Coinbase is a bitcoin wallet and exchange service headquartered in San Francisco California, founded by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam. Coinbase facilitates exchange between bitcoin and fiat currencies in 28 countries, and bitcoin transactions and storage in 190 countries worldwide. Coinbase has raised a total of $106,000,000 in venture capital funding and supports 2.5 million users, 40,000 merchants, and 7,000 developer applications. (2015 August)
https://www.coinbase.com/
Coinbase has three core products: an exchange for trading bitcoin and fiat currency, a wallet for bitcoin storage and transactions, and an API for developers and merchants to build applications and accept bitcoin payments. Coinbase offers buy/sell trading functionality in 28 countries, while the wallet is available in 190 countries worldwide.
What is Bitcoin?
Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks; managing transactions and the issuing of bitcoins is carried out collectively by the network. Bitcoin is open-source; its design is public, nobody owns or controls Bitcoin and everyone can take part. Through many of its unique properties, Bitcoin allows exciting uses that could not be covered by any previous payment system.
https://bitcoin.org/
Places that accept bitcoin: http://spendbitcoins.com
How do I get started?
Getting started with Coinbase is easy! Sign up with Coinbase and convert any supported currency to bitcoin with your bank account.
I just bought my first bitcoin on Coinbase - try it.
https://www.coinbase.com/
Coinbase support:
https://support.coinbase.com/
STEP BY STEP:
1. How to Create a Coinbase Wallet
2. How to Connect Coinbase to Your Bank Account
3. How to Buy Bitcoins with Coinbase
4. The Coinbase Vault
