If you manage your own wallet, you CAN do it for free.
Otherwise, just use Coinbase and be sure to activate all the two factor authentication. It's a pain in the ass, but it sucks more to have your Bitcoin stolen. (Speaking from experience.)
Coinbase wants my name and stuff. That's a 100% no. I was going to try https://www.exodus.com/?utm_source=Investopedia&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=spring_2021
But there's no option to buy bitcoin??? Do I buy bitcoin on a site and have it sent to my wallet ID? Then landed on this = https://electrum.org/#download
Which seemed better? But how do I generate a permanent wallet address?
I've never used Exodus, but if you want, I'll try to set it up for myself, so I can better understand how to help you.
In order to manage your own wallet for free, you will need to download a companion program and the blockchain for that cryptocurrency.
This means that you will host a very large file on your computer, which... isn't for everyone, but fine for some.
I suspect most crypto managers will require your financial information, at some point. The only way to do it totally anonymously is to download the blockchain and companion program.
I have 9,066GB of which 3,931GB is free where 1800GB of free space is on one HDD
You can use Metamask and Wyre. Still going to be a $20+ transaction fee.
Isn't Metamask mobile only? Pretty bad for security.
Go to https://coinatmradar.com/ and find ATMs near you.
Some need ID, some (most) don't.
Some require a wallet, some provide you with one. In any case, transfer the sum into another wallet you have created.
Then transfer from that wallet to Poal wallet. Don't transfer straight from the atm wallet because they might have a blacklist in place.
It has some quirks but it's not rocket science.
Use Electrum and you won't have to download the whole blockchain.
Some ATMs support Ethereum as well but I'm not familiar with this process.
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