I'm a beginner of steemit and wanna to get some STEEM. This is what I did step by step:

### 1. Go to our own Wallet on steemit.com and click "BUY STEEM OR STEEM POWER"

![](http://i.imgur.com/mga11Qf.png)

- As it says, I should send bitcoins to designated bitcoin address and then I will get corresponding amount of STEEM.

![](http://i.imgur.com/hC7GyGO.png)

- According to estimates, if I send 0.001 bitcoins, I should receive 6.961 STEEM at that time.

### 2. Then I sent 0.001 bitcoins to the designated address - 1CYGtBwC2vyHaj1VAP8SRUSAKzxdqXms4x

![](http://i.imgur.com/XNBfsH5.png)

- STEEM balance was 4.899 in my wallet at that time:

![](http://i.imgur.com/RhD5KI3.png)

### 3. After 1 confirmation of the transaction

![](http://i.imgur.com/qLX2SAw.png)

- Transaction history in my wallet was updated, but the Amount of received STEEM was 7.091(original estimation was 6.961)

![](http://i.imgur.com/H6Ke9CO.png)

- STEEM balance was also updated to 11.990(11.990 - 4.899 = 7.1)

![](http://i.imgur.com/iOxFZte.png)

#### Buying STEEM with bitcoin on steemit.com is quite convenient, as I see it.