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View submission: Don't invest recklessly
What country are you in? Coinbase is extraordinarily easy to set up and buy bitcoin. I did it in like 5 minutes. If you don't trust storing it with them then ya there's some researching to understand how to store it privately. But even then it doesn't take more than 20 minutes with guides on this subreddit or elsewhere to do that
Comment by [deleted] at 03/12/2017 at 22:41 UTC
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Nah mate, most people struggle with computer use. There's a very steep learning curve to buy bitcoin and most people aren't going to struggle through that, unless they get help with it.
As it stands, this is out of the reach of millions in this country, at least. How can someone manage to buy bitcoin with confidence, when they haven't the tech savvy to set up an email account? These people aren't in the minority either.
It's going to have to be made simpler, maybe by integration with standard banks, or by active help with the transactions.