Would you like to learn how to buy Bitcoin? The most popular cryptocurrency accepted from all over the world has a growing number of applications allowing you to acquire it. We will, therefore, explain how to buy BTC and store it.

First step: find a good wallet dedicated to Bitcoin

Digital wallets exist to store Bitcoin until you want to spend it, exchange it for other cryptocurrencies…

Once you have chosen a wallet that includes all the features you value, upload it to the appropriate platform. For beginners, we recommend that you start with a simple wallet that will allow you to transfer Bitcoins.

These wallets can be downloaded for free, but some transaction fees may apply when you move bitcoins or crypto in general, from one account/wallet to another.

You will find below some good options listed below!

The Coinbase wallet is particularly suitable for beginners since it is linked to the Coinbase trading platform and is very easy to use… Which makes it the most popular trading platform in the United States. Once registered you have visibility on your wallet, and you can quickly and from any computer or mobile, modify, resell or exchange your resources directly from the platform.

 

Step 2: Choose the right trading platform

If you want to know how to buy bitcoin without going through a reseller, then you need to know how to use an exchange platform… Also called trading platforms.

There are many trading platforms with very different performances… Make no mistake… We will quickly write an article about blacklisted platforms.

Don’t forget to look also at the fees charged by the different exchanges when buying Bitcoin for example, and the payment methods available also.

Here is a small list of secure trading platforms:

Coinbase is undoubtedly the first suggestion we can make if you have never bought Bitcoins before. This platform is particularly suitable for beginners. Very easy to use, Coinbase also has excellent customer support. You will be able to access your wallet from both the desktop and mobile versions.

CEX is even easier for those who are already used to using trading and exchange platforms. CEX gives you immediate rates with the possibility to buy and resell easily… but their payment methods are a little limited.

If you want to take a shortcut to buy Bitcoins, you can choose LocalBitcoin or Bitquick. They will allow you to buy Bitcoin quickly without trading platforms in the middle.

However, be sure of yourself if you choose this option… Overall, it is quite easy to get screwed by buying BTC from individuals.

 

Step 3: Select your payment method.

The different trading platforms accept different payment options. Exchanges accepting bank transfers or credit cards are numerous, but with a certain limit.

BTC purchases via Paypal, on the other hand, are very complicated. Coinbase offers a wide choice of payment options for achat bitcoin via paypal! Which makes it the ideal platform to buy Bitcoin when you start.

 

Step 4: Buy your Bitcoins and store them in your Wallet.

You will quickly realize that the different trading platforms tell you how much you can buy from Bitcoin (BTC) with a specific fiat amount (EUR or USD). The volatile nature of Bitcoin can cause the price to change drastically from one moment to another.

It means that even if you have a lot of money to invest, you will probably only buy a “fraction” of bitcoin. The trading platform will probably charge you for the transfer… They all do.

Important: your Bitcoin exchange, purchase or shipment may take time. Indeed, each transaction is verified by the blockchain. It often takes more than an hour for a trade to arrive on the target wallet.

 

Step Five: Be ready to use your Bitcoins

Whether you plan to sell your Bitcoin (hoping it will be profitable) or use it to buy something. Be prepared whatever happens and plan in advance what you want to do… indeed the BTC course moves so fast that you have to be ready.

Windows 10 sends your timeline or activity history to Microsoft, and does not seem to be asking for your permission ! It seems to log records of what you’re doing on your PC, and upload it to the cloud… but only if you’ve enabled this option. However, it seems that data collection takes place even when this option is disabled. This data is present online in the privacy control panel, demonstrating that collection takes place without users’ consent.

It all began with a thread on Reddit, by the user u/a_potato_is_missing where a user explains: “I completely deactivated the activity history and yet some applications are still listed in the privacy control panel of the Microsoft site. How can I stop this? “. The Activity History or Timeline logs all your interactions with computer applications and documents in the same way as your web browser does. Usually, it is possible to deactivate the Timeline under Settings > Privacy > Activity History.

Windows 10 collects your Timeline or Activity History

This section contains two options: “Allow Windows to collect my activities from this computer” to enable or disable the timeline and “Allow Windows to synchronize my activities from this computer in the cloud” to put your timeline in the cloud and synchronize it with all your devices. The problem is that even when the second option is off, Windows 10 sends the data to Microsoft servers. We were able to check this in our virtual machine where the option was never activated.

