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How to buy a coin? [closed]

I simply don't know how to buy a bitcoin, I made my account and everything but I don't find the place to put my credit card details and purchase a bit coin or more.
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How can I get bitcoins in Canada?

I want to exchange my Canadian dollars for Bitcoins. How can this be done? If it helps I have some American cash.
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How to use Bitcoin Wallet with MtGox?

I downloaded the Bitcoin Wallet from bitcoin.org; it's on my PC with a $0 balance. I want to purchase some bitcoins with dollars on MtGox, but how do I make it such that my purchase shows up in my ...
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Where can I trade BTC/USD with small transaction fee?

No need for leveraged account. I just want to trade with real money. The Mt. Gox transaction fee is 0.60%. I wonder if there is a place with a lower transaction fee?
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Bitcoin: What effect his economic? [closed]

I am trying to understand what effect the Bitcoin price? I understand that as more people will recognize it, buy it and use it, his price will rise. I am asking more economic question as I am ...
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How can I send a bank wire from X to buy bitcoins?

I want to have some bitcoin too, but I am currently living in Morocco, so where can I change my Dollars and Euros to bitcoins and still can use them worldwide? is there a market for that
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VirCurEx - Balance vs Available Balance

So I have a VirCurEx account and I moved 1.5 BitCoins over to it... After the transaction was complete (like a day ago) I was checking and the website said "Balance - 1.5" which is correct but then ...
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Where can the private key from a bitaddress.org paper wallet be redeemed?

I recently got started by creating a single wallet using bitaddress.org. This contains the public bitcoin address and the private key in the wallet import format. I now have some coins in there, but ...
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Buying Bitcoins in INR? [duplicate]

Can anyone please explain how a person can buy bitcoins in rupees (INR). Apart from localbitcoins , is there any secure and easy way to do a transaction . Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.
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What is the most common use of Bitcoin?

I'm a total newbie here, and I've read a bit on Bitcoin. I get that it's a cryptographic currency, and that it can't be directly "cashed", etc. I'm interested in the common purchase using Bitcoin - ...
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How do I buy bitcoins with South African Rands?

I have South African Rands that I would like to purchase bitcoins with. No Websites I know of accept Rands (ZAR). How do I get around this?
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coinbase.com buying queue

I am trying to buy bitcoins, and I have just recently got my bank account verfied on coinbase.com, and I am trying to buy bitcoins. When browsing the buy page, I got the following message ...
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Could Bitcoin be a Ponzi scheme? [closed]

There are some valid points in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UKC7iaBKvs How come there were 6 million BTCs already in existence when the project started? Who owns them? That's now the ...
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Buy Bitcoin in the UK [duplicate]

Where can I buy Bitcoin in the UK? Preferably at Gox prices? I have tried at bitcoin.info and on Gox. I'd prefer not to go through a local sale. Thanks
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Bitinstant order was processed, but is not showing in blockchain - did I screw up? [closed]

Did I do something wrong? Here's the output from the order status page: Quote ID a086c30f-04a2-491c-b616-88655077ea68 Event ID 8db863ac-c880-45ae-b96e-ed8ece6e1021 Fees (inclusive) 3.99%% ...
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How can I buy Bitcoins in the UK now that Blockchain.info has suspended its deposits?

After blockchain.info suspended Pingit, I have no real alternative to buying BitCoins - My GPU is not good enough to mine Bitcoins, but I'd like to have a few or may millibits in my wallet for ...
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What large and well known companies directly sell BTC?

At one point TangibleCryptography offered direct sales of Bitcoins in exchange to USD wire transfer, at competitive rates. Is there a list of active trusted companies that offer this service?
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Can I buy bitcoins with moneygram in Australia?

I notice you can do it like this in the U.S http://vimeo.com/44849463 but is the same method possible in Australia? We do have moneygram at 7-11's here.
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Can I buy Bitcoins in Romania and if yes, where?

I'm new here and I saw one can buy them e.g. in Germany at bitcoin.de via an online transaction, by paying Euros. Is the same possible in Romania (do you need a €-bank account for that?) and if so, is ...
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How do I transfer bitcoins into a United Kingdom bank account?

Does anyone know the best way to change bitcoins into pounds (GBP), then do a bank transfer or paypal transfer? I've found some, but they take a week.
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Is it acceptable / encouraged to ask for ID and keep a photocopy for Bitcoin OTC transactions?

