How to Buy BitDegree Courses Using ETH: Step-by-Step
Step 0: Don't have any Ether? Learn How to Buy ETH Using Your Credit Card!
Step 0: Don't have a cryptocurrency wallet to store your ETH? Learn to Create an Ethereum Wallet.
Step 1: Visit the BitDegree website and register your free account.
Step 2: Select any paid course you like, and press Start Learning Now.
Step 3: Choose Ethereum as a payment method to buy online courses, and click Checkout.
Step 4: Copy the given Ethereum Address (it's in the purple bar):
Step 5: Go to MyEtherWallet (or any wallet you are using to store your ETH). When using MyEtherWallet, click on Send Ether & Tokens. Paste in the address and amount required from the previous step, and choose ETH from the drop-down menu.
Set the Gas limit as 50000 and Gas Price 50 Gwei (you can choose a lower value – the transaction will be cheaper then, but it will take longer).
Step 6: Click Generate Transaction, then Send Transaction and Confirm it.
Step 7: After a couple of minutes, you’ll see this screen. You can close it – the payment for the online courses has gone through successfully. You’ll get an email once your purchase is verified!
Step 8: Your BitDegree course is unlocked once the number of block confirmations reaches 20/20. You will be able to find your course in the My Courses section. You'll also get an email saying that your course is waiting for you!
Time to Pick Your Courses!
That's about it: you now know how to buy BitDegree courses using ETH (Ether). BitDegree was the first educational platform to accept cryptocurrency-based payments, and now you're one of those who have successfully completed a blockchain-based transaction to advance their professional growth. Congratulations!
BitDegree is a great platform to learn new skills and upload your own courses if you want to share your knowledge with the world. As you learn, you gain tokens that you can use in multiple ways, and, of course, XP that allows you to level-up and conquer the BitDegree City!
If you don't have any Ether and your financial situation is not really the best to invest at the moment, you can try applying for a BitDegree scholarship. Read here to learn about the whole process!
