Silk Road forums
Discussion => Security => Topic started by: MySecretAccount on June 21, 2012, 10:40 pm
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So after learning that all BTC vendors just use BI, I went straight to them and made a deposit, using my BTC address (from my SR account) as the deposit destination. It's been about 45-60 minutes since I got a confirmation email (I did the order using Tor...don't know if that's bad).
Was I just an idiot, and did I fuck up by not using a masking service, and then having it transfer to SR?
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Call bitinstant and you will get a live operator. They are a legitimate business. I have had several high dollar transactions go through with bitinstant. My transactions were instant and flawless.
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As a one off? You're not going to Guantanamo Bay, I can guarantee that. SR uses a coin mixing service before transferred sums reach your account, all you've done is make what should be a very awkward task for LE into a slightly less awkward task. Still pretty damn awkward though.
The more I think about it, the more I think there's very little point trying to prosecute anyone who's simply buying from Silk Road. There is no usable evidence for LE as long as you've followed the standard doctrines which I think we all know pretty well by now. Not mixing the coins isn't what will get you charged with a drugs offense, all you have to do is not talk to whoever arrests you. They likely won't even attempt an arrest, all believable stories about LE contacting SR users from this forum have not involved arrests, always an invitation to attend a police interview. Either decline to attend, or keep your mouth shut when you do, it's that easy (watch out for the pressure they will put you under with cleverly constructed sequences of questions, but if you've been in a police interview before, you'll know what to expect)
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I didn't even do anything but fund an my BTC address using BitInstant's bank deposit method. It's confirmed as done, but I don't see it in my account.
Does it just take a few hours, or am I fucked here? I haven't done anything illegal, unless funding BTC is illegal.
I'm just confused - I thought it was supposed to be instant, or close to it, and I see nothing transferred. Is that because of SR's built in tumbler or what have you?
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Bitinstant sends payment every hour. Once they send the payment, it will take a little while for the coins to actually arrive in your account, up to a few hours but usually around 1-2. I've never deposited directly into silkroad though, I use the bitcoin to email option.
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Bitinstant sends payment every hour. Once they send the payment, it will take a little while for the coins to actually arrive in your account, up to a few hours but usually around 1-2. I've never deposited directly into silkroad though, I use the bitcoin to email option.
Alright, this makes me feel a little bit better - did I compromise security by going straight to my SR/BTC address vs email to coupon? The transaction is complete when plugged in to the BI home page, I'm wondering how long I give it, and/or how risky it is, to call and see what's wrong (if another 1-2 hours go by).
I made the deposit over 2 hours ago, with the confirm made about 2 minutes later.
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Before you bend over, consider if bitinstant pays any transaction fees for the payments they send out. If they do not, processing of the transactions may take a lot longer then what you are used to. Also, it takes some time for SR to reflect bitcoins added to your balance. I've noticed that when my client already marked the transaction as confirmed by several parties, it can still take a few hours before my balance at SR is updated.
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My first ever Bitcoin purchase from BitInstant to email came through within 30 minutes of making payment.
But the transfer of BTC from my email to SR wallet took little more than an hour and half. First I was bit concerned. But the notes below the SR BTC address says to be patient.
It looks like BitInstant/TrustCash fee and the USD to BTC exchange rate conversion took a big chunk of my money. I paid $301.CC at the counter and finally got only $280.CC in my SR wallet. I guess that's the cost of anonymity!!!
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Let's close this thread, as I spread wide and within 20 minutes had my entire transfer. BI is super fucking legit.