So nice that you share it @watsup. I also tried  my first purchase with small amount of money only and sent it through blockchain. But  it went in unconfirmed transaction. I was confused to what to do. I was tensed. I sought help of some sites which helps in confirming transaction. Anyway it reached in my account after  2 days. But I got a good knowledge about bitcoin in these 2 days.

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The first time I bought Cypto was Bitcoin and I purchased it because a company selling it asked me to have a look at their website for Seo recommendations! So I tried out the services and bought some, a few weeks later I sold the bitcoin for a profit since there was a really strong run at the time!

So I was hooked and started researching and bought some BTC again when it went down and then heard about Ethereum and I was like oooh this is cheaper and I can own as whole one lol! So I bought 2 on another website and I haven’t looked back ever since! I’ve made money, I’ve lost money and I’ve had money stolen via hacks but I’m enjoying the journey 

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hi @whatsup. I use a local company that has an app. takes a few minutes but is way cheaper. You must find another route as you got robbed.

My first crypto was Steem.
I was so green that I signed up for Steemit without understanding the 'money' I (might) be making wasn't cash dollars! (Or as I learned to say, 'fiat'.) But I liked the idea of owning 'crypto' and I thought Steemit was a pretty great idea, so I thought why not buy some?

I read up on how to do it. It sounded like a Rube Goldberg machine! So I thought that's stupid and much too complicated. But I kept coming back to the idea. So I read more, learning about fees and what traded where. Oh, and where I could use a debit card to do that. I finally decided to try Coinbase to Block.io to Steem.

Then there was the sign-up process. I forget now all the hoops (um, personal information) involved but one was to take a selfie and a copy of my driver's license and that felt weird sending it to a company that may or may not be legit.

I'm reasonably comfortable doing it now but I would have done it sooner and bought more if I could have just clicked a button in my wallet!

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The key mistake you made was to not use use coinbase to buy bitcoin.

You could have then used the feature on steemit.com to buy steem directly with bitcoin.

But is is true buying bitcoin is difficult still.

I bought some Steem with Bitcoin in the early months of this year. I suspected it wasn't a smart move financially after the big rally but I did it because I was embarrassed to hold such a small amount of Steem Power while a friend of mine had delegated about six times as much SP to me than I then had. I still didn't have as much as I had been delegated to but it was better. I have reached my goal of outgrowing his delegation a long time ago. I intend to grow more and faster in the future.

While I found it pretty easy to buy, it was more difficult to figure out how to take it off the exchanges and to secure.  I ultimately went with a Hardware wallet but the technical aspects are quite intimidating.  Also, the first time I bought Steem was with @blocktrades which seemed like magic!  While intimidating, once sent, the transaction went by in 3 minutes which was great as I have experienced waiting an hour or two two move other cryptos between wallets!

last week i wanted to buy $50 worth of steem with some money a friend gave me to invest but i couldnt. part of the money has been spent, so i am cracking my head thinking i will replace it. it is really difgicult buying crypto and transaction fees are usually high

It is a challenge for those of us who are not experienced in this. I bought in to crypto 3 times (it all finally got traded for Steem) and I was a wreck until it was safely over. I ended up using Coinbase and using Litecoin to cut back on the time and fees.

It's insanely complicated for anyone outside of the crypto world. I wonder what would steemit be like if it was easier and cheap to do? What if you could just go to your wallet and with a bank debit card and just buy 10 steem or 100 or any amount with a couple of clicks? Yeah i know i sound crazy

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@whatsup,
When people start buying crypto in most of times they are ended up with a scammer in my country! So, I made a process and now most of them could buy it without that fear! Specially when we are new to this field it's really hard, but then we adopt and we could find better ways! Like you do!

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With Bitcoin, it was last year at this time.  Ah it is easy!  It is quick and painless!  Having to wait to have the transaction clear was nerve racking, and the cost of the transaction was depressing.  I switched to litecoin for general transferring and STEEM for fast and free!