive and more powerful than the last. This guide to setting up a bitcoin miner ex...
Sat, 28 Dec, 2013 at 4:33 PM
Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?
No one knows who Satoshi Nakamoto was – or at least, if they do, they’re not saying. Whoever he is, he stopped working on the project around the end of 2010...
Sat, 28 Dec, 2013 at 4:36 PM