What this site is
BitcoinNYC is an independent editorial site. It publishes guides about Bitcoin basics, wallet safety, the New York regulatory context, taxation at a general level, scam recognition, and the local community landscape. It is written for readers who want to understand the topic before they spend, and for people in or around New York who would like a starting point that takes the city's particulars seriously.
What this site is not
It is not affiliated with any past Bitcoin organisation, meetup group, conference, or membership scheme that has used a similar name. It does not run events. It does not operate any exchange, wallet, custody service, or trading platform. It does not provide financial, legal, or tax advice.
It is not an affiliate site. It does not currently use referral links, sponsored guides, paid placements, or trading-related advertising. Where outbound links appear in the launch version of the site, they point to authoritative reference sources only and are limited to a small set of educational and government materials. If that ever changes in the future, it will be disclosed clearly.
Editorial approach
The guides on this site are written to be useful first and to read like a person talking second. They avoid hype, jargon where it is not necessary, and aggressive commercial framing. Where a fact is uncertain, the framing is deliberately careful. Where regulation, custody, or taxation enters a topic, the guides point readers back to the relevant official source and to qualified professionals.
Topics that attract the most fraud in this space - trading bots, signal groups, guaranteed-return offers, presales, leverage tutorials, and casino-style "earn" platforms - are not covered editorially and are not promoted anywhere on the site. The reasoning is in the investor safety guide.
Local focus
New York's regulatory framework, its long-running educational meetups, and its concentration of journalism on the topic make it a useful place to base a careful Bitcoin guide. The community page covers the local landscape without overstating its own role in it. The history page covers New York's place in the broader timeline, and the regulation guide covers the framework that affects readers here in particular.
What readers can expect
- Plain-language guides that are honest about uncertainty.
- Safety material that errs on the cautious side.
- No claims about partnerships, sponsorships, member counts, founders, or organising bodies that the site cannot back up.
- A reading order in the learn hub that takes a beginner from "what is this" to "I understand the risks" without taking shortcuts.
- An honest changelog describing maintenance and updates.
Get in touch
Use the contact page for corrections, broken-link reports, or editorial questions. Notes about factual mistakes are particularly welcome.