HOW TO SET UP A BITCOIN / ALTCOINS WALLET

Before you can buy, receive or earn cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin and Altcoin), you need to have a wallet to receive the coin.

A “wallet” is basically the Bitcoin equivalent of a bank account. It allows you to receive bitcoins, store them, and then send them to others. There are two main types of wallets. A software wallet is one that you install on your own computer or mobile device. You are in complete control over the security of your coins, but they can sometimes be tricky to install and maintain. A web wallet or hosted wallet is one that is hosted by a third party. They are often much easier to use, but you have to trust the provider to maintain high levels of security to protect your coins. There some main wallets that we recommend for beginners.

Coinbase

Coinbase is a web wallet with a simple design and a number of very useful features that make it excellent for beginners. You can send and receive bitcoins via email and buy and sell bitcoins directly from Coinbase. A full-featured Android app enables access to all account functions on the go. Coinbase’s founders have a proven startup track record and have raised money from very prominent venture capitalists. This gives Coinbase a level of legitimacy unparalleled in the Bitcoin space. They are also one of the only large Bitcoin companies to never suffer a major hack. Besides Bitcoin, you will find Ethereum and Litecoin wallet in on registration. If you spend more than $100 in coinbase, you will receive $10 worth of bitcoin. This is a free service where you can receive and send Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Litecoin (LTC). Click here to sign up.


Blockchain.info

One of the quickest and easiest ways to get a Bitcoin wallet is to simply go to Blockchain.info and fill out their brief requirements. Blockchain.info is another web wallet like Coinbase and provides a simple setup and mobile access to your account via their Android app. They also provide a number of other useful services to the Bitcoin community. This is a free service where you can receive and send Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). Click here to sign up.


My.dogechain.info

This is a web wallet with a simple design for beginners. You can easily receive and send Dogecoin (DOGE) with this wallet. DOGE is a fun and friendly internet currency. Dogecoin sets itself apart from other digital currencies with an amazing, vibrant community made up of friendly folks just like you Click here to sign up.


MyMonero

MyMonero provides secure, hosted Monero accounts in order to provide easy access to funds for those that would prefer not to run a full Monero client themselves, or for those on devices with limited resources. You can access your account on any device, as long as you have access to your private login key. MyMonero never knows your private login key, and is thus unable to spend your funds without your authorisation. All of the private cryptography is done locally on your device Click here to sign up.


Gatehub

Most users are using GateHub for Ripple (XRP) wallet. Besides that, Gatehub also is a Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ethereum Classic (ETC) and Augur (REP) wallet. It allows users to store, send and exchange these cryptocurrencies in a built-in exchange. All private keys and passwords are hashed and encrypted using industry standard algorithms, even GateHub cannot access them. The trade page includes all of the required elements as other professional exchanges. There are price chart, order book, order depth and recent activity etc here. You could trade fiat, cryptocurrency, precious metals etc. You could trade any currency or metals pair from any gateway included the unconnected one, from which you cannot deposit or withdraw funds. However, it is easy to connect them. You just need to input the gateway’s name and ripple  address to finish the connecting process. Click here to sign up.


Luno

Luno is a bitcoin exchange platform that promises to make it safe and easy to exchange fiat currencies for bitcoin.To start using Luno, you sign up for a free Luno Bitcoin wallet through your web browser, or through the free iOS/Android app. Then, you transfer money through a local bank transfer or credit card purchase. Finally, you use that money to buy bitcoin. Luno keeps your bitcoins in its wallet, although you can transfer them to whatever storage solution you like.

In short, Luno works just like every other bitcoin exchange in the world today. What makes Luno different? Luno is particularly popular with markets under-served by other bitcoin exchanges. It’s one of the few exchanges where you can trade the South African Rand for Bitcoin, for example.

It also provides instant buy/sell support in Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, and South Africa, with more countries being added in the future. In fact, global customers are only able to access Luno’s wallet at this time. Click here to sign up and you will got chance to get some free bitcoin.

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CRYPTOCURRENCY IS A FORM OF DIGITAL MONEY THAT IS SECURE AND ANONYMOUS.

Cryptocurrencies use decentralised technology to let users make secure payments and store money without the need to use their name or go through a bank. They run on a distributed public ledger called blockchain, which is a record of all transactions updated and held by currency holders.

