Bitcoin

Bitcoin Wallets

The first thing you need is a Bitcoin wallet. Think of this as a bank that uses Bitcoin only. Like banks there are many to choose from, but they all basically do the same thing. Below you can find a list of some popular Bitcoin wallets.

• Blockchain.info
• Coinbase
• BitGo
• HiveWallet
• Xapo

Once you have a wallet you're ready to use Bitcoin.

Getting Bitcoin

There are two way you can get Bitcoins

• From other people
• Once you have a Bitcoin wallet you'll have a Bitcoin address that looks something like this 1CSBWgwEMGrjUEpdoJQSgNcKUC5tbjZmWL. Other Bitcoin users can then send you bitcoins to this address.
• Buying it yourself by linking your wallet to a bank account or credit card.

Making a Purchase with Bitcoin

Bitcoin is very different from Paypal or a credit card. Payments are not instant. On EpicNPC it takes about 10 mins to confirm a payment and the item purchased will not be provided until the bicoin payment is confirmed.

Below are two screens to show an example payment.

• Top image - Payment page
• This is basically the order screen where you are given the total cost and the bitcoin address to send payment to.
• The "Pay with Bitcoin" button only works if you have a Bitcoin app installed on your browser for which ever wallet you're using. For most people this button will not work.


• Second image - Send payment page
• To send payment you can either use your phone if your bitcoin wallet has a phone app and just scan the code.
• Or you can pay by going to the bitcoin wallet website and copy/pasting the bitcoin address and total amount. In the example below I use Coinbase as my wallet.