Here is an updated list of useful Bitcoin services:
Bitcoin Wallets For Beginners
- Strike (USA) – allows anyone to purchase Bitcoin in 65 supported countries – low fees for buying and selling Bitcoin – instant worldwide payments using local currencies – note that this is a custodial wallet, which means you don’t have the keys to your Bitcoin.
Self-Custodial Wallets
These are self-custodial wallets, meaning you retain have the keys to your money:
- Blockstream Jade (Canada) – a Bitcoin-only hardware wallet – good security practices
Privacy-Oriented Bitcoin Wallets
- Sparrow – a Bitcoin wallet that emphasizes financial self-sovereignty – available on all major platforms
Cashing Out Bitcoin
- HodlHodl (Latvia) – a global peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading platform that allows users to trade directly with each other
- FCF Pay (USA) – 2% fee for bill payments + $3 per payment
- Bull Bitcoin (Canada) — a non-custodial Bitcoin-only exchange and payments service from Canada cash out – 0% fee for cash out under $100 CAD, 0.5% fee to cash out $100 to $1000 CAD, 0.75% fee for $1000 to $3000, 1% for $3000 to $10000, 1.25% for over $10000
- Mt Pelerin (Switzerland) – sell Bitcoin from any wallet and withdraw funds in 12 fiat currencies directly on your bank account in you area – no identification required. in 12 currencies on your bank account in
- AgoraDesk – allows users to buy and sell Bitcoin with other users in their area
- Bisq – a decentralized Bitcoin exchange network that allows users to buy and sell Bitcoin in exchange for national currencies. Open-source desktop software. No registration required.
- Robosats – Tor-only peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange that allows users to exchange Bitcoin for national currencies
- Bitcoin ATMs – cash out bitcoin at ATMs – fees tend to be high
Places To Buy Bitcoin
- Strike (Chicago, USA) – good for small purchases of Bitcoin
- Cash App (California, USA) – good for small purchases of Bitcoin, some fees involved
- Unchained (USA) – suitable for larger purchases of Bitcoin, a reputable company
- Swan (California, USA) – reputable Bitcoin seller
- River (California, USA) – reputable Bitcoin seller
- Hodl Hodl (Latvia) – a global peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading platform that allows users to trade directly with each other
- Bitcoin ATMs – you can buy bitcoin from these ATMs
- Bisq – a decentralized Bitcoin exchange network that allows users to buy and sell Bitcoin in exchange for national currencies
- Robosats – a Tor-only, peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange that allows users to exchange Bitcoin for national currencies
