user18276: I am interested in the process of buying bitcoins, but I have many questions. First and foremost, how do I begin this process? I am looking to make my bitcoin wallet as secure as possible, so how would I go about doing that? How would I incorporate the process of buying bitcoins with Tor?

user15412: If you want your wallet to be as safe as possible, you'll have to store it cold, i.e. create a Paper Wallet. There a several options with different safety levels:

Use an online generator, like Bitaddress and print the generated address/key
Use an offline computer with a ubuntu-live cd to generate address/key and print it

You can send bitcoins to this wallet, even though it's created offline, and never has seen the internet, or vice versa. For further reading about this, I recommend the first link, as there are some recommendations you should read first.
Buying bitcoins with Tor is a little more complicated. I never did it, and couldn't find anything about it. PrivateInternetAcces said Bitinstant was a good option, but the article is 2 years old, and bitinstant returns a white page. A local trade is a good option, find some people on LocalBitcoins

18276: <p>I am interested in the process of buying bitcoins, but I have many questions. First and foremost, how do I begin this process? I am looking to make my bitcoin wallet as secure as possible, so how would I go about doing that? How would I incorporate the process of buying bitcoins with Tor?</p>
 15412: <p>If you want your wallet to be as safe as possible, you'll have to store it <em>cold</em>, i.e. create a <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Paper_wallet" rel="nofollow">Paper Wallet</a>. There a several options with different safety levels:</p>

<ul>
<li>Use an online generator, like <a href="http://www.bitaddress.org" rel="nofollow">Bitaddress</a> and print the generated address/key</li>
<li>Use an offline computer with a ubuntu-live cd to generate address/key and print it</li>
</ul>

<p>You can send bitcoins to this wallet, even though it's created offline, and never has seen the internet, or vice versa. For further reading about this, I recommend the first link, as there are some recommendations you should read first.</p>

<p>Buying bitcoins with Tor is a little more complicated. I never did it, and couldn't find anything about it. <a href="https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2012/04/how-to-buy-bitcoins-anonymously-in-the-us-instantly/" rel="nofollow">PrivateInternetAcces</a> said <a href="http://www.bitinstant.com/" rel="nofollow">Bitinstant</a> was a good option, but the article is 2 years old, and bitinstant returns a white page. A local trade is a good option, find some people on <a href="https://localbitcoins.com/" rel="nofollow">LocalBitcoins</a></p>
