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'''<big>This short guide will show you how to use BSQ to pay lower trading fees. Using BSQ also compensates Bisq contributors, making the Bisq network a sustainable free software project.</big>'''

Bisq’s token is a bit different from most other exchange tokens: its primary reason to exist is to enable the decentralized operation and management of the Bisq network. That means no central wallets or accounts to accumulate funds, and no legal entity or leadership team to control strategy. See more details [[Introduction_to_the_DAO|in this doc]] or [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFH5SztL5cYPAXWFz-IMB4dBZ0MEZEG_e in these videos].

For you, as a trader, discounted trading fees are a practical result of this approach: the mechanisms above require that trading fees be paid in BSQ, so the software encourages traders to pay fees with BSQ by making them cheaper than plain BTC fees.

Let’s see how to take advantage of this.

== Acquire BSQ ==

Although BSQ is [https://docs.bisq.network/dao-technical-overview.html#bsq-token technically bitcoin], it’s [https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Colored_Coins colored bitcoin] that must be kept in a Bisq wallet, separate from plain bitcoin.

To help you do this, and to avoid mistakes, Bisq automatically generates a separate BSQ wallet for you with its own address prefixed with a ''''B''''—so you can be sure when you’re sending or receiving from a BSQ address.

=== Retreive your BSQ address ===

You can find your BSQ wallet address in <code>DAO > BSQ wallet > Receive.</code>

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=== Create BSQ payment account ===

To trade BSQ on Bisq, you need to set up an altcoin account using your BSQ address.

{{Admonition_Note|'''<big>What is instant trading?</big>'''</br>
For altcoins, Bisq offers instant trading, which shortens the trade period to a maximum of 1 hour. Everything else about instant trades is the same as non-instant trades.</br></br>
Instant offers are marked as <code>Altcoins Instant</code> in the order book, and you can only accept those offers with an instant altcoins account. Non-instant payment accounts can only be used for non-instant offers.}}

We’re going to leave that box unchecked and make this one a regular non-instant account.

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=== Make or take a BSQ offer ===

Now that you have a BSQ payment account configured, you can trade BSQ.

Simply pick an offer you like (or make an offer of your own) and complete the trade.

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=== Use BSQ to pay trading fees ===

Once you’ve got some BSQ, you can use it to pay trading fees.

When you get to the <code>Take offer</code> screen where you confirm the trade amount, you’ll see a toggle for trading fees where you can select between BTC and BSQ trading fees.

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Pick the option you like better and complete the trade!

{{Admonition Note|[[Trading_fees|Using BSQ to pay for your trading fees]] is cheaper then regular Bitcoin and it also helps pay contributors for their work! Bisq encourages traders to use BSQ by offering a discount of approximately 50%!}}


== Beyond trading fees ==