"How to buy Bitcoin"

[Dfackt0]

Has anyone here used Snowbit to exchange their currencies?
somebody vet it for me lol

 

[Athena Save Us!]

LocalBitcoin is shut down. What is the best way to buy some crypto right now with cash+ a wallet that doesn't require ID?

BitCoin ATM machines? That's the one I can think of off the top of my head.

This isn't what you're looking for, but I have my CashApp set to round up to the nearest dollar on purchases and buy BTC with the difference.

 

[OrangeManeXTinyHatGVNG]

a little birdie

told me the best way

is to

send cash to a guy

that resides

in an onion.

Make of that wat u will :^)

 

[Rainbow Child]

How do I put an NFT onto a blockchain?

I click "import an NFT" in my wallet, and then it wants:

• Contract Address
  Spoiler: hovertext

  The contract address when adding an NFT to a wallet is the unique address on the blockchain where the smart contract for the NFT collection resides. You can find the contract address from marketplace or blockchain explorers, etc.
• Token Name
  Spoiler: hovertext

  The token name for an NFT refers to the specific name given to a non-fungible token within a particular collection or project. This name distinguishes one NFT from another within the same collection.
• Token Symbol
  Spoiler: hovertext

  The NFT symbol refers to the unique identifier used to distinguish the NFT collection or project.

I guess, what I really want to do, judging from the hovertext, is start a "collection or project". Late to the game, I understand; but this isn't about hopping on the hype train, instead it's about disseminating an art project outside of the traditional gallery system, reaching spectators that maybe wouldn't be in the galleries in the first place, and bypassing the import and export tariffs on "cultural heritage" by transmitting data instead of shipping monoprints or sculptures.

There's the simple version of the question, above. Below, I'm going to outline what I would ideally like to do with the NFT medium, and maybe someone can either check my unrealistic expectations or else layout the Workflow that takes the project from Concept to Realisation:

IDEA: Produce and disseminate a new body of work around a theme (e.g. still-life, allegory, etc) and a medium (e.g. 2D images, 3D sculptures, etc), which is previewed at low resolution (for images) or in 2D (for sculptures) and only when the Token is then collected is the high resolution (suitable for printing) image or the 3D model (suitable for converting to CNC tool paths) sculpture released (ideally to the collector only, if that's possible).

Instructions will be provided, along with ICC colour profiles (suitable to the specified material substrate and printer pigments) for monoprints or correct tool bit types (suitable to the level of detail) for sculptures. These instructions can either be passed off to a technician to follow or followed by the collector himself if he's handy.

Examples of Instructions:

• Use Hahnemühle Cézanne 430 g/m^2 white cotton duck, printed borderless and matte with Epson UltraChrome HDX archival pigment at 300dpi, apply five even coats of Windsor & Newton matte fixative (up/down, left/right, this diagonal, that diagonal, little circles), stretch on a 24" x 36" cradle with stretcher bars 2" deep, staples on the back, apply one coat of Crystal Clear UV-Resistant high gloss epoxy pouring resin.
• Convert the 3D model to a printing toolpath, using the converter proper to your 3D resin printer of choice, at 1:1 scale, print the converted file in castable dental wax resin, construct a box of 6" (l) x 6" (w) x 12 " (d), place the print inside, fill with Plaster of Paris gesso, burn out the print, fill with molten bronze (97 parts copper, 2 parts tin, 1 part zinc), cut off the sprews, polish to a mirror finish.

These example instructions are only examples. They are not as detailed as I intend the real instructions to be; they will include visual diagrams. And just like architectural instructions, inevitably there's going to be some "slippage", some deviation, from the precise instruction (e.g. maybe the bronze is only 88 parts copper, etc), according to the boots on the ground reality. I provide them for clarity of the Concept.

The idea is that, okay, anyone can have a copy of this image, but only the collector has the original at printing resolution. Okay, anyone can "AI upscale" the copy to printing resolution, but only the original is the genuine pixel values, which can be proven by check sum. And if the collector sells the NFT to another collector, good: my new works' value go up with the new value of old works. If every collector along the way is materialising an iteration of the work somewhere in the world (and not merely collecting the digital "blueprints"), then cool: that's the telos of this medium that delineates our era from those eras of the past, which were delineated by their media (social, geographic, etc) contexts.

Is all that possible, with the medium? I understand: baby steps. That's why I asked firstly how to simply get a collection onto the chain, before I laid out what I really want to do with the NFT medium.

Thank you, frens.

