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How to Cash Out your Cryptocurrencies back into fiat?
Posted by Taras Lanchev on
We have already discussed how to store Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, how much you should be paying for a Bitcoin transaction and for an Ethereum transaction. However, one important bit we’ve missed is how to withdraw cryptocurrencies back into fiat. If you’ve invested all your money into crypto and then realised that you need to eat and crypto can’t quite buy you food yet, you will definitely find this post interesting. Cashing out could be a challenging process and to be honest, this is where people normally run into trouble as they worry about safety and security of their money....
How to save on fees when transferring and withdrawing Bitcoin from exchanges?
Posted by Taras Lanchev on
The fees for withdrawing cryptocurrencies vary dramatically across exchanges. For example, Stocks.exchange charges 0.002BTC (around $22) for a withdraw whereas Bittrex charges 0.001BTC ($10.50). The smallest fee, that I know of, is on Poloniex which charges 0.0005 BTC ($5.25). As for transferring money between exchanges, Bitcoin is to be not the best option out there. This is to say, despite the mempool getting less clogged up and the Lightning Network coming into play, it still may take some time. A fee for a withdraw Luckily for us, the exchanges don't just trade Bitcoin, but also have other cryptocurrencies. That's how we can transfer...
How much to pay for a Bitcoin transaction? Calculating Bitcoin fees in Satoshis
Posted by Taras Lanchev on
We have already installed your Bitcoin wallet and might have even tried to do your first transaction. If you succeeded - well done! If not, not to worry. All of us still have to learn about Satoshis, transaction bytes, how not to pay extra fees. Let's jump into it! 1 BTC = 1000 mBTC = 100 000 000 Satoshi mBTC - literally means milliBitcoin (mBTC and BTC are like millimetres and meters in real life). Satoshi - is 10-8 of Bitcoin. This is the smallest unit of Bitcoin. It is named after the creator of Bitcoin - Satoshi Nakamoto. All current wallets are built...
How do I store Ethereum and other altcoins? More about cryptocurrency wallets
Posted by Taras Lanchev on
Let's look at the wallets for altcoins and in particular for Ethereum. However, before you start reading this, you first have to read How to store Bitcoin? Creating a Bitcoin wallet. Official Ethereum Wallet You can download the official Ethereum Wallet on the official Ethereum website or on github. This is a heavy client and will take 28GB on your computer. But frankly, I wouldn't bother with it. It's crap. I used it a bit over the past few months and these are my thoughts: 1. I couldn't download the full blockchain on my computer once. I have a very typical SSD, so...
How to store Bitcoin? Creating a Bitcoin wallet
Posted by Taras Lanchev on
- How do I store Bitcoin? - You need to get a cryptocurrency wallet - How do I do it? - Listen up! -- It's weird, but these kinds of questions don't get answered in too much detail on the internet. Even if you type in "Bitcoin wallet comparison" you get some stupid websites i.e. "20+ Best Bitcoin Wallets to Store your Bitcoins in" with some really weird comparison criteria and an ad for 1 of them. I already mentioned Jaxx in my post about how to buy cryptocurrencies. It supports tons of coins (BTC, ETH, DASH, ETC, REP, LTC, ZEC, RSK, DGE,...