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Buying bitcoins

2012-04-17T11:38:24Z

Davout: /* Major Exchanges */

There are various methods available for buying bitcoins.

Warning: Please be careful with your money. When sending money to an exchange or seller you are trusting that the operator will not abscond with your funds and that the operator maintains secure systems that protect against theft -- internal or external. It is recommended that you obtain the real-world identity of the operator and ensure that sufficient recourse is available. Exchanging or storing significant amounts of funds with exchanges is not recommended.

==Major Exchanges==

The least expensive methods for buying bitcoins involve transferring funds using a bank wire, ACH, bank transfer (ACH, EUR / SEPA).

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Exchange || Type || Adding Funds || Withdrawing Funds || [[eWallet]] || Notes
|-
| [[MtGox]] || Market || BTC BTC (Redeemable code) USD ([[Dwolla]]) USD (International bank wire) USD (Wire to [[AurumXChange Company|AurumXChange]]) AUD (Bank wire) GBP (Bank wire) USD (Redeemable code) Liberty Reserve USD || BTC BTC (Redeemable code) USD ([[Dwolla]]) USD (Wire via [[AurumXChange Company|AurumXChange]]) AUD (Bank wire) USD (Redeemable code) Liberty Reserve USD (via AurumXChange) || {{Table Value Yes}} || Oldest running exchange. Higest daily volume. Respecting AML laws, Restrictions and limits on withdrawals.
|-
| [[Britcoin]] & [[Intersango]] || Market || BTC GBP (bank deposit) USD ([[Dwolla]]) EUR (SEPA bank wire) PLN (Bank Wire) || BTC GBP (bank transfer) USD ([[Dwolla]]) EUR (SEPA bank wire) PLN (Bank Wire) || {{Table Value Yes}} || Operated by the [https://bitcoinconsultancy.com/ BitcoinConsultancy] [https://intersango.com Intersango] is a completely custom trading platform built from the ground up with security, scalability and extensibility in mind. [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=43745.0 More Information] Boasts an [https://bitcoinconsultancy.com/wiki/index.php/Intersango/API ever expanding API]
|-
| [[VirWoX]] || Market || BTC SLL (Second Life) ACD (Avination) OMC (OpenSim) USD,EUR,GBP,CHF ([[PayPal]]) USD,EUR,GBP (Credit & Debit cards via [[Moneybookers]]) USD,EUR,GBP ([[NETELLER]]) EUR (DIRECTebanking / Sofortüberweisung) USD,EUR,GBP,CHF ([[paysafecard]]) EUR (SEPA bank transfer) || BTC SLL (Second Life) ACD (Avination) OMC (OpenSim) USD,EUR,GBP,CHF ([[PayPal]]) USD,EUR,GBP ([[Moneybookers]]) USD,EUR,GBP ([[NETELLER]]) EUR (SEPA bank transfer) || {{Table Value Yes}} || Trading through Second Life Linden Dollars. Variable limits on PayPal and Credit Card deposits.
|-
| [[BTC-E]] || Market || BTC USD ([[Liberty Reserve]]) USD (Interkassa) || BTC USD (Webmoney) || {{Table Value Yes}} || Language: Russian. Interkassa can be funded from Webmoney and many other methods.
|-
| [[VirtEx]] || Market || BTC CAD (online bill pay) CAD (cash at TDBank) || BTC CAD (direct deposit) || {{Table Value Yes}} ||
|-
| [[Camp BX]] (CBX) || Market || BTC USD (Check / ACH Direct Deposit) USPS Postal Money Order USD ([[Dwolla]]) USD Bill Pay Walmart MoneyGram || BTC USD (Check / ACH Direct Deposit) USPS Postal Money Order USD ([[Dwolla]]) USD (Domestic bank wire) USD (International bank wire) || {{Table Value Yes}} || <ul> <li> Security certification from McAfee</li><li> Advanced trading options with AON/FOK/Market</li> <li>STOPLOSS and Short-Selling in Pipeline</li><li> Trading API available</li><li> Wallet API available </li><li> CBX Instant Bitcoin Transfers Feature </li><li> Stoploss / Custom Order Expiry Date/Time </li><li> SMS (Text Message) Notifications </li> <li> Two-Factor Authentication </li> <li> Based in USA - Atlanta </li> </ul>
|-
| [[Mercado Bitcoin]] || Market || BTC BRL (Bank transfer) BRL (Bank transfer - MoIP) Liberty Reserve USD || BTC BRL (Bank transfer - MoIP) || {{Table Value Yes}} || Language: Portugese
|-
| [[Bitcoin-Central]] || Market || BTC EUR (SEPA) Liberty Reserve USD Liberty Reserve EUR PGAU [[Pecunix]] Gold || BTC EUR (SEPA) Liberty Reserve USD Liberty Reserve EUR [[Pecunix]] Gold || {{Table Value Yes}} || [https://github.com/davout/bitcoin-central Open-source], community reviewed platform Available in French and English languages
|-
| [[HelloBitcoin]] || Market || BTC USD (Dwolla) USD (Bank wire) USD (Check) || BTC USD (Check) USD (Bank wire) USD (ACH) || {{Table Value Yes}} || Offers margin trading and shorting.
|-
| [[Brasil Bitcoin Market]] || Market || BTC BRL (Bank transfer - MoIP) || BTC BRL (Bank transfer - MoIP) || {{Table Value Yes}} || Language: Portugese
|-
| [[Australian Bitcoin Exchange]] || Market || BTC AUD (Electronic funds deposit) AUD (Mtgox Redeemable code) || BTC AUD (Electronic funds transfer) || {{Table Value Yes}} ||
|-
| [[BitStamp]] || Market || BTC BTC (Redeemable code) EUR (SEPA transfer) USD (Intl wire) USD (Redeemable code) CHF || BTC BTC (Redeemable code) EUR (SEPA transfer) USD (Intl wire) USD (Redeemable code) CHF || {{Table Value Yes}} || EUR and CHF deposits converted to/from USD for trading
|-
| [[Rock Currency Exchange]] || Market || BTC EUR (SEPA transfer) SLL (Second Life) USD (Dwolla) || BTC EUR (SEPA transfer) SLL (Second Life) USD (Dwolla) || {{Table Value Yes}} ||
|-
| [[CryptoXchange]] || Market || BTC NMC LTC USD AUD (Bank Transfer) GBP || BTC NMC LTC USD AUD (Bank Transfer) GBP || {{Table Value Yes}} || <ul> <li> Buy Gold,Silver,Palladium and Casascius physical bitcoins plus other items in the store.</li> <li> Affiliate program.</li> <li> Mining Pool integration program.</li> <li> Bitcoin, Namecoin and Litecoin </li> <li>Multiple Authentication Levels</li> <li> API </li> <li> Free Yubikey's to High Volume Traders </li> <li> An Australian Owned and Operated Registered Company.</li> <li>
Inquiries: contact@cryptoxchanger.com or Phone: +61280050602 </li> </ul>
|-
| [[WM-Center]] || Exchanger || BTC USD (International bank wire, Western Unon, Moneygram, Xoom etc, cash) EUR (IBAN bank wire) RUB (bank wire, WU, Anelik and etc, cash) AUD (Bank wire) Liberty Reserve USD/EUR, Perfect Money USD/EUR, Pecunix, Paxum, c-gold, Hoopay, GDP || BTC USD (International bank wire, Western Unon, Moneygram, Xoom etc, cash) EUR (IBAN bank wire) RUB (bank wire, WU, Anelik and etc, cash) AUD (Bank wire) Liberty Reserve USD/EUR, Perfect Money USD/EUR, Pecunix, Paxum, c-gold, Hoopay, GDP PayPal USD/EUR, Moneybookers, Neteller || {{Table Value No}} || 24/7/365 support in english, spanish and russian!
|-
| [[bitNZ]] || Market || BTC NZD (Domestic bank transfer) || BTC NZD (Domestic bank transfer) || {{Table Value Yes}} ||
|-
| [[Bitfloor]] || Market || BTC USD (Dwolla) USD (Mt. Gox Redeemable Code) || BTC USD (Dwolla) || {{Table Value Yes}} ||
|}

