Bitcoin Guide

Buying bitcoin

• Bitinstant - https://bitinstant.com/ - Deposit USD Cash at locations like Walmart, CVS, and others. Deposit slip for Moneygram requires name, address and usually isn't checked. CVS may require ID, depending on regional policy and clerk's mood. Rate is guaranteed at time of deposit. Combined deposit fee of variable 3.99% (Bitinstant fee) + flat $3.95 (Zipzap fee). No signup required. DELAYS BEING REPORTED upto weeks in time due to high volume of transactions. BEWARE. (April 24, 2013)
• Localbitcoins - https://localbitcoins.com/ - Buy & sell with cash in person. Signup required to contact buyers/sellers. Status varies with individual buyer/seller. Take appropriate safety measure when meeting someone in person. (April 24, 2013) Use a guide: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=155689
• Blue Sky Traders - http://ok2yri46aaptiu2d.onion/index.htm - Deposit USD Cash at any Bank of America location, no ID or bank account required. (April 24, 2013)
• Sugarmama on Silk Road - http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/silkroad/user/aace915f06 - Buy moneypaks/reloadit cards from various stores (moneypak cards cost $4.95, reloadit cards cost $3.95), No ID required. Sell the cards to Sugar Mama for bitcoins. Fee % decreases with larger moneypak/reloadit cards: 12-20% for moneypak, 10% for reloadit. Check her listings for availability (April 24, 2013)
• bitcoin-otc on freenode - irc://irc.freenode.net/bitcoin-otc - http://bitcoin-otc.com - Buy/sell bitcoins from individuals in exchange for various options depending on ads. Accessing freenode IRC over tor requires a registered nickname, and SASL setup. Fees depend on individual ads. Tor friendly. (April 24, 2013) Use a guide: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=155689
• Canadian Bitcoins - https://www.canadianbitcoins.com/ - Send CAD Cash by mail or in person ?
• Coinbase - https://coinbase.com/ - ?
• Cryptocurrent - https://cryptocurrent.com/ - Website says they are registering with US FinCEN to comply with anti money laundering laws. They are accepting orders for pre-existing clients (May 10, 2013)
• Bitfloor - https://bitfloor.com/ - Deposit USD Cash at any Bank of America location using out of state deposit slip (New York), no ID or bank account required. Deposit fees % decrease with larger deposits. Buy/Sell USD for BTC at the exchange as needed. Sign up required. Tor friendly. Bitfloor has stopped trading indefinitely (April 17, 2013)
• Bitcopia - http://bitcopia.com/ - Deposit USD Cash by mail at the moment for his regular clients (Wells Fargo account closed, Bank of America funds locked for 10 days since April 24, 2013), no ID or bank account required. Bitcopia's bank accounts are closed and no longer operational (May 1, 2013)

Moving bitcoin around

Please be careful with these. Read up on reviews before you trust your money to strangers, making sure you don't get your own coins back and that the operator is trustable or not.

• Silk Road Tumbler - http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/silkroad - ?
• Bitcoin Fog - http://fogcore5n3ov3tui.onion/ - ?
• Blockchain Send Shared - https://blockchain.info/wallet/send-shared - ?
• Bitcoin Cache - https://www.bitcoincache.com/tools/scrambler - ?
• Bitcoin Laundry - http://bitcoinlaundry.com/ - ?
• BitLaundry - http://app.bitlaundry.com/ - ?
• The Bitcoin Washing Machine - http://xqz3u5drneuzhaeo.onion/users/corydolt/ - ?
• Trading bitcoins - Trade private keys or physical bitcoins (bitbills or casascius coins) with someone, preferably using some form of escrow. The transaction would trade ownership and their relevant transaction trails on the blockchain
• Trading altcoins - Trade bitcoins for altcoins and then trade altcoins back to bitcoin. This will remove your connection to the original bitcoin address after you sell the bitcoin for altcoins. After selling the altcoin for bitcoin, you will acquire the reputation of the new bitcoin address
• Blind Mixer DR - http://blindbtc6dnbo5x5.onion/ - Provable anonymity that doesn't require trusting the owner; trust-free. Not operational yet: in beta (April 24, 2013)
• Zerocoins - http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2013/04/zerocoin-making-bitcoin-anonymous.html - protocol extension to make bitcoin anonymous without needing to trust any central authority

The exchanges

• MtGox - https://mtgox.com/ - Not tor friendly, may require you to verify account to withdraw funds.
• Bitstamp - https://www.bitstamp.net/ - Not tor friendly. Will flag your account with "your IP is associated with criminal activity." Multiple flags will probably result in further investigation, and verification. (April 24, 2013)
• BTC-e - https://btc-e.com/ - Not tor friendly
• CampBX - https://campbx.com - ?
• Virtex - https://www.cavirtex.com/ - ?
• Bitfloor - https://bitfloor.com/ - Tor friendly. Trading suspended indefinitely (April 17, 2013)

Selling bitcoin

• Localbitcoins - https://localbitcoins.com/ - Buy & sell with cash in person. Signup required to contact buyers/sellers. Status varies with individual buyer/seller. Take appropriate safety measure when meeting someone in person. (April 24, 2013)
• Sugarmama on Silk Road - http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/silkroad/user/aace915f06 - Sell bitcoins for moneypaks/reloadit cards. Apply moneypak/reloadit cards to prepaid debit cards and spend like a credit card/paypal or withdraw cash from ATM. No fees to sell bitcoins. Check her listings for availability (April 24, 2013)
• Canadian Bitcoins - https://www.canadianbitcoins.com/ - Sell bitcoins and get CAD cheque by mail or CAD Cash by mail or in person - ?
• bitcoin-otc on freenode - irc://irc.freenode.net/bitcoin-otc - http://bitcoin-otc.com - Buy/sell bitcoins from individuals in exchange for various options depending on ads. Accessing freenode IRC over tor requires a registered nickname, and SASL setup. Fees depend on individual ads. Tor friendly. (April 24, 2013)
• FastCash4Bitcoins - https://fastcash4bitcoins.com - Sell bitcoins and get USD via ACH (Direct Deposit), Bank Wires, Paypal, Dwolla, or check in mail. Not sure about ID requirements. 1% fee for Paypal, and anywhere from $1-$21 depending on other methods of sale. Tor friendly or not? (April 24, 2013)

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