Note: Get out a pen and paper as you will be creating a lot of accounts and it is best to use good passwords as you are dealing with currency. Use 2-Factor Authentication whenever you can by downloading Google Authenticator in the App/Play Store.
1.. Get Free Bitcoin (to convert to Ether)
Get free Bitcoin by answering simple questions
(Need a Linkedin account with at least 10 connections to withdraw)
- Create a 21 account at https://21.co/tasks and do the tasks
- Create a Coinbase account at https://www.coinbase.com (You can also buy Ether directly from Coinbase)
- Cash out of 21 by linking your Coinbase account
2.. Convert Bitcoin to Ether (skip this if you want to do high volume trading)
- Install the MetaMask extension on Google Chrome here
- Create an Ether account and copy the Ether Address
- Use ShapeShift to convert Bitcoin to Ether at https://www.shapeshift.io
- Click to transfer Bitcoin to Ether (Your Ether Address is from the MetaMask extension, your Bitcoin address is the address with Bitcoin in CoinBase and the amount is whatever amount you have in your CoinBase wallet)
- Go back to Coinbase and send the Bitcoin from your CoinBase wallet to the account that ShapeShift gave you.
- Wait for the transaction to process.
SUCCESS, YOU NOW HAVE ETHER :)
3.. Do stuff with Ether (via your MetaMask extension)
- Trade Ether at http://mkr.market
- Play a space game (pay to play, highest score wins the pot) at http://etherplay.io
- Play a roulette game (gambling) at https://www.rouleth.com