 

[Zeftax]

I wanted to buy some monero to send to KF, but goddamn this is needlesly difficult. I freed up some space on an SSD drive, created a wallet and downloaded the blockchain. Now to buy the monero. Only non-centralized exchanges listed on getmonero.org only deal with other cryptos, so I decided to go with kraken.com (which was on the top of their list of the centralized one, no idea if its anyhow ordered) to buy some monero with USD (I've heard that the crypto fees can get high, so I'm not gonna pay for bitcoin, lose value, send it to a different exchange, lose value, exchange it for monero, lose value, send it to my wallet, lose value, and then send it to null and lose value one final time). But the KYC shit on that website is terrible, I am surprised I was not asked to fork over a picture of my butthole yet. They still need to verify my address and their automated systems just do not work, so I have to wait for support. All of this just for some fake internet money I don't even want. Insane.
(My bank doesn't do that money order thing)

 

[Marcuseh]

I wanted to buy some monero to send to KF, but goddamn this is needlesly difficult. I freed up some space on an SSD drive, created a wallet and downloaded the blockchain. Now to buy the monero. Only non-centralized exchanges listed on getmonero.org only deal with other cryptos, so I decided to go with kraken.com (which was on the top of their list of the centralized one, no idea if its anyhow ordered) to buy some monero with USD (I've heard that the crypto fees can get high, so I'm not gonna pay for bitcoin, lose value, send it to a different exchange, lose value, exchange it for monero, lose value, send it to my wallet, lose value, and then send it to null and lose value one final time). But the KYC shit on that website is terrible, I am surprised I was not asked to fork over a picture of my butthole yet. They still need to verify my address and their automated systems just do not work, so I have to wait for support. All of this just for some fake internet money I don't even want. Insane.
(My bank doesn't do that money order thing)

I used Bisq to buy BTC recently. No KYC but you have to rely entirely on the seller reputation so there's some risk.

 

[Zeftax]

After all that bullshit they have now manually approved me, and I still can't even buy the shit. The politicians putting so much effort to ensure I cannot donate to a guy fighting against pedophiles really makes one think about what the politicians may have on their hard drives.

I do not have the 700GB of space required to hold the bitcoin chain, and I'm europoor so I can't do the moneyorder thing. I guess I'll try litecoin.

 

[ifxztykgdnfvmsdjhfbSD]

With Bisq 1 you can buy BTC and then swap it into XMR with one exchange but if you don't already have BTC for security deposits you'll have to buy some with Bisq 2's reputation-based system first. As much of a hassle as it is, not having to do the goyim shuffle to use it and not having your account frozen because some company doesn't have the liquidity for withdrawals makes it worthwhile. Premiums can be steep but if you look for a good offer and buy a few hundred bucks worth at a time you can find people selling close to market price. Transaction fees are otherwise low. Not sure what it's like in other countries but in the US there's enough volume to usually find something.

 

[Marcuseh]

With Bisq 1 you can buy BTC and then swap it into XMR with one exchange but if you don't already have BTC for security deposits you'll have to buy some with Bisq 2's reputation-based system first. As much of a hassle as it is, not having to do the goyim shuffle to use it and not having your account frozen because some company doesn't have the liquidity for withdrawals makes it worthwhile. Premiums can be steep but if you look for a good offer and buy a few hundred bucks worth at a time you can find people selling close to market price. Transaction fees are otherwise low. Not sure what it's like in other countries but in the US there's enough volume to usually find something.

Bisq has a decent range of options in euroland if you use sepa.

 

[Moonglade Feral Druid]

After all that bullshit they have now manually approved me, and I still can't even buy the shit. The politicians putting so much effort to ensure I cannot donate to a guy fighting against pedophiles really makes one think about what the politicians may have on their hard drives.
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I do not have the 700GB of space required to hold the bitcoin chain, and I'm europoor so I can't do the moneyorder thing. I guess I'll try litecoin.

Use pruning if you can't run a full node. All you should care about are the UXTOs, personal transactions, and a rolling history of previous blocks. the core allow this in the configuration file.

You only need a full chain if you're doing validation/solo mining

 

[Zeftax]

[...]

Thank you, but I don't really know enough about how crypto works to even know what you mean, and I am not interested in learning more as I'm not really a fan of the technology.
I ended up getting some litecoin and it looks like the transaction went well, so I'm happy to just let it all out of my mind (well, I did buy more than needed for T&H, but I will see what it does after the economy crash and decide what to do with it then).

 

[Moonglade Feral Druid]

Thank you, but I don't really know enough about how crypto works to even know what you mean, and I am not interested in learning more as I'm not really a fan of the technology.
I ended up getting some litecoin and it looks like the transaction went well, so I'm happy to just let it all out of my mind (well, I did buy more than needed for T&H, but I will see what it does after the economy crash and decide what to do with it then).

Give it 5 years, you'll be out of the shitcoiner phase in no time

 

[Suited Bird]

Does anyone know where I can purchase BTC or XMR without requiring me to punch in my SSN? I don't trust websites that require me to put in my Social Security Number.

 

[mave957]

Bitcoin is a great new wave of economics and investing.

As any investment do not put all your eggs in one basket.

Do not expect to be safe from losses.

I am very much anti fiat Austrian mind set economically but I would say get yourself traditionally invested first before you play.

disclosure I do own Bitcoin .

Diversification is definitely key. Treating it like a high-risk play rather than a safe haven makes a lot more sense.

 

[Wot Zit Too Yah0996]

Bitcoin needs to fucking die out. Let those Pacific Islanders/Africans who use it as their official currency keep it.