Great post. I've had a hard time finding a BTC exchange in the US that isn't a pain in the butt. I'd say Coinbase was not hard to get into at all, probably one of the easiest for US. Others places I tried had outrageously high fees, where for every $10 I spend I get like $5 worth of BTC.

The thing I dislike about Coinbase is the wait time to get my cryptos. Anytime I make a purchase it takes about a week for it show up in my account. I'm way too impatient for that.