==Fixed Rate Exchanges & Others==

For smaller amounts, the options are limited due to bank transfer fees, conversion fees and transaction size restrictions. Options include:

{| class="wikitable"
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| Service || Type || Payment Method || Notes
|-
| [https://bitinstant.com BitInstant.com] || Market Rate || USD (Cash Deposit) USD (Dwolla) USD (Liberty Reserve) || Deposit cash at 700,000 locations around the world and have your Bitcoins within 30 minutes. Absolute fastest and easiest way to buy Bitcoins.
|-
| [[Bitcoin Nordic]] || Fixed Rate || DKK (Credit Card) EUR (SEPA and wire transfer) USD/EUR/DKK (Cash or check) || Get Bitcoins within '''one minute''' when paying with Scandinavian credit cards.
|-
| [https://blockchain.info/wallet/sms-phone-deposits Blockchain.info] || Fixed Rate || USD, AUD, CAD, JPY, EUR, CHF, GBP, PLN, CZK, RON, RUB, SEK, NOK, DKK || Purchased using SMS or premium phone call from a mobile.
|-
| [http://au.spendbitcoins.com au.spendbitcoins.com] || Fixed Rate || AUD || cash deposit at NAB
|-
| [http://buybitcoin.com BuyBitcoin] || Market || USD (Cash) USD (Western Union) USD (PayPal) USD (Credit Card) USD (Dwolla) USD (Cash deposit) USD (Bank wire) USD (Cash in the mail) USD (Money Order) USD (Cashier's Check/Certified Check) USD (Traveler's Check) USD (Prepaid Debit Card) || Instant Bitcoin delivery over the phone. Public office address: 290 5th Ave, 5th floor, New York, NY 10001 Telephone or SMS text message 24 hours: +1 646-580-0044
|-
| [[bitcoin.de]] || Market || EUR (bank wire) EUR (SEPA bank transfer) EUR (Liberty Reserve) EUR (MoneyBookers) || Varies (person to person) 0.01 free Bitcoins for every new user eWallet Affiliate program Language: German, Englisch News
|-
| [[BitcoinMarket24]] || Fixed Rate || EUR (SEPA bank transfer) || Instant Bitcoin purchases via SEPA. No registration needed!
|-
| [[Blizzcoin]] || Fixed Rate || EUR (SEPA bank transfer) || Buy Bitcoins within minutes. Instant exchange. No registration.
|-
| [[Bitcoin Market]] || Market || USD (Liberty Reserve) USD (MoneyBookers) GAU (Pecunix) || Varies (person to person)
|-
| [[BitMarket.eu]] || Market || EUR (Euro) GBP (British Sterling Pound) USD (U.S. Dollar) PLN (Polish złoty) AUD (Australian Dollar) CAD (Canadian Dollar) ZAR (South African Rand) ILS (Israeli Shekel) CHF (Swiss Franc) RUB (Russian Ruble) || Varies (person to person)
|-
| [[Bitcoiny.cz]] || Market || CZK || Varies (person to person)
|-
| [[BTCX.se]] || Fixed Rate || SEK || Transfer to and banks in Sweden.
|-
| [[Bit]] / BTC China || Market || n/a || n/a
|-
| [[Bitfunnel]] || Credit Card payment exchange/brokering services || Varies (person to person)
|-
| [[bitcoin-otc|#bitcoin-otc]] || [http://bitcoin-otc.com/vieworderbook.php Order Book] || Varies (person to person) || IRC trading marketplace will usually have people willing to deal for small and larger amounts using various payment methods, including [[PayPal]], [[Dwolla]], [[Linden Dollars]], etc.
|-
| [[Canadian Bitcoins]] || Fixed Rate || CAD (TD Personal Pay) Cash / XpressPost or Dropoff Western Union || For dropoff, office in Ottawa.
|-
| [[Lilion Transfer]] || Fixed Rate || Bank Transfer: USD, AUD, CAD, JPY, EUR, CHF, GBP, PLN, CZK, RON, RUB, SEK, NOK, DKK Liberty Reserve Perfect Money Monetto OK Pay Cosmic Pay Pecunix C-Gold E-Pay Payments PayPal|| 122 accounts worldwide. Support in 30 languages
|-
| [[Nanaimo Gold]] || Fixed Rate || USD (Liberty Reserve) Western Union money transfer Moneygram money transfer Cash in the mail || LR <--> Bitcoin exchange is automated For cash in the mail send USD, EUR, CAD, or GBP. Canada mailing address.
|-
| [[Bitcoin Argentina]] || Fixed Rate || Cash: ARS, BRL, USD Bank transfer: ARS || No exchange fees!
|-
| [[Bitcoin.com.es]] || Fixed Rate || EUR (bank deposit) || Bank transfer or cash deposits at OpenBank in Spain.
|-
| [[Bahtcoin]] || Fixed Rate || Cash, Webmoney Liberty Reserve USD || Will cash out to Thai mobile and gaming prepaid cards as well.
|-
| [[DialCoin]] || Fixed Rate || EUR || Purchased using SMS. Charges made to mobile carrier.
|-
| [[Bitcoin Brasil]] || Fixed Rate || BRL (Brazilian Real) USD || Cash exchange
|-
| [[BitPiggy]] || Fixed Rate || AUD (Australian Dollar)|| Payment via bank transfer.
|-
| [[GetBitcoin]] || Fixed Rate || USD (Dwolla) USD (Cash deposit) USD (Bank wire) USD (Cash in the mail) USD (Money Order) USD (Cashier's Check/Certified Check) USD (Western Union) USD (Traveler's Check) USD (Prepaid Debit Card) || For cash in mail, send USD. U.S. mailing address.
|-
| [[bitcoin.local]] || Directory || Varies (person to person) ||
|-
| [[bcchanger.com]] || Directory || Enables person to person purchases and sales via PayPal, MoneyBookers and other e-currency platforms ||
|-
| [[SimpleCoin]] || Fixed Rate || USD|| Payment via credit or debit card.
|-
| [[YouTipIt]] || Fixed Rate || USD EUR GBP || Purchase bitcoins to add to your balance with YouTipIt using credit card through ClickAndBuy.
|-
| [[Ubitex]] || In person exchange || Varies (person to person) ||
|-
| [[anonXchange]] || Fixed Rate || EUR GBP || Liberty Reserve, Paysafecard and Ukash to Bitcoin
|-
| [[Bitcoil]] || Fixed Rate || ILS (bank transfer) ||
|-
|[[btcnow]] || Market || USD (OKPay, Dwolla) || bitcoins transferred instantly
|-
|[[Btc-Direct]] || Fixed Rate || Paid by phone or SMS USD EUR GBP || Purchase your Bitcoins using your mobile phone in two dozen countries.
|-
| [http://minibits.weebly.com/ MiniBits] || Fixed Rate || PayPal || Buy mini (micro) Bitcoins with PayPal.
|}

