Bitcoin is
the currency of the Internet: a distributed, worldwide, decentralized digital money. Unlike traditional currencies such as dollars, bitcoins are issued and managed without any central authority whatsoever: there is no government, company, or bank in charge of Bitcoin. As such, it is more resistant to wild inflation and corrupt banks. With Bitcoin, you can
be your own bank.
Community guidelines
- Do not use URL shortening services: always submit the real link.
- Begging/asking for bitcoins is absolutely not allowed, no matter how badly you need the bitcoins. Only requests for donations to large, recognized charities are allowed, and only if there is good reason to believe that the person accepting bitcoins on behalf of the charity is trustworthy.
- News articles that do not contain the word "Bitcoin" are usually off-topic. This subreddit is not about general financial news.
- Submissions that are mostly about some other cryptocurrency belong elsewhere. For example,
/r/CryptoCurrency
is a good place to discuss all cryptocurrencies.
- No referral links in submissions.
- No compilations of free Bitcoin sites.
- Trades should usually not be advertised here. For example, submissions like "Buying 100 BTC" or "Selling my computer for bitcoins" do not belong here.
/r/Bitcoin
is primarily for news and discussion.
- Please avoid repetition —
/r/bitcoin
is a subreddit devoted to new information and discussion about Bitcoin and its ecosystem. New merchants are welcome to announce their services for Bitcoin, but after those have been announced they are no longer news and should not be re-posted. Aside from new
merchant announcements, those interested in advertising to our audience should consider Reddit's self-serve advertising system.
- No wallet addresses in posts/comments. The
tipbot
can be used.
Related communities
(Sorted roughly by decreasing popularity.)
Non-Bitcoin communities
Join us on IRC
chat.freenode.net
#bitcoin
Other Bitcoin sites
Download Bitcoin Core
Bitcoin Core is the the
backbone of the Bitcoin network. Almost all Bitcoin wallets rely on Bitcoin Core in one way or another. If you have a fairly powerful computer that is almost always online, you can help the network by running Bitcoin Core. You can also use Bitcoin Core as a very secure Bitcoin wallet.
Style sheet credits
Ad campaign:
We previously collected donations to fund Bitcoin advertising efforts, but we no longer accept donations. The
funds already donated
will be spent on some sort of advertising, as intended. (10.35799117 BTC spent so far.)