Bitcoin is the currency of the Internet:
a distributed, worldwide, decentralized digital money. Unlike
traditional currencies such as dollars, bitcoins are issued and managed
without any central authority whatsoever: there is no government,
company, or bank in charge of Bitcoin. As such, it is more resistant to
wild inflation and corrupt banks. With Bitcoin, you can be your own bank.
If you are new to Bitcoin, check out We Use Coins and Bitcoin.org. You can also explore the Bitcoin Wiki:
Community guidelines
- Do not use URL shortening services: always submit the real link.
- Begging/asking for bitcoins is absolutely not allowed, no matter how
badly you need the bitcoins. Only requests for donations to large,
recognized charities are allowed, and only if there is good reason to
believe that the person accepting bitcoins on behalf of the charity is
trustworthy.
- News articles that do not contain the word "Bitcoin" are usually off-topic. This subreddit is not about general financial news.
- Submissions that are mostly about some other cryptocurrency belong elsewhere. For example, /r/CryptoCurrency is a good place to discuss all cryptocurrencies.
- Promotion of client software which attempts to alter the Bitcoin protocol without overwhelming consensus is not permitted.
- No referral links in submissions.
- No compilations of free Bitcoin sites.
- Trades should usually not be advertised here. For example,
submissions like "Buying 100 BTC" or "Selling my computer for bitcoins"
do not belong here. /r/Bitcoin is primarily for news and discussion.
- Please avoid repetition — /r/bitcoin
is a subreddit devoted to new information and discussion about Bitcoin
and its ecosystem. New merchants are welcome to announce their services
for Bitcoin, but after those have been announced they are no longer news
and should not be re-posted. Aside from new merchant announcements, those interested in advertising to our audience should consider Reddit's self-serve advertising system.
- Do not post your Bitcoin address unless someone explicitly asks you to.
- Be aware that Twitter, etc. is full of impersonation.
Related communities
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Non-Bitcoin communities
Join us on IRC
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Other Bitcoin sites
Bitcoin Forum
Bitcoin Google+ Community
Bitcoin Stack Exchange
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Download Bitcoin Core
Bitcoin Core is the backbone of the Bitcoin network.
Almost all Bitcoin wallets rely on Bitcoin Core in one way or another.
If you have a fairly powerful computer that is almost always online, you
can help the network by running Bitcoin Core. You can also use Bitcoin
Core as a very secure Bitcoin wallet.
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