Bitcoin is money.  It works just like any other money, and you get it in the same ways as you get any other money.

Basically you have the following options:

• You can provide a product or service and accept bitcoin in exchange.
• You can get a job and arrange to be paid for your performance with bitcoins
• You can exchange your local currency (or any other currency) for bitcoins
• You can beg for it and hope that someone will give some to your out of the charity in their heart
• You can scam, steal, hack, or otherwise take bitcoins that do not belong to you.

Obviously, just like with any other form of money, some of these options are illegal or immoral.


It can be if you have cheap enough access to electricity and cooling and can acquire the most efficient ASIC equipment without spending too much.

It is a business.  Like any other business you should take a careful look at the costs and the potential revenue. Then you should consider all the known risks and decide both if it is a business that you want to run, and if it is a business that you can be profitable in.


I recommend that you stay away from "faucets".  The amounts that they pay aren't worth the time it takes to use them, and if they pay out in amounts that are too small, then they can unexpectedly cause you to have to pay much higher transaction fees when you later try to spend the bitcoins that you received from the "faucets".