How to Buy Bitcoins Anonymously in the US, Instantly

Updated on Aug 4, 2021 by rasengan

If CISPA or other privacy-busting legislations pass, every detail of our personal lives will be at risk – and you’ll want to buy Bitcoins for safety. Although many of our foundations are rooted in anonymity, everything we see, do and buy may soon be exposed. However, technology always evolves, and anonymity is no exception.

As many already know, Bitcoin is a decentralized, digital currency that can be used like cash. What many people may not already know, however, is that there is no need to hand over all of your information to an exchange to buy bitcoins. It’s already incredibly easy to buy bitcoins anonymously, in less than 10 minutes!

Update: The following is an antiquated method to buy bitcoins anonymously. Currently, the best way to buy bitcoins anonymously is still to use a VPN or Tor and use a service like described by the anonymous member of the Bitcoin community below.

How to Buy Bitcoins Online Anonymously

An anonymous member of the Bitcoin community has contributed these wonderful instructions detailing 6 simple steps to buying Bitcoins with near anonymity in the US.

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Step 1.

Download and install TOR from https://www.torproject.org/

Step 2. 

While using TOR create a Tormail account at http://jhiwjjlqpyawmpjx.onion

Step 3. 

While using TOR, visit http://www.bitinstant.com

Step 4.

Choose the Cash deposit to Bitcoin to email option.

Step 5.

Follow the instructions on Bitinstant to make your cash deposit, and have your Bitcoins sent to your new Tormail account.

No ID is needed.

Step 6.

Receive your Bitcoins via email.

And voila.  Now you can use your anonymous e-mail account and anonymous bitcoins to buy goods and services online, truly anonymously.

Here are a few places you can spend Bitcoins:

Private Internet Access – Anonymous VPN Service

MemoryDealers – Transceivers, Cables, and Memory

CoinDL – The iTunes of the Bitcoin economy

BitcoinDeals – The Amazon of the Bitcoin economy

A quick search of the interweb will also display the thousands upon thousands of other shops that accept Bitcoin so you can buy bitcoins then spend them.

Have any other suggestions on how to buy bitcoins, or where to spend bitcoins?  Let us know in the comments!

97 Comments

1. Jon

   Coinabul.com is a good place to spend your coins!

   14 years ago
2. Erik Voorhees

   Baller

   14 years ago
3. Michael Schumacher

   This isn’t exactly anonymous.  There are cameras in the bank.  It is more anonymous than an exchange, or even IRC transaction though since there is no ID and IP attached.

   14 years ago
   1. Donovan

      Bittransfer:

      “One of the key features of our service for both clients and for regulatory compliance is the
      event log – every single transaction has every single aspect logged to a redundant log of
      events which we use for debugging our software, tracking customer funds transfers and doing
      internal audits. In the event of an attempt at money laundering or other criminal activity, the
      contents of this event log would be valuable evidence to be disclosed to law enforcement.”

      14 years ago
4. John Doe

   There are much business who accept bitcoin @ https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Trade

   14 years ago
5. Seth

   I’ve been interested in bitcoins for a long time.  I’ll try this Anonymous Bitinstant out.

   Thanks for the info.

   14 years ago
   1. Josh

      you can contact for exchange of e-currencies online (801) 845-2721

      11 years ago