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No prior knowledge needed. This guide follows the mobile app, not the website. Start small, with money you can afford to lose: bitcoin can fall sharply in value.
Based on Bare Bitcoin’s public instructions, checked 8 November 2026. Screens have not been tested end to end. Quoted labels below are documented Norwegian app text; other actions describe what to do, not exact button names or positions.
Before you start
To trade, you must be an adult, registered in Norway’s population register and have BankID. Have your own Norwegian bank account available. Vipps is for signing in, not paying for bitcoin.
Your first purchase
- Open Bare Bitcoin’s official site using the link above. Follow its app-store link for your phone.
- Create your account with Vipps, following the registration instructions in the app.
- Verify your identity with BankID. Read what you are approving. Never give BankID codes to someone offering help.
- Open the app’s purchase function. Enter the amount in Norwegian kroner you want to buy for. You do not need a whole bitcoin.
- At “Hvordan vil du betale?” (How would you like to pay?), choose “Direktebetaling” (direct bank payment) for this walkthrough. Use a bank account in your own name.
- Before confirming, check the price, total amount and “Til bitcoin” / “Til avgifter” (to bitcoin / fees). The buy/sell price difference is a spread. Stop if the cost is unclear; the price can change before execution.
- Follow the app’s confirmation instructions and complete the payment in your bank. There is no right to cancel a completed bitcoin trade.
- Check the order status. “Fullført” means the trade is done. Some direct payments involve a wait; a completed purchase does not necessarily mean immediate withdrawal is available.
You now have bitcoin held by Bare Bitcoin. That is different from self-custody, where you control the wallet’s private keys.
Optional: withdraw to your own wallet
You can learn this separately from your first purchase. First read the wallet setup guide below. This is a withdrawal checklist, not a visually verified button-by-button sequence.
- Get a receiving address from your own wallet. This checklist is for Bitcoin on-chain, not Lightning.
- Start a withdrawal in Bare Bitcoin to that address. Follow the app’s instructions and identify the recipient when asked.
- Check the network is Bitcoin and compare the destination with the address shown in your own wallet. A completed withdrawal cannot be reversed.
- Check the amount, service fee and network fee before approving. Try a small test that meets the app’s current minimum.
- Approve with two-factor authentication only when the details are right. Check receipt in your own wallet before sending more.
Keep your recovery words offline and never share them. Nobody needs them to send you bitcoin or help with a purchase.
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