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Board Beginners & Help
Re: How do you get an address?
by
nahtnam
on 04/11/2013, 00:10:40 UTC
Hello,
I'm trying to get started with BTC and am definitely uncertain about some things.  I am planning to get some BTC from a person on localbitcoins.com.  What are the steps to do this?  I have no cell phone.
1.  How do I get an address?
2.  How do I get a passcode to buy and sell the BTC and store it securely (not online for people to hack)?
3.  How do I confirm that I've received the BTC once I give the seller the cash?

Thanks

1. You can get the bitcoin-qt which downloads the whole blockchain, but I recommend http://coinbase.com since they are online (accessible everywhere), you can buy and sell BTC from them, and they pay the fees for you!!!