Silk Road forums
Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: lalwalker on August 18, 2013, 07:09 pm
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Hello,
I got some bitcoins from localbitcoins.com and I sent some of them to my SR bitcoin address in make a new deposit page, but so far there is 0 bitcoins in my SR account, is there something else I need to do @ localbitcoins to release my bitcoins to my SR address/wallet ?
Thanks
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shouldn't be anything else. Keep in mind that it takes an hour to reach 6 confirmations which is likely how long silk road waits before crediting your account. There are sometimes other network delays. Just be patient
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I see, okay then, I thought it would be instantly, I weren't aware of the 6 confirmations, I'll just wait then, thank you for replying.
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Completely normal. It can even take longer than 1 hour (there have been users who have waited up to 24 hours).
It takes a while because SR redirects your payment through a lot of different bitcoin wallets to further anonymize your payments.
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I see, thank you for the explanation, I'll sit tight then!
Cheers
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If you want to check the status - goto blockchain.com and type in your bitcoin address. From their you can view all incoming transactions and the amount of confirmations
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also the Road washes them so it takes a lil longer
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If you want to check the status - goto blockchain.com and type in your bitcoin address. From their you can view all incoming transactions and the amount of confirmations
Definitely the way to go for checking up on pending transactions. Just wanted to re-iterate this if anyone wasn't already aware of it.
Also, as everyone else said, be patient as bitcoin is not ideal for immediate transfers. It takes time for the network to confirm the legitimacy of transactions--it's the trade-off necessary for not having a central authority, a required trade-off even though it upsets our desire for instant gratification.
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Jus buy from me I usually have the coin on the site already
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I just received my funds, thank you everyone for replying!