Bitcoins is the first cryptocurrency. A 2008 whitepaper written by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto introduced the concept of bitcoin, and the design principle behind bitcoin is: A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash [which] would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution

An altcoin is any digital cryptocurrency similar to Bitcoin. The term is said to stand for “alternative to Bitcoin” and is used describe any cryptocurrency that is not a Bitcoin. Altcoins are created by diverging from Bitcoin consensus rules (the fundamental rules of the cryptocurrency’s network) or by developing a new cryptocurrency from scratch.

Below are the Top 10 Crpytocurrencies

Bitcoin is the most popular cryptocurrency. It is a payment system introduced as open-source software in 2009 by developer Satoshi Nakamoto. The payments in the system are recorded in a public ledger using its own unit of account, which is also called bitcoin. Payments work peer-to-peer without a central repository or single administrator, which has led the US Treasury to call bitcoin a decentralized virtual currency. Although its status as a currency is disputed, media reports often refer to bitcoin as a cryptocurrency or digital currency.

Bitcoin as a form of payment for products and services has seen growth,and merchants have an incentive to accept the digital currency because fees are lower than the 2-3% typically imposed by credit card processors. The European Banking Authority has warned that bitcoin lacks consumer protections. Unlike credit cards, any fees are paid by the purchaser not the vendor. Bitcoins can be stolen and chargebacks are impossible. Commercial use of bitcoin is currently small compared to its use by speculators, which has fueled price volatility.

Bitcoin has been a subject of scrutiny amid concerns that it can be used for illegal activities. In October 2013 the US FBI shut down the Silk Road online black market and seized 144,000 bitcoins worth US$28.5 million at the time. The US is considered bitcoin-friendly compared to other governments. In China, buying bitcoins with yuan is subject to restrictions, and bitcoin exchanges are not allowed to hold bank accounts.

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Besides that, you can earn with the faucets that accepted Coinpot as microwallet payment. One of the famous faucet Moon Bitcoin is now only accepted withdrawal thru Coinpot.

Below are all the faucets accepted Coinpot as Microwallet transaction. It is easy to claim and claim whenever you like. The longer time, the more rewards.

Moon Bitcoin
Moon Litecoin
Moon Dogecoin
Bit Fun
Bonus Bitcoin

The Bitcoin, Litecoin and Dogecoin can be claimed from the faucets, then the coins is convertible to each other in Coinpot. That means you can earn faster by using all the Faucets.

Below is the UI used by Conhive and Coinpot to mine coins with the website / blog visitor's CPU. You can check the hashrate each of them to see which one is profitable.


 Visit this link to see how to setup the mining UI in your blog or website.
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Donation

If you like this guide and would like to do a donation to me, you can donate to the below:

Bitcoin (BTC): 1CxXyr8XepnMWjBPFAERRg7sZNpmirFcZB

Ripple (XRP): rL12t8WFDHDF8QN4iUzC3jNU2WddYRCGk9

Monero (XMR): 44VxXWC2o713phf5otf35vJQ9UDJQgvf58WgAd7UPNsV5Aj33VyMhxu3gF1nzjnRx17aSENaoB9h8Bwr3u9cfJmdKnJM6bv

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5. How to setup bitcoin wallet

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LET’S LEARN AND EARN FREE COINS

Cryptocurrency is a form of digital money that is secure and anonymous.

Cryptocurrencies use decentralised technology to let users make secure payments and store money without the need to use their name or go through a bank. They run on a distributed public ledger called blockchain, which is a record of all transactions updated and held by currency holders.

Bitcoins is the first cryptocurrency. A 2008 whitepaper written by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto introduced the concept of bitcoin, and the design principle behind bitcoin is: A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash [which] would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution

An altcoin is any digital cryptocurrency similar to Bitcoin. The term is said to stand for “alternative to Bitcoin” and is used describe any cryptocurrency that is not a Bitcoin. Altcoins are created by diverging from Bitcoin consensus rules (the fundamental rules of the cryptocurrency’s network) or by developing a new cryptocurrency from scratch.

Below are the Top 10 Crpytocurrencies

Use Excel to Get Updated Bitcoin & Altcoin price

Use Excel to Monitor Bitcoin & Altcoin price

This guide will teach you step by step on how to use excel to get updated Bitcoin & Altcoin price in the easiest way even though you are not an Excel Expert.
You just need to simply follow the below 2 steps:

1. Download Power Query to your Excel
2. Setup Excel and link to https://coinmarketcap.com/

1. Download Power Query to your Excel

Power Query is an amazing data tool for Excel!  It is built by Microsoft to help you import, transform, and automate your data processes.  

