[Ian]

With this amount of knowledge, you have no business getting into it just yet… please do your research first!

[Mark]

Etfs and fractional shares. I’ve never looked at the share price of anything I bought

[Aaron]

IBIT Blackrock Bitcoin ETF
Great way to get a piece of the action.

[Sam]

I own an ETF for it. But I also like M1 Finance because it allows me to buy fractional shares of ETFs, in addition to other things great for long term investing.

[Kitty]

It’s awesome that you’re researching Bitcoin—it can feel overwhelming at first, but once you understand the basics, it’s much simpler than it seems.

Let me help break it down for you!

First, a bit of motivation: Over the past 10 years, Bitcoin has had an incredible 63% compound annual growth rate (CAGR).

That means $10,000 invested in Bitcoin 10 years ago is now worth about $1.3 million—just by holding and not selling during those wild price swings.

Now, Bitcoin isn’t just an investment—it’s hard money with a fixed supply of 21 million coins.

In about 10 years, 99% of Bitcoin’s supply will be in circulation, but here’s the catch: Around 3/4 of the current supply is already held in long-term custody, meaning it’s no longer available on exchanges.

This is part of what makes Bitcoin so unique and valuable over time.

Here’s How to Get Started:
1. Create a Long-Term Plan
Decide how much you’re comfortable allocating and set realistic expectations. Think of Bitcoin as a long-term savings strategy (5-10 years minimum).

2. Set Up an Account
Swan Bitcoin if you’re in the U.S. is trusted by the Bitcoin community and focuses exclusively on Bitcoin.

Other options like Coinbase or Kraken are fine, but Swan specializes in helping new buyers with simplicity and education.

In Canada look at Bitcoin Well or NDAX. Coinbase is also an option.

3. Set Up a Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA) Plan
DCA means buying small amounts regularly (like weekly or monthly).

It’s a great way to reduce stress and take advantage of price dips. Some exchanges make this super easy to automate.

4.Move Your Bitcoin to Self-Custody
Once you’ve purchased your Bitcoin, move it off the exchange to a hardware wallet (like Ledger, Trezor, or Coldcard).

Self-custody means you control your Bitcoin—it’s not dependent on the exchange’s security.

5. Back Up Passwords/Seed Phrases
Your hardware wallet will provide a seed phrase (12-24 words).

Write it down on paper and store it in a secure location. Also, stamp it into a stainless steel metal plate to prevent loss to fire/water.

Never store your passwords or seed phrases online or on your phone.

Bitcoin can be a powerful tool for long-term wealth building when approached with the right strategy and security mindset.

[Richard]

This isn’t the place to start learning. Coin Bureau on You Tube has a lot of videos to teach you. Start there.

The book The Bitcoin standard is a good book to start too.

[Brad]

I’ve been eyeballing some related ETF that aren’t $100k a share, but also feel like I missed the ride

[Ildefonso]

Now everyone wants to get in “crypto” lol! What happened last year when bitcoin was in the 20s?

Everyone buys bitcoin at the price they deserve.

Maybe start learning about Bitcoin first? Yea I think that’s a better idea

[Sihing]

Not a dig at the OP but an observation. Bizarre that every time a particular market hits an all time high, a load of people suddenly want to buy.

Whenever the market takes a tumble, people want to sell.

In this case, don’t buy now, wait for the market to fall/ “correct”, then buy with money you don’t immediately need.

[Roshandra]

There are no shares of Bitcoin and there are a plethora of other alt coins you can invest in.

[Emmanuel]

You can buy bitcoin in denominations it’s like fractional shares, you can buy parts of a bitcoin not a whole if you don’t want to

[Paulo]

Yes, bitcoin is expensive just buy Pepecoin you can buy trillions of it. Just kidding you can buy any amount of bitcoin even cents it will have lots of zeros like .0.0000001 bitcoin

[Leslie]

You can open a Coinbase account and buy how ever much in dollars you want. You can also do that on Robinhood or Uphold. There are other crypto platforms but these are the 3 I use.

Crypto and stocks are very volatile. They will always go below the price you paid at some point. Don’t panic and sell for a loss.

Never invest more than you can afford to lose. I buy stocks and crypto and do not look at it everyday.

When bear markets or down markets are here, I don’t even look at them.

I am in for long term so the down days don’t matter. Do what you want and do not pay attention to naysayers. I bought a bitcoin at 38,000. It went down to 19,000.

My husband was complaining I am losing all of our money. I told him to be patient and wait.

It took nearly 2 years to go back over 38,000. My friends were saying, hurry up and sell.

I said no, I am in for the long haul. Now it is bouncing around 100,000.

I am glad I didn’t listen to my husband and friends. Best of luck to you! On Robinhood, it has a few crypto and also stocks and you can buy fractional shares of anything.

On Coinbase there are a lot of crypto to choose from. Uphold has a lot of hard to find crypto.

But you just type in how much money you want to spend and you will get the correct percentage of whatever you want to buy.

[CB]

You can buy increments of Bitcoin- but I highly suggest you check out Ethereum, litecoin and USDC.

Those are a lot more stable, more affordable and in same cases, you can stake your coins to earn bonuses (like interest).
You haven’t missed the boat.

But one thing you need to be aware of- you’ll hear a lot of other people speaking about other coins- DO NOT use money you need for rent, food, incidentals, etc.

This is like playing the slots in Las Vegas.

The top three I mentioned above are the most stable because it is what you call HODL- meaning you hold it for many years.

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