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I have an account there and they are really good. If you blinked, you may have missed the three times in the last week they halted withdrawals from Bittrex. Again, they were nothing like those of @Poloniex which seem to be halted right after you deposit 10,000 steem. Can't transfer, forced to sell.

My opinion they halt it until everyone sells their balance, the price goes down and the insiders scoop up a bunch of cheap Steem. Then withdrawals are enabled. I am done with them as I am with Gox, Stamp, etc.

Do you mean Bitstamp with Stamp? Actually I was just starting to test them ...

Bittrex seems to be good, too, but has the disadvantage one cannot send Euro there to buy bitcoin first. That means I cannot recommend it to friends who need to purchase bitcoins as a beginning.

Which place would you suggest when living in Europe to acquire bigger amounts of bitcoins for sending them later to other exchanges to buy other crypto currencies?

By the way, very informative article!

Yes. I meant bitstamp. Sorry, I tend to use shorthand.

Bitcoin is not for large investors. It is the kind of money meant for the little guy. The developers did this on purpose so that it is harder for large investors (including the government) to buy it up and manipulate the price.

There are only 40 billion dollars worth of bitcoin world-wide currently. That means there would be enough bitcoin to supply Trump times four (if billionaires wanted to buy it up). It's not a rich man's coin.