I have been investing in cryptocurrencies for years and have always been troubled by the complexity of buying coins. Often times the registration of an exchange takes a long time and the platform itself is not intuitive to use.

Binance is an example of a complex interface that turns off mainstream users and prevents them from effortlessly purchasing cryptocurrency.

Recently a discussion broke out at a family dinner about the state of cryptocurrencies. At the end of the discussion, my 90-year-old grandma was convinced that Ether would be a great asset to buy and leave for her grandchildren. My brother pulled out his phone and showed off the Bancor app.

It was an instant sell, my grandma loved how she could use her credit card to easily buy Ether and swap it for any token in the network.

So I decided to create this quick guide for all the other newbies out there who are looking for an easy way to get started with crypto. I hope this guide will be useful for anyone who is interested in the crypto space but doesn’t want to deal with the clunky interfaces and disconnected user flows on most exchanges.

Step 1: Go to https://www.bancor.network/ & Click Sign In

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Step 2: Choose your favorite social messaging app and and follow the sign-in process.

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Step 3: Create a new wallet

Enter a secure password

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Step 4: Backup Recovery Phrase

Make sure to write this down on a piece of paper or take a screenshot. It is the only way to retrieve your password if it is lost.

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Step 5: Click Buy ETH

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Step 6: Enter USD value of ETH that you are looking to purchase.

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Step 7: Copy ETH wallet address from “create a wallet: prompt within the buying portal.

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Step 8: Fill out payment info and the ETH will be instantly transferred to your wallet.

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