⚠ The simple way to get your coins if you're just getting started with cryptocurrency.
Find an exchange (bittrex, poloniex, kraken etc there are many more)
2 Buy Bitcoin (coin mamma or coinbase or wherever you feel is right)Transfer your bitcoin to the exchange.
Buy coin with your bitcoin.
REMEMBER RISK MANAGEMENT.
The above is just my experience of doing it from scratch ages ago. Hope it helps.
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