Whether you buy Bitcoin or earn Bitcoin, it's important to take full control of it. Taking full control of your Bitcoin transforms it into freedom money.
Freedom money is money no one can censor, freeze, or seize — and if you can download an app, you can have it.
Bitcoin is a Long Term Savings Account
Bitcoin is best used as a long term savings account. Because the value can go up and down in the short term, it's important to only put money in that you don't need to use for several years.
Over the long term, Bitcoin is a much better savings account than dollars which consistently lose value due to inflation.
Bitcoin
+133.8%
Purchasing power gained over 4 years
Source: Bitcoin Price Report →
US Dollar
-13.4%
Purchasing power lost over 4 years
Source: FRED CPI →
Buy Bitcoin
You may already have an app that gives you access to Bitcoin. Here are some of our favorite apps for buying Bitcoin:
Cash App
A simple way to buy Bitcoin with an app you might already have.
Learn more →Strike
Buy Bitcoin and set up automatic recurring purchases.
Learn more →After you get some Bitcoin, it's important that you take full control of it. Here's how:
Take Full Control
If you leave your Bitcoin in the app where you bought it, you don't get any of the freedom benefits. The same is true if you buy a Bitcoin ETF — no freedom benefits, no withdrawals, and you'll pay a fee every year.
Self-Custody
Free
Full freedom. No annual fees.
Source: Blockstream Green →
Bitcoin ETF
Fees
No freedom. Annual fees forever.
Source: ETF.com →
To use your Bitcoin as freedom money, simply withdraw it from the app where you bought it to a wallet you control. If you can download an app, you can take full control of your Bitcoin.
Blockstream Green
Our favorite free mobile wallet for taking full control of your Bitcoin.
Learn more →Full Wallet Guide
Explore more Bitcoin wallet options to find the right one for you.
Learn more →Earn Bitcoin
There's a growing movement of people saying "Pay me in Bitcoin!" Whether you're a pro athlete or a regular person, you can be paid in Bitcoin. You can start asking to be paid in Bitcoin too.
Strike
Automatically convert a portion of your paycheck into Bitcoin each month.
Learn more →Bitcoin for Business
Learn why more and more businesses are accepting Bitcoin.
Learn more →Spend Bitcoin
Millions of businesses now accept Bitcoin. Thanks to Square, any merchant that uses a Square terminal can accept it. You can find a map of those merchants right inside the Cash App.
You can also explore a worldwide map of Bitcoin-accepting businesses, or shop online for products sold exclusively for Bitcoin.