==Other Financial Services==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Service || Type || Payment || Settled || Notes
|-
| [https://Bitcoinica.com Bitcoinica] || BTC/USD Contract for Difference (CFD) trading || BTC, USD, EUR, GBP || BTC, USD || Leveraged trading from 2.5X and higher.
|-
| [http://polimedia.us/bitcoin/options.php Derivatives] || Buy / Sell / Exercise CALLs / PUTs, American style. 52 strikes offered (by .5), current month + 2. No shorting available yet.|| BTC || BTC || Transactions encoded via amt. Must use non-rounding client (0.3.24 or later)
|-
| [https://vircurex.com Vircurex] || Buy / Sell Options Loan / Borrow || BTC, NMC, LTC, DVC, GG, I0C, IXC, SC || BTC, NMC, LTC, DVC, GG, I0C, IXC, SC ||
|}

==Physical Bitcoins==

Physical Bitcoins are bearer tokens that have an embedded redeemable digital bitcoin value if torn open. While they are somewhat expensive if bought purely for the digital bitcoins, they are relatively easy to get, because they can be purchased with PayPal or credit card - payment methods not typically not accepted for pure digital bitcoin purchases.

{| class="wikitable"
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| Service || Type || Payment || Notes
|-
| [http://www.memorydealers.com Memory Dealers] || Casascius Physical Bitcoins || USD (PayPal/Credit Card) ||
|-
| [https://www.casascius.com Casascius.com] || Casascius Physical Bitcoins || BTC ||
|-
| [https://www.giftcoin.net/card Bitcoin Gift Card] || Bitcioin Gift Card Physical Bitcoin Issued By GiftCoin || BTC ||
|-
| [http://www.bitbills.com Bitbills] || Bitbills cards || BTC || Not taking orders as of Nov 2011.
|}

==See Also==

* [[:Category:Digital_currencies|Digital Currencies]]
* [[Selling bitcoins]]
* [[Secure Trading]]
* [[:Category:Local|Local]] exchanges

[[Category:Exchanges]]
[[Category:Introduction]]
[[zh-cn:购买bitcoins]]

Bitcoin-Central

2011-08-17T11:28:34Z

Davout:

'''Bitcoin-Central.net''' is a [[currency exchange]] that allows trading between bitcoins (BTC) and the [[Liberty Reserve]] currencies LRUSD and LREUR or EUR as well. To add EUR funds to the account, the exchange accepts Euro bank transfers.