Here is a quick list of compatible versions:

• “Free” add-in for Excel 2010 and 2013 for Windows.
• Built-in feature for Excel 2016 for Windows. 

This page will help you determine if you have the right version of Excel, and provide installation instructions.

Video Guide to Installing Power Query

What Version Do I Need?

The download page for Power Query lists which version of Excel are compatible with Power Query.

The following Office versions for Windows are supported:

• Microsoft Office 2016 – All Versions
• Microsoft Office 2013 – All Versions
• Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus with Software Assurance

Both 32-bit and 64-bit are supported.  Power Query is not compatible with any Mac versions of Excel yet.

Unfortunately, if you don’t have these versions you will need to upgrade to use Power Query.  To me, Power Query is worth the upgrade to Office 365 alone, and there are a lot of other cool new features too.

How Do I Check My Version of Excel?

Excel 2010

Here’s how to determine your version and 32 or 64 bit in Excel 2010:

1. Click the File button.
2. Click the Help option on the left side menu.
3. The Excel version will be listed under the Product Activated section.
4. The bit version (32-bit or 64-bit) will be listed under the About Microsoft Excel section.

If your Excel looks like the screenshot above, then you are in luck! 🙂  Again, you will need the Professional Plus version of Excel 2010.

Excel 2013

Here’s how to determine your version and 32 or 64 bit in Excel 2013:

1. Click the File button.
2. Click the Account option on the left side menu.
3. The Excel version will be listed under the Subscription Product section.
4. Click the About Excel button.  The bit version (32-bit or 64-bit) will be listed in the first row of the pop-up window.

How to Install Power Query

Excel 2016

Power Query is included with Excel 2016.  It has been renamed and is now on the Data tab of the Ribbon in the Get & Transform section.

This means there is nothing to install.  If you are using Excel 2016, go to the Data tab on the ribbon and press the New Query button to create a query and open the Power Query editor.

It’s important to note that there are some differences in Power Query for different builds of Excel 2016.

If you are on the MSI (Windows Installer) version then you will not get frequent updates to Power Query.  Your ribbon might look different from mine, and you won’t have all the latest features.

If you are on an Office 365 subscription then you have the Click-to-run version and you should get all the latest updates.  

If you are on the ProPlus version of Office 365 then you might be on the Deferred Channel.  The name of the Deferred Channel has been changed to Semi-Annual Channel as of September 2017.  This means you get updates every six months instead of every month.

All the versions and channels make this very confusing, to say the least.  Hopefully this guide helps you figure out how to get Power Query for Excel 2016.

Excel 2010 & 2013

For Excel 2010 and 2013 you will need to download the Power Query add-in and install it.

The installation steps are about the same in Excel 2010 and 2013.

1. Close (exit) Excel completely.
2. Click the following link to go to the download page.
   http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39379
   
3. Click the Download button.
4. Click the checkbox for the bit version you are using.  Most likely you will be using 32-bit.
   
5. Click Next
6. The add-in installation file will download.  Click the file to run the installation.
   
7. The Setup Wizard window will open.  Follow the steps to install Power Query.
   
8. Once the installation is complete, open Excel.  You should now see the Power Query tab in the Ribbon.
   

My Power Query Tab Disappeared

If your Power Query tab ever goes missing, you can usually re-enable the add-in by going to the COM Add-ins menu.

There are a few ways to get to the COM Add-ins menu.

1. File menu.
2. Click Options on left side menu.
3. Click Add-ins on left side menu.
4. Select COM Add-ins from the Manage drop-down.
5. Click the Go… button
   
6. That will open the COM Add-ins Window.  If the Power Query check box is not selected, just select it to reload the add-in.
   

There is also a button on the Developer tab that will take you directly to this window.

2. Setup Excel and link to https://coinmarketcap.com/

• Now, Open an empty Excel worksheet. Click on Power Query tab and then choose From Web.

• The below will prompt out and then you need to choose Basic and paste https://coinmarketcap.com/ into URL. Finally Press OK.

• Wait for a few seconds. The below will promp out. Click on Table 0.

• Then, all the Cryptocurrencies prices will be listed as below. Click on Edit button.
  

• The Query Editor will be Prompt Out
  
   You can see all the listed crytocurrencies in this view
  
• Then you can either delete unwanted Column or just leave as is. To delete unwanted column, just right click on the column and choose remove. To get a clean view, i deleted most of it and left Rank, Price and 24h price change.
  
