So was pondering the idea of buying some Steem-power. Start going through all the tutorials and from what I can tell I need to buy Bitcoin to buy Steem to power-up. OK so bare in mind Im a total noob to all this, everyone got to start somewhere right.
Now Im reading up on buying Bitcoins. Coinbase looks the biggest, so sweet set up an account to buy Bitcoins and its all good.....almost.
Then I see a lot of things about banks freezing accounts just for mentioning Bitcoin. I was like what... really. Ok what about paypal, that looks tricky as well.
Steemit looks to be growing really quickly and if it going to start filling with folks like me it may hit a wall. I like the idea and would like to invest a bit for fun but I not going to risk messing up my accounts etc.
Realise Steemit is still in beta but feel this should be something that if true would need addressing if its to attract the mainstream. I guess maybe a way to direct power up via paypal skipping the whole Bitcoin aspect. No idea how that would work, but jeez it needs to easy.
Anyways thats my 0.000002 Bitcoins worth for the night
eight-rad
I'm not sure how things are in the States (guessing you're from there), but I was under the impression that the banks haved eased up their "Bitcoin hunt". I might be wrong, so probably a good idea to look into it more. Anyway, I think it would be a great idea to have a Paypal or credit card option.
Hi Im in the UK, read about this in the FAQ of UK Bitcoin seller sites. Apparently any reference use to BC will see a freeze. Something in small print I guess =(.
https://bitbargain.co.uk/faq