==History==

* The site was launched<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=2519.0 Announcing bitcoin-central.net - trade USD and EUR for free!]</ref> on December 29, 2010.
* On January 3rd, 2011 it was announced<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=2585.0 Bitcoin Central going open source ! Open your own trading site for free !]</ref> that the source for Bitcoin Central will be released as a public open source project on February 1st, 2011.
* On January 28, 2011 it was announced<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=2519.msg42133#msg4213 Announcement of Transfer Feature]</ref> that transferring of funds from one account to another had become available.
* On March 30, 2011 service, which had been disrupted in the days prior, had been restored<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=4228.msg75858#msg75858 All funds at Bitcoin-Central.net frozen?]</ref>.
* On April 4, 2011 service was again reported as being disrupted, where deposits of bitcoins were not registering and also where funding transactions were not being allocated to accounts.
* On May 5, 2011 the operator described plans for improving service.<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=6965.msg108116#msg108116 bitcoin central update]</ref>.

==See Also==

* [[Buying bitcoins]]
* [[Selling bitcoins]]

==External Links==

* [https://bitcoin-central.net/ Bitcoin-Central.net]
* [http://github.com/davout/bitcoin-central Bitcoin-Central project on Github]

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Exchanges]]
[[Category:eWallets]]
[[Category:Free Software]]
[[Category:License/AGPL]]
[[Category:Open Source]]

Bitcoin Central

2011-08-17T11:22:18Z

Davout: moved Bitcoin Central to Bitcoin-Central: Added dash, referenced it with a dash from several different pages

#REDIRECT [[Bitcoin-Central]]

Bitcoin-Central

2011-08-17T11:22:18Z

Davout: moved Bitcoin Central to Bitcoin-Central: Added dash, referenced it with a dash from several different pages

'''Bitcoin-Central.net''' is a [[currency exchange]] that allows trading between bitcoins (BTC) and the [[Liberty Reserve]] currencies LRUSD and LREUR or EUR as well. To add EUR funds to the account, the exchange accepts Euro bank transfers.

An account holder has the ability to transfer LRUSD, LREUR or EUR to another account on Bitcoin Central at no charge.

==History==

* The site was launched<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=2519.0 Announcing bitcoin-central.net - trade USD and EUR for free!]</ref> on December 29, 2010.
* On January 3rd, 2011 it was announced<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=2585.0 Bitcoin Central going open source ! Open your own trading site for free !]</ref> that the source for Bitcoin Central will be released as a public open source project on February 1st, 2011.
* On January 28, 2011 it was announced<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=2519.msg42133#msg4213 Announcement of Transfer Feature]</ref> that transferring of funds from one account to another had become available.
* On March 30, 2011 service, which had been disrupted in the days prior, had been restored<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=4228.msg75858#msg75858 All funds at Bitcoin-Central.net frozen?]</ref>.
* On April 4, 2011 service was again reported as being disrupted, where deposits of bitcoins were not registering and also where funding transactions were not being allocated to accounts.
* On May 5, 2011 the operator described plans for improving service.<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=6965.msg108116#msg108116 bitcoin central update]</ref>.

==See Also==

* [[Buying bitcoins]]
* [[Selling bitcoins]]

==External Links==

* [https://bitcoin-central.net/ Bitcoin-Central.net]
* [http://github.com/davout/bitcoin-central Bitcoin-Central] project on GitHub

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Exchanges]]
[[Category:eWallets]]
[[Category:Free Software]]
[[Category:License/AGPL]]
[[Category:Open Source]]

Selling bitcoins

2011-08-17T10:30:05Z

Davout: Added Bitcoin-Central

==Major Exchanges==
The best rates for selling medium to large amounts of bitcoins generally when withdrawing from an exchange using a cash method such as a bank transfer (ACH, EUR/SEPA).

