[ExI] Bitcoin experience

[Kelly Anderson]

My recommendation is to use this site to find someone local who is selling.

https://localbitcoins.com

That's how I've bought most of what little I have.

-Kelly



On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 11:53 PM, Rafal Smigrodzki <
rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com> wrote:

> So, I finally went ahead and tried to buy a bitcoin (and to think that
> I first read about bitcoins when they were less than 10$ apiece, and
> the blogger was saying "It's either going to get big, or fail
> completely, so buy some and see what happens, at worst you lose a few
> bucks"). I set up an account at coinbase, bought one bitcoin and ...
> four days later received an email saying "We decided to cancel your
> transaction, since it appears to be high-risk. You may try again in a
> few weeks". I used Tor to connect to coinbase.org, but otherwise
> disclosed my regular email account, linked a US bank account, verified
> my identity - so what's wrong? Tor? Did anybody here have a similar
> experience?
>
> Rafal
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