There are many ways to obtain Bitcoin, the most common in the market are mining, direct purchase, and airdrop rewards.
1) Mining
Mining is the earliest way to obtain Bitcoin and the source of Bitcoin. Mining requires professional mining equipment, and the Bitcoin obtained from mining will be directly deposited into the Bitcoin wallet. Due to the rise in Bitcoin prices, the computing power of the entire network continues to increase, and the competition in mining is fierce. Therefore, miners have higher and higher requirements for mining machines, and the iteration speed of mining machines is also accelerating. In order to maximize the computing power and energy consumption ratio, the technical content of mining machines has been improved, which has also led to the price of mining machines becoming more and more expensive. In addition, there are many risks in purchasing mining machines and selecting mining sites. Therefore, the threshold and cost of mining are relatively high, so ordinary investors generally do not use this method to obtain Bitcoin.
2) Direct purchase
Direct purchases mostly occur in the secondary market, that is, exchanges. Investors can purchase Bitcoin through exchanges such as OUYi. Large exchanges have good liquidity and market depth, so they are a more friendly way for novice investors to obtain Bitcoin.
In addition, users can directly purchase Bitcoin over the counter, but due to the lack of guarantees, there are greater risks and need to be chosen carefully.
3) Airdrop rewards
Bitcoin has been used for rare items or rewards since its inception. In order to promote products and give back to users, some platforms will hold Bitcoin airdrop activities, and users can obtain Bitcoin through these activities.
