Sorry for the eyesore my paragraph was a representation of my mind at the time of writing it apparently that's what trying to understand bitcoins and the bitcoin process will do to you. I tried understanding localbitcoins but it alludes me as to what is going on. All I see is a bunch of people selling a certain amount of whole bitcoins at overly exorbitant prices. Does that about sum it up?or am I still missing something? I'm not particularly interested in purchasing a whole bitcoin for my first purchase or probably ever. Wouldn't I still need to show identification to send money western union as the majority of the people there offer? Also seems like a really easy way to get screwed buying coins from people you don't know and shouldn't trust.