# Question about deposit

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/question-about-deposit/4897>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 27, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/question-about-deposit/4897 "2018-02-27T21:01:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![1000hp](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/1000hp/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@1000hp](https://bisq.community/u/1000hp)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/question-about-deposit/4897/1 "2018-02-27T21:01:01Z")

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Hello, I’m new here and i just wanted to know what is the minimum deposit for BTC to start to buy bitcoin?

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**Author:** ![shelf](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/shelf/32/1476_2.png) [@shelf](https://bisq.community/u/shelf)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/question-about-deposit/4897/2 "2018-02-27T21:12:39Z")

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It depends on the offer, a maker can set the security deposit to what he wants.  
But usually it’s 0.01 BTC for the taker (you / buyer).

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**Author:** ![1000hp](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/1000hp/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@1000hp](https://bisq.community/u/1000hp)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/question-about-deposit/4897/3 "2018-02-27T21:23:13Z")

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wow that’s a lot for a minimum . so is there a step by step how to setup an account with bisq?

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**Author:** ![alexej996](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/alexej996/32/491_2.png) [@alexej996](https://bisq.community/u/alexej996)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/question-about-deposit/4897/4 "2018-02-27T22:22:47Z")

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I think that 0.0005 BTC is the minimum that a buyer can have.

Setting an account depends on your payment method and etc.  
You can see some examples of the trades on Bisq’s Youtube channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDrHtlIlYfdRx4Gr-MV8NrA/videos](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDrHtlIlYfdRx4Gr-MV8NrA/videos)

You can see examples of USD, EUR,GBP and RUB as far as I can see.

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**Author:** ![1000hp](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/1000hp/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@1000hp](https://bisq.community/u/1000hp)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/question-about-deposit/4897/5 "2018-02-27T22:30:23Z")

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okay thanks for the help, i will be back later to ask some more questions.

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**Author:** ![1000hp](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/1000hp/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@1000hp](https://bisq.community/u/1000hp)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/question-about-deposit/4897/6 "2018-02-27T22:34:55Z")

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also what is the most popular used payment method for US dollars?

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**Author:** ![alexej996](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/alexej996/32/491_2.png) [@alexej996](https://bisq.community/u/alexej996)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/question-about-deposit/4897/7 "2018-02-27T22:53:00Z")

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You can see this in the app by looking at all the offers and what is listed in the Payment method column. It is Zelle for USD.

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**Author:** ![shelf](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/shelf/32/1476_2.png) [@shelf](https://bisq.community/u/shelf)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 11:26pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/question-about-deposit/4897/8 "2018-02-27T23:26:14Z")

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> [@alexej996](#):
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> I think that 0.0005 BTC is the minimum that a buyer can have.

Yeah good point.  
He could just open a buy offer with a tiny security deposit, I’m sure someone will take that anyway, volume seems to be going great these days!