Day 6

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Subject: Where do you get Bitcoins, [firstname]?

Hi [firstname],

After all we've covered so far, you may now be wondering how you can get your (virtual) hands on some of this amazing currency.

Would it surprise you if I said you can actually get Bitcoins for free?

Yes, it's true!  That's something else Bitcoin has in common with gold:  Just like in the California Gold Rush of 1849, you can “mine” Bitcoins.

Instead of a pick and shovel, Bitcoin miners use special software and powerful computers that run 24/7 to solve mathematical equations.  Every time they get a sum right, they're issued a certain fraction of a Bitcoin in exchange. This provides an easy way to issue the currency, and it also creates an incentive for more people to start mining. Bitcoins are mined in “blocks” just like gold is mined from seams.

The only trouble is… 

The Bitcoin Difficulty Metric (basically how hard the equations are) gets recalculated every 2016 blocks. The difficulty is increased to a value where the previous 2016 blocks would have been mined in exactly two weeks had everyone been mining at this difficulty.  When you consider that, on average, one block gets mined every ten minutes when you're reaching the end of the cycle, you can see the curve goes up steadily.

In the early days you could mine Bitcoins using a laptop, but nowadays you need some serious hardware that will set you back thousands of Dollars and will be obsolete before you know it. Not exactly free!

Most people find it easier to BUY Bitcoins.  Exactly how much you will pay varies depending on the current trading price.  There are quite a few sites online where you can purchase Bitcoins for cash or credit card online. A few good ones are:

Localbitcoins [YOUR AFFILIATE LINK HERE]
Coinbase [YOUR AFFILIATE LINK HERE]
Coinmama [YOUR AFFILIATE LINK HERE]
CEX.io [YOUR AFFILIATE LINK HERE]

You can also do a search in Google, but beware!  There are a lot of scam sites out there who will take your real money and issue fake Bitcoins.  It's a good idea to look for site reviews and check them out thoroughly. 

Warmly,

[Your Name]

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