My first buy was within Steemit and it was a bit confusing. If you have bitcoins and can get the QR to show up, Blocktrades is ok. I trade coins all the time, so I use an exchange. Once I found out that my "Steem Address" was just sponge-bob (without the @) I was able to buy on Poloniex and just send the Steem to my username here. Powering up!
It's the trading platform. You have to go with one you are comfortable with. I don't recommend keeping much money on ANY exchange as so many have had problems as they get bigger. I was lucky that I got out of MtGox, Bitstamp and Bitfinex weeks before they attracted the attention of hackers.
My first buy was within Steemit and it was a bit confusing. If you have bitcoins and can get the QR to show up, Blocktrades is ok. I trade coins all the time, so I use an exchange. Once I found out that my "Steem Address" was just sponge-bob (without the @) I was able to buy on Poloniex and just send the Steem to my username here. Powering up!
Poloniex? trading platform or a broker?
It's the trading platform. You have to go with one you are comfortable with. I don't recommend keeping much money on ANY exchange as so many have had problems as they get bigger. I was lucky that I got out of MtGox, Bitstamp and Bitfinex weeks before they attracted the attention of hackers.