There are a number of foreign currency exchanges and other places where there is a “storefront”/branch and an actual teller or other staff where you can just walk up and do a bitcoin buy and/or sell. Some of the following stores require KYC / Identity verification. When we learn which…

[Last Updated: 8 February 2023.] Beginning from the year 2020 there have been numerous extended periods of time that bitcoin transaction activity will exceed the supply of space in new blocks on the Bitcoin blockchain. Transactions compete to be included in the next block solved by a miner based on…

[Updated: 19 February, 2023] Because nobody knows the future price there is nobody who can, with confidence, provide an honest answer to that question. In the short term, Bitcoin goes up. Bitcoin goes down. It can be a very volatile investment. In the longer term (e.g., any five year period)…

[Last updated, 5 July, 2022] You would end up with bitcoin if you were to : Freelance where the gig pays using bitcoin Freelance on a traditional freelancing site (e.g., Upwork) but get paid in bitcoin thanks to BitWage or Strike (this also works for any type of income where…

[Last updated 31 January 2023] Freelancing platforms which pay in Bitcoin, and other ways to earn bitcoin. Microlancer Services (⚡) Tasko Jobs CanWork [Altcoin affiliated] LaborX [Altcoin affiliated] Slog [Altcoin affiliated] GetPaid.Africa [Altcoin affiliated] Aya [Altcoin affiliated] Pentonium [Altcoin affiliated] CryptoTask Freelancers [Altcoin affiliated] Anytask [Altcoin affiliated] Aika [Altcoin affiliated]

Following is a fairly comprehensive list of the various Bitcoin news media (English) websites. They are ranked roughly from the more widely visited and credible on down to the mediocre and least worthy. Some sites are spammy in that they mostly regurgitate news from other sources, but occasionally have decent…

There are a number of person-to-person (P2P) over-the-counter (OTC) trading platforms where Bitcoins can be bought and/or sold — with cash (💵), or online using a bank account or other payment method.

There are a number of firms that now provide over-the-counter (OTC) exchange or liquidity services in Bitcoin and other digital assets for their customers. This is simply a list of links. Last update was on 4 Mar, 2023. Feedback welcome. As always, do YOUR OWN due diligence. [Update: Many market…

[Update: And now, the Federal Reserve, is considering introducing a digital currency. Update2: And in 2018, about a half dozen other nations (e.g., Venezuela, Iran, Turkey, etc.) making plans to do so as well.] Once again, there is a report of yet another nation announcing plans to issue their central…