Buy Bitcoin with Phone

Currently, there is no service with worldwide support to buy bitcoins with phone. These services include purchasing bitcoins using a phone call, buying by mobile credit, phone payments, phone credit, SMS billing, or sending SMS. It is difficult to buy crypto with SMS at the moment.

Furthermore, there are a few dodgy places and scams online, and our advice is not to try to buy bitcoins from them. Some European users can enjoy one service described below to obtain cryptocurrency with mobile credit.

Buy Bitcoin with Phone Bill

Paxfulrecommended option

Paxful, an online marketplace where you can buy bitcoins with various payment methods, has a thread where you can buy bitcoin with mobile recharge. Be sure to check sellers with a high reputation. Also, some fees are crazy high. We haven’t tested all the sellers, but many users are signing up for this service lately, so it must be okay.

Buy BTC with mobile recharge

LocalCryptos & LocalBitcoins

Non-custodial crypto marketplace LocalCryptos also offers some services to buy & sell cryptocurrencies with mobile recharge and other users (similar to Paxful). Currently, there are only offers for MTN Mobile Money users in some African countries. More offers for buying crypto with mobile may appear.

Similar localised offers appear on another p2p marketplace LocalBitcoins.

Coingate

Some European users will benefit from Coingate. You can buy cryptocurrency with your phone credit – payment is charged to your mobile phone bill or deducted from your prepaid mobile balance. Upon choosing the amount, you will see the instructions for payment. You can buy bitcoin by either making a quick phone call, a longer timed call or by sending a text message (SMS).

Currently, they support these 19 countries: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. They have a plan to expand to 36 countries shortly. You can also buy altcoins: LTC (Litecoin) and ETH (Ethereum) with mobile balance.

Most countries support pay by call method, several countries support SMS payment. Please use this link to register as you will reduce service fees by 50%. Unfortunately, you have to verify your account to be able to buy cryptocurrency.

Buying bitcoin with mobile credit balance

Thesed guys also implemented bitcoin lightning network (fast transactions).

Send Bitcoin with SMS

If you just need to send crypto currency you already own to someone with SMS (not to buy bitcoin), please use these services.

  • Coinbase digital wallet offers SMS bitcoin sending service.
  • You can easily send bitcoin to a phone via SMS if you have a bitcoin wallet at Blockchain.
  • Coinapult‘s web and SMS interfaces provide ability to send bitcoins to a phone number.

From the News

  • Last week, crypto project Dash has announced the launch of Dash Text, an SMS-based cryptocurrency transaction service for Venezuelan users, as it builds on its already strong presence in the crypto dependent country. The company said that Dash Text eliminates the need for Venezuelan users to possess smartphones and internet access to carry out crypto transactions, which has historically been a significant barrier to adoption in the impoverished country suffering from hyperinflation [november 5, 2018].

Related

  • Check also other options to buy bitcoins.
  • If you want the other way around, you can top up prepaid mobile phones with bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from anywhere in the world. Refill your prepaid phone, Skype account or Viber with bitcoin at Bitrefill. Also, you can send money to prepaid phones with crypto. Money arrives as prepaid credits on their balance that can be used for calling or purchases. All their customers worldwide are able to accumulate a minimum 1% back from every purchase, in bitcoin (on selected products you can be rewarded a higher percentage, up to 6%).
  • Instant recharge any mobile phone number in 150 countries with altcoins or bitcoin. Send mobile top up to your number or any number you choose at Uquid.

18 thoughts on “Buy Bitcoin with Phone”

  1. I wouldn’t recomment BTCforSMS. Sometime they made a confusing layout (message to send starting with “TEXT” word, which was written in the previous line), so I missed this word. SMS code contained also the chosen amount. After sending I received a message that my code was incorrect and I didn’t got my bitcoins, but for some reason they took the correct amount from my phone account…

  2. Is there any one out there who knows a good side to buy bitcoins with phone bill if you know such side in denmark pleace get me a link regards

    1. Did you ever get a link for bitcoins?? Im instrested in this but also alittle wary ?

  3. Coingate works, but it’s a complete rip off ! they give you less than 30% of the value , so they keep the 70%, does anybody know another option?

  4. can anyone give me a list of sites that i can use to pay with my mobile cell phone. im from canada someone please help!!

  5. I’m from Mexico and coingate doesn’t have service for my country, any idea help?
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  6. It does not work for me here in Libya please if anyone can help me to buy bitcoin here in Libya please you can inbox me thanks all

    1. Im from Spain i usually buy small btc amouts. NĂ©ed sms or call for btc

  7. I read recently from an article that blockchain works in Europe. You can buy bitcoin with Payphone way by making a phone call.

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