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Crypto cash Question $$

Hi all,
Has anybody had any experience with bitcoin as was thinking of buying a few, I know that there are other currencies available but this one piqued my interest when it was launched.

I just wanted to know if there is any way to buy them without using hefty broker companies which all seem to offer the same service when googled/ searched.

Thanks
Shane

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  • ColdIron
    ColdIron Posts: 9,959 Forumite
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    You could try doing a forum search on 'bitcoin'. Not unsurprisingly this question comes up regularly and the answers are pretty much always the same
  • ColdIron wrote: »
    You could try doing a forum search on 'bitcoin'. Not unsurprisingly this question comes up regularly and the answers are pretty much always the same

    Thanks, I am looking for up to date info as the market is very fluid with changes almost overnight so the old advice may need a revisit from the op's
    Shane
  • jimjames
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    shagzdan wrote: »
    Hi all,
    Has anybody had any experience with bitcoin as was thinking of buying a few, I know that there are other currencies available but this one piqued my interest when it was launched.

    Curious that it was of interest when launched but you've not bought or looked at buying any until the price has rocketed a few years later. Any reason? Normally with investments the idea is to buy low and sell high not the other way round
    Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
  • AndyT678
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    shagzdan wrote: »
    Thanks, I am looking for up to date info as the market is very fluid with changes almost overnight so the old advice may need a revisit from the op's
    Shane

    On the other hand, bargepole technology has remained utterly unchanged for several centuries and the use of one would be the approach advocated by most of the posters on here.
  • I would only put into bitcoin what you are fully prepared to lose.

    At the end of the day you are buying "nothing" as opposed to shares where you actually own a little piece of the company you invest in.
    The instructions on the box said 'Requires Windows 7 or better'. So I installed LINUX :D:D
  • jimjames wrote: »
    Curious that it was of interest when launched but you've not bought or looked at buying any until the price has rocketed a few years later. Any reason? Normally with investments the idea is to buy low and sell high not the other way round

    I knew about bitcoin but didn't have the capital to invest whereas my recent lotto win has altered that.
    Cheers though.:rotfl:
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