Using Bitcoin Archive

Two bitcoin events during May in Belfast

It always seems that we get pairs of bitcoin stories, and while our last two local stories were about Dublin Bitcoin events, this month we have two Northern Irish stories. It seems that in May, there …

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An interview with Blocktrail

So we’ve been very lucky to get some great detailed information on bitcoin mining pools from Dutch bitcoin company Blocktrail.com, which has enabled us to build up some good information on which mining pools have been mining …

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What is a bitcoin or btc faucet?

In the world of Bitcoin, there are what are called bitcoin faucets that will pay out very small amounts of free bitcoins for visiting different sites and looking at advertising, or for completing tasks such as completing …

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What are Bitcoin Exchanges?

Bitcoins are a virtual commodity that can be traded on several exchanges for fiat (real currency), or other cryptocurrencies. While there are no rules currently for bitcoins in Ireland, please note that you may be …

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What are Bitcoin Wallets

Wallets – Online, Mobile or Offline? If you want to have to trade bitcoins, the first thing you’ll need is a bitcoin wallet. There are several types of these available. Desktop wallets sit on your …

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A look at All4BTC

A look at the All4BTC Shopping service So as we’ve been generating some bitcoin for a little while now from our mining pool reviews. As we’re running them to generate bitcoins for us to run reviews on the …

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If you're just getting started with cryptocurrency, there are several methods to get your first couple of euro of cryptocurrency to put in your wallet.

Did you know that the Crypto part of Revolut has a section called Learn? You can earn around €10 in free crypto from doing some lessons (and they've recently finally added the option to withdraw your bitcoin from your account to an external wallet address! )

Want to use your computer to mine cryptocurrency? Cudominer lets you mine a variety of cryptocurrencies. Read our Cudominer Review to see how it works. Note, this could potentially cause damage to your machine as we learned the hard way so do it at your own risk.

If you want to try a faucet to earn small amounts of crypto which pay out when you reach a certain threshold of bitcoin, you can roll the dice and potentially get up to $100 in bitcoin once an hour by registering with Free Bitco.in and doing their roll. Once you earn 0.0003 bitcoin, this is transferred to your nominated wallet.