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Exchange || Type || Adding Funds || Withdrawing Funds || [[eWallet]] || Notes
|-
| [[MtGox]] || Market || BTC USD ([[Dwolla]]) USD (International bank wire) USD (Wire to [[AurumXChange Company|AurumXChange]]) EUR (SEPA bank transfer) AUD (Bank wire) GBP (Bank wire) Liberty Reserve USD || BTC USD ([[Dwolla]]) USD (Wire via [[AurumXChange Company|AurumXChange]]) USD (Check via [[Paxum]]) USD (ATM via [[Paxum]]) USD (wire via [[Paxum]]) EUR (SEPA bank transfer) AUD (Bank wire) Liberty Reserve USD Liberty Reserve USD (via AurumXChange) || {{Table Value Yes}} || Restrictions and limits on withdrawals.
|-
| [[Bitcoin-Central]] || Market || BTC EUR (SEPA) Liberty Reserve USD Liberty Reserve EUR Pecunix Gold || BTC EUR (SEPA) Liberty Reserve USD Liberty Reserve EUR Pecunix Gold) || {{Table Value Yes}} || [https://github.com/davout/bitcoin-central Open-source], community reviewed platform Available in French and English languages
|-
| [[Camp BX]] || Market || BTC USD (Dwolla) || BTC USD (Dwolla) || {{Table Value Yes}} || Atlanta - USA based, security certification from McAfee, provides advanced trading options with AON/FOK/Market, Short Selling coming soon, Trading API available; Dwolla only.
|-
| [[TradeHill]] || Market || BTC USD (Domestic bank wire) USD (International bank wire) USD (Check via [[Paxum]]) USD (wire via [[Paxum]]) EUR (SEPA bank transfer) EUR (via [[Paxum]] CAD (via [[Paxum]] CLP (Bank transfer) PEN (Bank transfer) INR (Bank transfer) AUD (Bank transfer) Liberty Reserve USD || BTC USD (Domestic bank wire) USD (International bank wire) USD (Direct deposit / ACH) USD (Check via [[Paxum]]) USD (ATM via [[Paxum]]) USD (Prepaid card via [[Paxum]]) EUR (SEPA bank transfer) EUR (via [[Paxum]] CAD (via [[Paxum]]) CLP (Bank transfer) INR (Bank transfer) AUD (Bank transfer) Liberty Reserve USD || {{Table Value Yes}} ||
|-
| [[Britcoin]] || Market || BTC GBP (bank deposit) || BTC GBP (bank deposit) || {{Table Value Yes}} ||
|-
| [[Intersango]] || Market || BTC EUR (SEPA bank deposit) || BTC EUR (SEPA bank transfer) || {{Table Value Yes}} ||
|-
| [[Intersango.us]] || Market || BTC USD (Dwolla) USD (Domestic bank wire) USD (ACH) || BTC USD (Dwolla) || {{Table Value Yes}} ||
|-
| [[ExchB]] || Market || BTC USD (Cash or check) USD (ING Person2Person) USD (Bank wire) USD (USPS Money Order by mail) || BTC USD (Check) USD (Bank wire) USD (ACH) || {{Table Value Yes}} || Cash or check deposits: Accepted at any Wells Fargo or Chase branch, or by mail.
|-
| [[HelloBitcoin]] || Market || BTC USD (Cwolla) USD (Bank wire) USD (Check) || BTC USD (Check) USD (Bank wire) USD (ACH) || {{Table Value Yes}} || Offers margin trading and shorting.
|-
| [[Bitcoin7]] || Market || BTC EUR (Bank transfer) USD (Domestic wire) USD (International wire) Liberty Reserve USD Liberty Reserve EUR BGN (Bank transfer) || BTC EUR (Bank transfer) USD (Dwolla) USD (Bank transfer) Liberty Reserve USD PLN (Bank transfer) SAR (Bank transfer) BGN (ePay) BGN (Bank transfer) || {{Table Value Yes}} || USD wire to Citibank. EUR transfers to/from FiBank.
|-
| [[VirtEx]] || Market || BTC CAD (Interac) CAD (online bill pay) CAD (cash at TDBank) || BTC CAD (Interac) CAD (direct deposit) CAD (Prepaid VISA) || {{Table Value Yes}} ||
|-
| [[Mercado Bitcoin]] || Market || BTC BRL (Bank transfer - MoIP ) || BTC BRL (Bank transfer - MoIP) || {{Table Value Yes}} || Language: Portugese
|-
| [[BTC-E]] || Market || BTC USD ([[Liberty Reserve]]) USD (Interkassa) || BTC USD (Webmoney) || {{Table Value Yes}} || Language: Russian. Interkassa can be funded from Webmoney and many other methods.
|-
| [[VirWoX]] || Market || BTC SLL (Second Life) ACD (Avination) OMC (OpenSim) USD,EUR,GBP,CHF ([[PayPal]]) USD,EUR,GBP (Credit & Debit cards via [[Moneybookers]]) USD,EUR,GBP ([[NETELLER]]) EUR (DIRECTebanking / Sofortüberweisung) USD,EUR,GBP,CHF ([[paysafecard]]) EUR (SEPA bank transfer) || BTC SLL (Second Life) ACD (Avination) OMC (OpenSim) USD,EUR,GBP,CHF ([[PayPal]]) USD,EUR,GBP ([[Moneybookers]]) USD,EUR,GBP ([[NETELLER]]) EUR (SEPA bank transfer) || {{Table Value Yes}} || Trading through Second Life Linden Dollars (highly liquid). Variable limits on PayPal and Credit Card deposits.
|-
| [[WM-Center]] || Exchanger || BTC USD (International bank wire, Western Unon, Moneygram, Xoom etc, cash) EUR (IBAN bank wire) RUB (bank wire, WU, Anelik and etc, cash) AUD (Bank wire) Liberty Reserve USD/EUR, Perfect Money USD/EUR, Pecunix, Paxum, c-gold, Hoopay, GDP || BTC USD (International bank wire, Western Unon, Moneygram, Xoom etc, cash) EUR (IBAN bank wire) RUB (bank wire, WU, Anelik and etc, cash) AUD (Bank wire) Liberty Reserve USD/EUR, Perfect Money USD/EUR, Pecunix, Paxum, c-gold, Hoopay, GDP PayPal USD/EUR, Moneybookers, Neteller || {{Table Value No}} || 24/7/365 support in english, spanish and russian!
|}

==Fixed Rate Exchanges & Others==

The following exchanges are either exchanges using a fixed rate based on other markets or are exchanges that enable you to redeem smaller amounts of bitcoins at reasonable rates:

* [[AutoMtGox]] Convert your bitcoins to US Dollars automatically.
* [[Bitcoin Market]] Trade your BTCs for MoneyBookers, Liberty Reserve or Pecunix.
* [[BitMarket.eu]] Trade your BTCs for EUR (SEPA bank transfer), GBP, USD, PLN, AUD, CAD, ZAR, ILS, CHF, and RUB as OTC with BTC Escrow.
* [[Bitcoiny.cz]] Trade your BTCs for CZK. No-escrow, direct person-to-person trading.
* [[Bit]] / BTC China - Market for exchanging bitcoins to and from CNY.
* [[bitcoin-otc]] IRC trading marketplace will usually have people willing to deal for small and larger amounts using various payment methods, including [[PayPal]], [[Dwolla]], [[Linden Dollars]], etc.
* [[Lilion Transfer]] Exchanges bitcoins for Liberty Reserve, [[Pecunix]], [[AlertPay]], [[Moneybookers]], [[PayPal]], and more.
* [[Nanaimo Gold]] Redeem bitcoins for Liberty Reserve (automated) or for money transfer, money order or direct deposit within Canada.
* [[Bitcoin Morpheus]] purchase reloadable debit cards with bitcoins
* [[Bitcoin Argentina]] Trades BTC for ARS. Cash and bank transfer. No exchange fees.
* [[Bahtcoin]] Trade BTC for Thai Baht, cash, LR, Webmoney, or Thai mobile and gaming prepaid cards.
* [[Bitcoin Brasil]] Cash exchange that redeems bitcoins for BRL, USD.
* [[Bitcoin.com.es]] Trade your BTCs for EUR (Bank transfer).
* [[BitPiggy]] Trade your BTCs for AUD (Bank transfer).
* [[GetBitcoin]] Trade your BTCs for USD (Cash, Check or Bank Wire).
* [[Bitcoin2Cash]] Redeems bitcoins with cash mailed to you
* [[Bitcoin 2 Credit Card]] purchase virtual VISA prepaid cards with bitcoins
* [[Bitcoin 4 Cash]] Redeems bitcoins with cash mailed to you
* [[Bitcoin Cashout]] purchase virtual prepaid cards with bitcoins
* [[btcbuy|BTC Buy]] Simple interface to trade your BTCs for Amazon, Buy.com, NewEgg, and Walmart gift cards
* [[bitcoin.local]] arranges for exchanging currencies in person with someone nearby
* [[Ubitex]] In-person exchange
* [[Bitcoil]] Exchange BTC for ILS with bank transfers in Israel

