BTC currency

This might be kinda hypocritical seeing as im new ... but just google it?

https://www.bitstamp.net/ --> bitstamp is as far as I know one of the biggest european exchanges, any large exchange should realistically give a good indicator of the price though

I agree with kurowa with one exception, a lot of people who mined bitcoin managed to get quite a lot of it near the start (less people in the pool), so they made quite a nice profit. I agree its probably not worth the investment now though, especially if you buy specialized hardware