Suppose a business wants to get into the Bitcoin OTC business... they will need to comply with AML laws. It is acceptable / encouraged for such a business to ask for Photo ID and keep a photocopy ...
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I am going to buy bitcoins for the firstime from a seller on localbitcoins. Please guide

I am going to buy bitcoins for the first time from a seller on localbitcoins. He says that funds can be transferred through Internet Banking. He seems to have good feedback, 9+reviews but I am kind of ...
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Are the links at the “Bonus Programs” bitcoin.it trustworthy?

I have been looking for bonus programs to get some bitcoins by completing surveys or similar things, but when looking at the WoT scorecard I see that people complain that they do not make any payment, ...
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Buy bitcoins using google checkout

I want to buy a small amount of bitcoins using google checkout. Any service provider ? Thanks
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Are there any canadian institutions backing bitcoin?

I'd love to know if there are.
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Ways to buy bitcoin (I'm in the US) [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do you obtain bitcoins? I just want a straightforward answer, I read a few answers but the explanations are convoluted. Where can I buy bitcoins online? Is there a ...
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How Does trading on the Exchanges Work?

Pardon my Ignorance but can somebody explain the basics Of how trading (Bid Buy/Bid Sell) works of the common exchanges www.mtgox.com www.btc-e.com Aslo some of the common ways people or ...
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Which is the easiest way to buy Bitcoins? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do you obtain bitcoins? I would like to buy bitcoins easily with my paypal account or credit card. Every website I've visited is really difficult to buy bitcoins. ...
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Is quickbitcoins.net reputable?

Mailed in cash with postal envelope. Website started acknowledging receipt via postal delivery 3 weeks since. Blockchain within 3 hours of "caught up". Yet no bitcoins. Is it a scam? Cash amount was ...
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Who accepts Moneybookers/NETELLER?

Because I don't have any rep. and the chargeback issue, no one will buy my Moneybookers(USD) or NETELLER(USD). Is there an exchange that will?
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What laws apply to selling / buying bitcoins for USD in California?

Please help me identify any laws that would be potential blockers to selling and buying bitcoins in person.
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Is there an easy way to purchase Bitcoins?

I decided to check out bitcoin 3 weeks ago. And I have yet to buy my first bitcoin. It took a week to get a Dwolla account. Now when I go to MtGox to buy I find I need to go through even more hoops. I ...
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Where can I buy bitcoins from Ireland without photo ID?

My available methods of payment would be laser(Ireland debit card scheme), mastercard, visa or a bank transfer. I'm a beginner user in Ireland. I'd also prefer not to have to verify my account with a ...
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What's a good resource explaining the best ways to buy Bitcoin (noob friendly)?

We have a slew of questions about specific regions ... but I couldn't find a general, concise, good resource on how to buy Bitcoins. This article offers too many choices and isn't noob friendly. I ...
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How can people in Indonesia use Bitcoins?

Dwolla does not accept me. So what's the alternative? How can I for example, withdraw money to rupiah or dollar account in US.
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BitInstant - A 7-11 near me accepts payments for Bitcoin, but accepts debit only?

A 7-11 near me accepts payments for Bitcoin through BitInstant, but accepts debit only. Can I pay in cash? 7-ELEVEN VCOM - #23879 - Accepts Debit only 1496 N MILPITAS BLVD MILPITAS 4089421711 ...
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Why is Bitcoin so susceptible to credit card fraud?

I understand that you can't buy Bitcoins with a credit card due to massive fraud problems involving chargebacks. Why is Bitcoin more susceptible to this then the thousands of other businesses that ...
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BitInstant - How do I trade my plain cash for Bitcoin at CVS, 7-11, Walmart

On the BitInstant site, it says that I can trade in my paper money at places like CVS, 7-11 and Walmart and get bitcoins sent to me in the next 30 minutes. Can some explain how this works and what I ...
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I sent money to a bitcoin wallet from Blizzcoin and there's nothing there?

Using blizzcoin.com I sent bitcoins to the address I have for the bitcoin wallet client, and it took forever to sync the blocks. Once it had finished I was expecting to see the money there, but saw ...
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Easiest way to buy Bitcoin from Montreal/Canada

Apart bank wire is there a fastest/cheapest way to buy Bitcoin? I checked the map with the live seller but there is none in Montreal. Thank's.
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Who made the weusecoins intro video?

I really like the weusecoins.com introduction video. Who made the video? It explains very clearly what bitcoins are, how it is different from other money, and how you can buy and sell bitcoins. They ...
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How can I buy Bitcoins with Australian Dollars?

Please! I just want to get them! How hard does it have to be? I've spent some 5 hours today trying to figure it out. I am in Australia.
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Automating service with income from VISA and expenses in Bitcoins

Open-org.com is building an online service, which will have income coming from VISA cards, and will pay expenses in Bitcoins. We expect to make something like 100 transactions per day from credit ...