==See Also==

* [[:Category:Digital currencies|Digital currencies]]
* [[Buying bitcoins]]
* [[Secure Trading]]
* [[Comparison of exchanges]]

Buying bitcoins

2011-08-17T10:08:51Z

Davout:

One issue currently facing a newcomer to bitcoin is, how do I get some? While there is the [[bitcoin faucet]] that can get you started with a small fraction of a coin, when getting larger amounts the user faces an abundance of choice. This page will cut through the clutter, and help direct you to the right exchanger for your needs.

==Major Exchanges==

The least expensive methods for buying bitcoins involve transferring funds using a bank wire, ACH, bank transfer (ACH, EUR / SEPA).

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Exchange || Type || Adding Funds || Withdrawing Funds || [[eWallet]] || Notes
|-
| [[MtGox]] || Market || BTC USD ([[Dwolla]]) USD (International bank wire) USD (Wire to [[AurumXChange Company|AurumXChange]]) EUR (SEPA bank transfer) (currently disabled) AUD (Bank wire) GBP (Bank wire) Liberty Reserve USD || BTC USD ([[Dwolla]]) USD (Wire via [[AurumXChange Company|AurumXChange]]) USD (Check via [[Paxum]]) USD (ATM via [[Paxum]]) USD (wire via [[Paxum]]) EUR (SEPA bank transfer) (currently disabled) AUD (Bank wire) Liberty Reserve USD Liberty Reserve USD (via AurumXChange) || {{Table Value Yes}} || Restrictions and limits on withdrawals.
|-
| [[Bitcoin-Central]] || Market || BTC EUR (SEPA) Liberty Reserve USD Liberty Reserve EUR Pecunix Gold || BTC EUR (SEPA) Liberty Reserve USD Liberty Reserve EUR Pecunix Gold) || {{Table Value Yes}} || [https://github.com/davout/bitcoin-central Open-source], community reviewed platform Available in French and English languages
|-
| [[Camp BX]] || Market || BTC USD (Dwolla) || BTC USD (Dwolla) || {{Table Value Yes}} || Atlanta - USA based, security certification from McAfee, provides advanced trading options with AON/FOK/Market, Short Selling coming soon, Trading API available; Dwolla only.
|-
| [[TradeHill]] || Market || BTC USD (Domestic bank wire) USD (International bank wire) USD (Check via [[Paxum]]) USD (wire via [[Paxum]]) EUR (SEPA bank transfer) EUR (via [[Paxum]] CAD (via [[Paxum]] CLP (Bank transfer) PEN (Bank transfer) INR (Bank transfer) AUD (Bank transfer) Liberty Reserve USD || BTC USD (Domestic bank wire) USD (International bank wire) USD (Direct deposit / ACH) USD (Check via [[Paxum]]) USD (ATM via [[Paxum]]) USD (Prepaid card via [[Paxum]]) EUR (SEPA bank transfer) EUR (via [[Paxum]] CAD (via [[Paxum]]) CLP (Bank transfer) INR (Bank transfer) AUD (Bank transfer) Liberty Reserve USD || {{Table Value Yes}} ||
|-
| [[Britcoin]] || Market || BTC GBP (bank deposit) || BTC GBP (bank transfer) || {{Table Value Yes}} ||
|-
| [[Intersango]] || Market || BTC EUR (SEPA bank deposit) || BTC EUR (SEPA bank transfer) || {{Table Value Yes}} ||
|-
| [[Intersango.us]] || Market || BTC USD (Dwolla) USD (Domestic bank wire) USD (ACH) || BTC USD (Dwolla) || {{Table Value Yes}} ||
|-
| [[ExchB]] || Market || BTC USD (Cash or check) USD (ING Person2Person) USD (Bank wire) USD (USPS Money Order by mail) || BTC USD (Check) USD (Bank wire) USD (ACH) || {{Table Value Yes}} || Cash or check deposits: Accepted at any Wells Fargo or Chase branch, or by mail.
|-
| [[HelloBitcoin]] || Market || BTC USD (Cwolla) USD (Bank wire) USD (Check) || BTC USD (Check) USD (Bank wire) USD (ACH) || {{Table Value Yes}} || Offers margin trading and shorting.
|-
| [[Bitcoin7]] || Market || BTC EUR (SEPA Bank transfer) USD (Domestic wire) USD (International wire) Liberty Reserve USD Liberty Reserve EUR BGN (Bank transfer) || BTC EUR (SEPA Bank transfer) USD (Dwolla) USD (Bank transfer) Liberty Reserve USD PLN (Bank transfer) SAR (Bank transfer) BGN (ePay) BGN (Bank transfer) || {{Table Value Yes}} || USD wire to Citibank. EUR transfers to/from FiBank.
|-
| [[VirtEx]] || Market || BTC CAD (Interac) CAD (online bill pay) CAD (cash at TDBank) || BTC CAD (Interac) CAD (direct deposit) CAD (Prepaid VISA) || {{Table Value Yes}} ||
|-
| [[Mercado Bitcoin]] || Market || BTC BRL (Bank transfer - MoIP ) || BTC BRL (Bank transfer - MoIP) || {{Table Value Yes}} || Language: Portugese
|-
| [[BTC-E]] || Market || BTC USD ([[Liberty Reserve]]) USD (Interkassa) || BTC USD (Webmoney) || {{Table Value Yes}} || Language: Russian. Interkassa can be funded from Webmoney and many other methods.
|-
| [[VirWoX]] || Market || BTC SLL (Second Life) ACD (Avination) OMC (OpenSim) USD,EUR,GBP,CHF ([[PayPal]]) USD,EUR,GBP (Credit & Debit cards via [[Moneybookers]]) USD,EUR,GBP ([[NETELLER]]) EUR (DIRECTebanking / Sofortüberweisung) USD,EUR,GBP,CHF ([[paysafecard]]) EUR (SEPA bank transfer) || BTC SLL (Second Life) ACD (Avination) OMC (OpenSim) USD,EUR,GBP,CHF ([[PayPal]]) USD,EUR,GBP ([[Moneybookers]]) USD,EUR,GBP ([[NETELLER]]) EUR (SEPA bank transfer) || {{Table Value Yes}} || Trading through Second Life Linden Dollars (highly liquid). Variable limits on PayPal and Credit Card deposits.
|-
| [[WM-Center]] || Exchanger || BTC USD (International bank wire, Western Unon, Moneygram, Xoom etc, cash) EUR (IBAN bank wire) RUB (bank wire, WU, Anelik and etc, cash) AUD (Bank wire) Liberty Reserve USD/EUR, Perfect Money USD/EUR, Pecunix, Paxum, c-gold, Hoopay, GDP || BTC USD (International bank wire, Western Unon, Moneygram, Xoom etc, cash) EUR (IBAN bank wire) RUB (bank wire, WU, Anelik and etc, cash) AUD (Bank wire) Liberty Reserve USD/EUR, Perfect Money USD/EUR, Pecunix, Paxum, c-gold, Hoopay, GDP PayPal USD/EUR, Moneybookers, Neteller || {{Table Value No}} || 24/7/365 support in english, spanish and russian!
|}

