Getting Started with Bitcoin
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There are a lot of things you can buy with Bitcoin. At this stage, it can be difficult (though not impossible) to locate merchants that accept Bitcoin in physical stores. However, you’ll still be able to find websites that accept it or allow you to purchase gift cards with it for other services.
Just to name a few, some of the things you can buy with Bitcoin are:
Airplane tickets
Hotel rooms
Real estate
Food & drink
Clothing
Gift cards
Online subscriptions
You can spend your Bitcoin at a growing number of places! Let’s go through a few of them.
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Spendabit is a search engine for products that you can buy with Bitcoin. Just search for what you’d like to buy and get a list of merchants who you can buy it from with Bitcoin.
Search for all the cryptocurrency merchants and ATMs around your area. If you’re eager to spend your Bitcoin and just looking for a place to spend it, this might be an ideal choice for you.
It is virtually impossible to erase data from the blockchain after it has been added. Because of this, once a transaction is made, it cannot be reversed. Double and triple-check the address you're sending your money to before submitting it.
There are many options to store coins, each with their own strengths and weaknesses.
Using a custodial solution means that the user doesn't actually have the coins in their possession, but instead relies on a third party to safeguard them. Logging into the platform of a third party is required in order to conduct transactions. Trades on exchanges like Binance and Coinbase are more efficient because of this methodology.
To trade or lend your coins, Centralized Exchanges are a convenient place to store your money.
Instead, non-custodial methods give users back authority over their money. With this method, you'll need a wallet to keep track of your money. To put it another way, a wallet doesn't actually keep your coins; rather, it holds cryptographic keys that unlock them. In this case, you have two choices:
A "hot wallet" is a piece of software that has an Internet connection. To transfer and receive bitcoin, you'll most likely use a mobile or desktop application. Trust Wallet is a simple-to-use mobile wallet that supports a wide variety of cryptocurrencies. Paying using a hot wallet may be more convenient, but it also puts you at more risk of attack.
Cold Wallets
Cold wallets are a term used to describe cryptocurrency wallets that are not connected to the internet. Because there is no online attack vector, they are less vulnerable, but as a result, the user experience is clunkier. There are various types of electronic wallets, including hardware wallets and paper wallets.
Because there’s no bank involved, you’re responsible for keeping your coins secure. Some prefer to store them on , while others take custody with a variety of . If you use a wallet, it’s crucial that you write down your seed phrase so that you can restore it.
For an example of how you could theoretically reverse a transaction, see
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