Crypto for Dummies

Wallet
You will need a wallet to carry your Bitcoin. There are a lot of alternatives but just choose Electrum.
 * It's easy to use
 * It's fast
 * You don't need to downloads gigabytes of shit
 * Just use it

How to install Electrum?

 * 1) Download Electrum from electrum.org
 * 2) Install
 * 3) If the program asks you what type of wallet you want, just choose the Standard wallet
 * 4) Then choose Create new seed
 * 5) You will need that seed to recreate your wallet in case your harddrive gets wiped!
 * 6) Write it on a piece of paper and store it somewhere safe
 * 7) Enter a password. You will need this if you want to send your bitcoins
 * 8) Now complete your installation process and you should see a window
 * 9) Go to Preferences -> Appearance -> Base Unit and change it to BTC
 * 10) Done

How to receive bitcoin into my wallet?

 * 1) Click on the Receive tab
 * 2) You will see a Receiving address. Use this address to people can send you bitcoin
 * 3) Just copy & paste it. You don't need to do anything else
 * 4) You will see all the transactions you receive in the History tab. They will be final if there's a green check mark in front of them. Don't panic this can take some time

How to send bitcoin from my wallet?

 * 1) Click on the Send tab
 * 2) Pay to will be given to you, this is their address
 * 3) Description isn't necessary
 * 4) Amount, should be pretty clear, i.e. the amount of BTC you want to send
 * 5) Fee, you can change your slider. The more fees you want to pay the faster your transaction will be verified. If you choose very low fees a transaction could take 12 - 48 hours.
 * 6) If you're ready just click Send and enter your password
 * 7) If you now click on the History tab, you will see your transaction and it will be verified if there's a green check mark in front of it

How to get bitcoin?
Now you set up your wallet you are ready to buy some bitcoin. But how?

How to get and trade alt-coin?
Your first step for most smaller coins is to get bitcoin first.
 * https://poloniex.com


 * https://yobit.net/en/
 * https://cex.io
 * https://bittrex.com/
 * https://shapeshift.io/#/coins