==Fixed Rate Exchanges & Others==

For smaller amounts, the options are limited due to bank transfer fees, conversion fees and transaction size restrictions. Options include:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Service || Type || Payment Method || Notes
|-
| [[Bitcoin Market]] || Market || USD (Liberty Reserve) USD (MoneyBookers) GAU (Pecunix) || Varies (person to person)
|-
| [[BitMarket.eu]] || Market || EUR (Euro) GBP (British Sterling Pound) USD (U.S. Dollar) PLN (Polish złoty) AUD (Australian Dollar) CAD (Canadian Dollar) ZAR (South African Rand) ILS (Israeli Shekel) CHF (Swiss Franc) RUB (Russian Ruble) || Varies (person to person)
|-
| [[Bitcoiny.cz]] || Market || CZK || Varies (person to person)
|-
| [[Bit]] / BTC China || Market || n/a || n/a
|-
| [[Bitfunnel]] || Credit Card payment exchange/brokering services || Varies (person to person)
|-
| [[bitcoin-otc|#bitcoin-otc]] || [http://bitcoin-otc.com/vieworderbook.php Order Book] || Varies (person to person) || IRC trading marketplace will usually have people willing to deal for small and larger amounts using various payment methods, including [[PayPal]], [[Dwolla]], [[Linden Dollars]], etc.
|-
| [[Lilion Transfer]] || Fixed Rate || USD (Liberty Reserve) [[Pecunix]] ||
|-
| [[Nanaimo Gold]] || Fixed Rate || USD (Liberty Reserve) Western Union money transfer Moneygram money transfer Cash in the mail || LR <--> Bitcoin exchange is automated For cash in the mail send USD, EUR, CAD, or GBP. Canada mailing address.
|-
| [[Bitcoin Morpheus]] || Fixed Rate || Cash, check or money order through the mail || U.S. mailing address for cash transactions.
|-
| [[Bitcoin Argentina]] || Fixed Rate || Cash: ARS, BRL, USD Bank transfer: ARS || No exchange fees!
|-
| [[Bitcoin.com.es]] || Fixed Rate || EUR (bank deposit) || Bank transfer or cash deposits at OpenBank in Spain.
|-
| [[Bahtcoin]] || Fixed Rate || Cash, Webmoney Liberty Reserve USD || Will cash out to Thai mobile and gaming prepaid cards as well.
|-
| [[Bitcoin Brasil]] || Fixed Rate || BRL (Brazilian Real) USD || Cash exchange
|-
| [[BitPiggy]] || Fixed Rate || AUD (Australian Dollar)|| Payment via bank transfer.
|-
| [[GetBitcoin]] || Fixed Rate || USD (Dwolla) USD (Bank wire) USD (Cash in the mail) USD (Money Order) USD (Cashier's Check/Certified Check) USD (Western Union) USD (Traveler's Check) USD (Prepaid Debit Card) || For cash in mail, send USD. U.S. mailing address.
|-
| [[Bitcoin 4 Cash]] || Fixed Rate || Cash in the mail || Send USD or CAD. Canada mailing address.
|-
| [[Bitcoin2Cash]] || Fixed Rate || Cash in the mail || Send USD. U.S. mailing address.
|-
| [[bitcoin.local]] || Directory || Varies (person to person) ||
|-
| [[YouTipIt]] || Fixed Rate || USD EUR GBP || Purchase bitcoins to add to your balance with YouTipIt using credit card through ClickAndBuy.
|-
| [[Ubitex]] || In person exchange || Varies (person to person) ||
|-
| [[Bitcoil]] || Fixed Rate || ILS (bank transfer) ||
|}