  

• Then, you can filter which currency that you want to monitor. This will further simplify the template. Do it as below.

• So, now you can see a simple template showing the information that you wanted. Click on Close & Load. this will load the information into your Excel.
  
• You will see the Crypto price will be in your excel worksheet.

• If you want to update the latest price, simply right click on the table and choose Refresh. The info will be updated according to the latest information on Coinmarketcap.

• You are done with the Setup now. You can get latest Crypto price on you Excel with 1 or 2 clicks.

Now, With this Crypto info on you Excel Sheet, you can do some VBA or Excel Formula with it. I have done a simple one, to see my gain and loss on the holding Crypto. You can download the Excel from Google Drive. Click Here.

If you are not able to download, please leave comment with your email address, I will send to you.

Hope you enjoy ready. Happy Earning!!!!!☺☺☺

Donation

If you like this guide and would like to do a donation to me, you can donate to the below:

Bitcoin (BTC): 1CxXyr8XepnMWjBPFAERRg7sZNpmirFcZB

Ripple (XRP): rL12t8WFDHDF8QN4iUzC3jNU2WddYRCGk9

Monero (XMR): 44VxXWC2o713phf5otf35vJQ9UDJQgvf58WgAd7UPNsV5Aj33VyMhxu3gF1nzjnRx17aSENaoB9h8Bwr3u9cfJmdKnJM6bv

Monetize Your Blog with Amazon CPM Ads

Amazon is well known among bloggers for their affiliate program where you can advertise their banners or links in your website. In return for advertising, Amazon pays you commission for each sale made through your referral link or banner within 24 hours. You will earn a sum even if the person who clicked your link bought something that wasn’t advertised on your blog. For e.g., if the link they clicked was for a vacuum cleaner but they bought a laptop, you still get paid. Apart from their affiliate system, you can earn through Amazon CPM Ads as well.

What are Amazon CPM Ads?

First of all, CPM literally translates to “cost per mille” or in English, cost per thousand impressions. For instance, if the CPM rate is $1, you will earn $1 for a thousand impressions on your advertisement. If you get 100,000 impressions, you will earn $100. It’s as simple as that.

That’s how Amazon CPM advertisements work. They display their ads and you earn from each impression that you get. For now, they don’t have CPC (cost per click) ads like Google Adsense. Nonetheless, having CPM ads is a great opportunity to earn especially if you get rejected by other advertising networks.

How do you apply for Amazon CPM Ads?

Firstly, you need to have an account with Amazon Affiliates that is still active.

Next, look at your Amazon Affiliates dashboard.

If you noticed on the image above, there is a column for Amazon CPM Ads. This may or may not be inside your dashboard. When I first joined Amazon Affiliates, I couldn’t find for such CPM ads. If it’s already embedded inside your dashboard, it means you already qualified upon registration for Amazon Affiliates. However, if it’s not, you need to check with their support staff to see if you qualify.

I had to contact their support staff and requested for it to be added. After a few days, they have added it for me and I started using their ads not long ago. Lucky me.

Once you click on it, you will see “Introduction”, “Home” and “Create New Ad Code”. Click on the “Create New Ad Code”.

After clicking, you will get to this page.

What should you do next?

• Choose a name for your advertisement which is mainly for your own reference (so that you know which of your ads are performing well).

• There are five different ad sizes, pick one which is suitable for your blog. No worries, you can create more ads later.

• Choose your target CPM. Personally, I chose $1 as my target CPM.

So how does it actually work?

CPM rates depend on my factors, including where your audience is from and what your blog niche is. This means that some visitors are only “worth” lesser than $1 CPM and others may be worth $1 or more.

For example, assuming that your target CPM is $1, if your visitor is worth less than $1 CPM, Amazon won’t display their ads. They will only display ads if your audience is worth $1 or more.

Does this mean that my ad space will be empty?

Luckily, Amazon allows you to put a passback ad code, which brings us to the last part.

• Provide your passback ad code. This means that they allow (or rather, force) you to put codes from other advertising agencies, such as Adsense, Media.net or anything else. If their CPM rate is not met, they will pass the ad space back to your other advertising network.

For example, if you put an Adsense code as your passback code, it will display Adsense ads if your targeted CPM rate is not met. You can even put their own Amazon Affiliates banner as the passback code. That’s what I did for this blog initially (until I changed to my hosting affiliate banner).

