Hello, I want to buy bitcoin, how can I be sure that they were not used for any shady business? If I buy directly from a person, what is the chance that I will have problems later? Do I only have to buy from exchanges?
Please, forgive my ignorance.
Fist of all there's nothing wrong to ask a question especially if you don't have much knowledge from it, besides you were a newbie so we understand if you don't know it.
Now getting back to the question, I would recommend to buy Bitcoin in exchanges but make sure the platform has integrity rather than buying it on a person. If you know the person you are going to buy from then why not that would be much convenient though but if not you should be wary of it.