==Other Financial Services==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Service || Type || Payment || Settled || Notes
|-
| [http://polimedia.us/bitcoin/options.php Derivatives] || Buy / Sell / Exercise CALLs / PUTs, American style. 52 strikes offered (by .5), current month + 2. No shorting available yet.|| BTC || BTC || Transactions encoded via amt. Must use non-rounding client (0.3.24 or later)
|}

==See Also==

* [[:Category:Digital_currencies|Digital Currencies]]
* [[Selling bitcoins]]
* [[Secure Trading]]
* [[Comparison of exchanges]]
* [[:Category:Local|Local]] exchanges

[[Category:Exchanges]]
[[Category:Introduction]]
[[zh-cn:购买bitcoins]]

Tonal Bitcoin

2011-05-24T08:12:09Z

Davout:

Tonal Bitcoin is a representation of the Bitcoin network aimed toward the minority of people who use the Tonal number system.
This is an alternative to decimal and the metric system, which improves usability drastically by allowing for infinite binary division.
For more information on the Tonal system in general, please see [http://www.lulu.com/product/file-download/tonal-system/10991091 the book].

Please note, that all numbers of TBC and its divisions/multipliers are written in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonal_System Tonal], not decimal.
This means that instead of counting 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10-- you count: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, , 9, , , , , , 10. Some higher-value digits may require installing a [http://luke.dashjr.org/education/tonal/glyphs/fonts/ font].

{| border="1" style="text-align:right;font-family:Console, Luxi Mono, fixed"
|- style="background-color:silver"
! Abbreviation
! Pronunciation
! [[Tonal BitCoin|Tonal (TBC)]]
! Decimal (BTC)
|-
|
| Tam-BitCoin
| 1,0000,0000     
| 2,814,749.76710656
|-
| ᵇTBC
| Bong-BitCoin
| 1,0000     
| 42.94967296
|-
| ᵐTBC
| Mill-BitCoin
| 1000     
| 2.68435456
|-
| ˢTBC
| San-Bitcoin
| 100     
| 0.16777216
|-
| ᵗTBC
| Ton-BitCoin
| 10     
| 0.01048576
|-
| TBC
| BitCoin*
| 1     
| 0.00065536
|-
| TBCᵗ
| BitCoin-ton
| 0.1   
| 0.00004096
|-
| TBCˢ
| BitCoin-san
| 0.01  
| 0.00000256
|-
| TBCᵐ
| BitCoin-mill
| 0.001 
| 0.00000016
|-
| TBCᵇ
| BitCoin-bong
| 0.0001
| 0.00000001
|}

* Tonal BitCoin and Decimal BitCoin can be differentiated by the pronunciation of the numbers. "One bitcoin", "two bitcoin", etc is decimal, but "an bitcoin", "de bitcoin" is tonal.

The total number of Tonal BitCoins ever (analogous to the 21mil BTC) is just over 7.75059 tam-bitcoin.

== Compatible Clients ==

While all BitCoin clients will correctly approximate values in decimal bitcoin, actual Tonal compatibility is sparse.

* [[Spesmilo]], despite its name, can be configured to display TBC

== Guessing TBC or BTC ==

Given variable 'value' in base units (uBTCents/TBCᵇ), one can guess whether it is properly Decimal BitCoin or Tonal BitCoin with the following pseudo-code:

if ( ! ( this % 0x10000 ) )
Choose Tonal BitCoin
if ( ! ( this % 1000000 ) )
Choose Decimal BitCoin
if ( ! ( this % 0x100 ) )
Choose Tonal BitCoin

=== Python ===

<pre>import math

def formatBTC(n, addSign = False):
s = "%0.2f BTC" % (math.ceil(n * 100) / 100.,)
if addSign and n >= 0:
s = "+" + s
return s

def Bitcoin2BTC(n):
return n / 100000000.

toTonalDict = dict(((57, u'\ue9d9'), (65, u'\ue9da'), (66, u'\ue9db'), (67, u'\ue9dc'), (68, u'\ue9dd'), (69, u'\ue9de'), (70, u'\ue9df'), (97, u'\ue9da'), (98, u'\ue9db'), (99, u'\ue9dc'), (100, u'\ue9dd'), (101, u'\ue9de'), (102, u'\ue9df')))

def formatTBC(n, addSign = False):
s = "%x" % n
n %= 1
if n:
s += '.'
while n:
n *= 16
s += "%x" % n
n %= 1
s = unicode(s).translate(toTonalDict)
s += " TBC"
if addSign and n >= 0:
s = "+" + s
return s

def Bitcoin2TBC(n):
return n / 65536.

def formatBitcoin(n, addSign = False):
if not n % 0x10000:
return formatTBC(Bitcoin2TBC(n), addSign);
if not n % 1000000:
return formatBTC(Bitcoin2BTC(n), addSign);
if not n % 0x100:
return formatTBC(Bitcoin2TBC(n), addSign);
s = "%d uBTCents" % (n,);
if addSign and n > 0:
s = "+" + s;
return s;</pre>

== Criticism ==

* I have to google this page each time someone mentions an amount in tonal bitcoin

=== Can be done without funny characters ===

The tonal notation requires extra fonts. Within the programming community there is a widely accepted convention for hexadecimal notation: use A-F for the higher order digits. Thus, one counts 0,1,2,3, ... , 9,A,B,C,D,E,F,10,11 .... There are even two conventions, (which are lacking in tonal) for distinguishing a base-16 number from a decimal. The C convention prefixes 0x and the Motorola convention suffixes h. So, the number san, 256 (decimal) would be written 0x100 or 100h. In tonal notation, it would only be written 100, and thus potentially confused with decimal 100 which is 0x64.

Thus programming notation accomplishes the same goals as tonal notation with no requirement for changing fonts, thus is more suited to wide usage. Further the prefix and suffix conventions lead to less ambiguity.