Once you’ve created your ads, you can insert it into your blog. I will use WordPress as an example.

How to insert Amazon CPM Ads into a WordPress blog

Inserting CPM ads into your WordPress blog is quite simple. If you have a sidebar, you can just go to your widgets, and add a “Text” widget.

Get paid to share your links!

As you can see in the image above, just copy and paste exactly the Amazon ad code into the text widget and it works. The method of adding Amazon ads is the same as inserting ads from other networks.

If you want to insert the ad code into a header or a footer, and if you’re using a self-hosted WordPress, go to “Appearance“.

Next, click on “Editor” and you will be directed to this screen, which is the html part of your blog.

On the right hand side, you will notice “header.php” which is for your header and “footer.php” which is for your footer.

If you want to add the code into your header, click “header.php”. You will see all kinds of coding. Find the opening <body> tag which might look like this: “<body <?php body_class(); ?>>“. Insert the ad code after this tag, on the next line.

You can use the same method for footer ads, by going to “footer.php” and doing the same thing.

If you’re not familiar with html, don’t risk it. You can just install and activate the Ad Inserter plugin, and you can choose where you want the ads to be inserted to. It can be at the header or footer or even in between paragraphs and so on.

Now that we’ve finally gotten this out of our way, let’s go back to the main question which is the topic of this post.

How much can I actually earn from Amazon’s CPM Ads a month?

As I’ve mentioned in the beginning of this post, you can set a targeted CPM rate and you can basically guess how much you’ll earn for a thousand or a hundred thousand impressions.

Having said that, you have to take into account “ad fill rates” as well. This means that even if 1000 visitors came to your blog this month, not all 1000 will view the ads, as it’s impossible to display ads to all visitors. This happens because of network errors, timeouts or even if a visitor leaves the page early. Furthermore, not all of your visitors will reach your CPM rate. It could be your blog niche which commands a low CPM as well.

If you can see in the image above, I’ve earned $0.26 for 237 ad impressionswith the CPM rate of $1.11. That is the average CPM rate that I’m getting from my visitors, although I’ve set my targeted CPM rate as $1 only.

Just to clarify, it doesn’t mean that if you set your rate as $1, you will only earn $1 for 1,000 views. It just means that it displays ads to visitors with a CPM rate of $1 and above.

What about the fill rate?

If you can see on the image above, my fill rate is really low, i.e. around 3 – 9% only. If I’m not mistaken, fill rate is calculated by dividing impressions with ad requests. Ad requests are the number of times Amazon ads are requested from their server to display on your blog. Although they were displayed, they were not viewed by visitors most of the time, which results in low ad impressions.

The best way to improve ad impressions is to perhaps put ads in obvious places. “You don’t say“. Most of my ads are hidden in footers or in sidebars which are rarely viewed. Not everyone reads all the way to the end, which means a majority won’t see my footer ads. Furthermore, mobile visitors won’t see my sidebar if they read my articles, unless they purposely click the sidebar button.

Nevertheless, I’m not depending much on my Amazon CPM ads, as I’m focusing more towards affiliate sales currently. Putting too much ads at the beginning might adversely affect user experience.

Furthermore, Amazon only allows three CPM ads to be displayed at a page one time. Your account might get suspended if you use more than three different ads on a page.

Back to the topic. Are Amazon CPM ads really effective for new bloggers? Unfortunately, it may not be very effective as you won’t earn much in the beginning for the simple reason that new blogs generally don’t get much traffic (unless you’re an exceptional case). Even if you get 1,000 ad impressions, you’ll probably only earn $1 or slightly more.

This doesn’t mean that Amazon CPM ads are terrible. They are actually better than other CPM ads that I’ve tried and if you get lots of traffic each month, it becomes a source of passive income. Who doesn’t like passive income? Furthermore, they work well with Google Adsense or other advertising networks as well since it allows passback whenever CPM rates are not met.

Conclusion

Amazon CPM ads are quite useful as a source of passive income especially if you’ve failed to get approval with Adsense or other networks. As a new blogger, you won’t earn much but it’s better than saying that your blog is earning zero.

Putting ads on your blog is not the best way to monetize a blog with minimum traffic. If your blog is not getting many visitors, you can probably earn more by way of affiliate marketing. You can use their CPM ads and insert their affiliate code as passback to maximize your potential income.