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Imagine being able to send your money directly to anyone on the other side of the world – just as if you were handing it to them in person – without waiting for a bank's approval or paying hefty handling fees.

In 2009, amid the aftershocks of the great financial crisis, an idea was born that fundamentally rewrote everything we had thought about money and saving until then. A new, independent monetary system was launched: Bitcoin.

When you're paid for your work in forints, euros or dollars, you rarely stop to think: what actually gives this money its value?

If you've had any doubt so far about whether blockchain is just a passing fad, you only need to look at one name: BlackRock.

Now that you understand why Bitcoin is called digital gold, and how the incorruptible blockchain protects your savings, the most important question arises: how can you get started in practice?

When people want to buy Bitcoin or another digital asset for the first time, they often find that financial institutions charge hefty fees on traditional card payments, or that transferring money to foreign accounts seems complicated.

Many people shy away from cryptocurrencies because they fear that taxation on profits is opaque, complicated or even a “grey zone”.