How to Get Bitcoins

To get your own bitcoins, you can mine for them, accept them as payment, or buy them on bitcoin exchanges. Bitcoin is a virtual currency which is both created and held digitally. It is not printed like our conventional dollars and euros, nor is it controlled by the financial institutions. As we discussed in the previous chapter, bitcoin is primarily produced by individuals who mine them by using their computing abilities for verifying the transactions of other users. They receive bitcoins in...