To make matters worse, clicking the “Delete” button in Delete activity history does not change anything: you can always consult your Timeline by consulting the page mentioned above. According to HowToGeek to disable this collection, you should go to the configuration pages of the diagnostic data collection in the configuration of your PC and choose Basic instead of Complete. The complete data collection, enabled by default, means that the information “about the websites you are looking for and how the applications and features are used” is sent to the Microsoft servers.

In other words, this extremely confused mess for the end user is a dangerous type, while pushing a large number of users to transmit this data to Microsoft without their knowledge. We hope that things will change and this will change quickly in a future update of the operating system.

Here is how you can deactivate this annoying feature:

 

Your site is all beautiful, all clean, and ready to go live… but as it is on your hard drive, nobody else will be able to enjoy it!

So you’d like to upload it on the Web, but… you don’t know how.
We will discover in this article everything you need to know to send your site on the Web:

• How to reserve a domain name?
• What is a hosting provider and how does it work?

The domain name

Do you know what a domain name is?

It is an address on the Web: php-qb.net is, for example, a domain name.

In this case, “php-qb” is the domain name itself. It is a name that we can generally choose freely, as long as no one has reserved it before us. It can contain letters and numbers.

The”.com” is the extension also called” TLD,” for a top-level domain. There is roughly one extension per country (.us for the United States,.ca for Canada, etc.).

However, there are also extensions used internationally such as.com,.net,.org. They were initially reserved for commercial sites, organizations,… but for a long time, everyone can reserve them. .com is probably the most used extension on the Web.

Reserve a domain name

I want a domain name for my site too! How do I do that?

Then I have good news and bad news. As usual, we’ll start with the bad one:

• – the down side: it’s not free…
• + The up side: … it’s not expensive at all.

Indeed, a domain name costs between 7 and 20 dollars per year.

The price may vary depending on the extension. Thus, the.info extension is generally offered at a lower price and can prove to be an exciting alternative. However, if you want a more “common” address, you should aim for a.co or.us extension.

To reserve a domain name, two options :

Go through a specialized registrar. It is a body that acts as an intermediary between ICANN (the organization that manages all domain names at international level) and you. Namecheap, GoDaddy are famous American registrars.

Even better: you can order the domain name at the same time as the hosting (this is what I recommend). This way, you kill two birds with one stone, since you will need the hosting and the domain name anyway.

In this chapter, we will see how to order a domain name at the same time as hosting; it is by far the simplest and least expensive solution for you.

The web host

Now let’s take an interest in the host.

What is a host and why would I need it?

On the Internet, all websites are stored on individual computers called servers. Called avis hebergeur, these are usually very powerful computers, which stay on all the time. They contain the pages of websites and deliver them to Internet users who request them, at any time of day or night.

A server does not have a screen because, most of the time, it runs alone without there being any need to do anything on it. As you can see, servers are very flat: it is a unique server format (called “1U”). This allows them to be stacked in bays, i.e., a kind of air-conditioned server cabinet.

The role of the a web hosting company

The host is a company that manages server racks. It ensures that the servers are up and running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Indeed, if one of them breaks down, all the sites on the machine become inaccessible (and that makes customers dissatisfied).

These bays are located in particular places called data centers. Data centers are thus in a way “server warehouses,” and their access is very protected.

Find a hosting provider.

Web hosts, unlike registrars, are offering their services everywhere on the web. There are all types, at all prices. There is a vocabulary to know to find you in their offers:

Shared hosting: if you opt for a shared hosting offer, your site will be placed on a server managing several sites at once (maybe a hundred, maybe more). This is the cheapest offer, and it is the one I recommend you aim for if you start your website.

Virtual dedicated hosting: this time, the server only manages very few sites (usually less than a dozen). This offer is generally adapted to sites which on the one hand can no longer fit on shared hosting because they have too much traffic (too many visitors), but which on the other hand cannot afford a dedicated hosting.

Dedicated hosting (also called “dedicated server”): it is the ultimate solution. The server only manages your site and no other. Attention, the costs are quite expensive and it is better to have knowledge of Linux to administer the server remotely.

Cloud Hosting: More and more trendy these days, it consists in sending your site on virtual servers. In fact, it is the equivalent of a virtual dedicated hosting, but with a whole bunch of services around it to make it easier for us to manage the network, databases, etc.. This is the trend for more and more medium and large websites.