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Support => Technical support => Topic started by: bluesclues on April 13, 2012, 09:39 pm

Title: MtGox to SR
Post by: bluesclues on April 13, 2012, 09:39 pm
It's ok to deposit bitcoins from MtGox directly to the silk road address right? Just asking because it hasn't gone through yet and it used to be instant, haven't been on here in a while.

Note, my bitcoins were removed from MtGox, so it seems to be 'in the air' at the moment.
Title: Re: MtGox to SR
Post by: QTC on April 13, 2012, 09:49 pm
Is it OK in the sense that will you get your money? Sure, but you really shouldn't be doing this unless you're buying BTC in a manner unlinkable to your identity. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mixing_service
Title: Re: MtGox to SR
Post by: bluesclues on April 13, 2012, 09:51 pm
Oh, I just want the bitcoins to be available or at least shown pending in my SR account. (they used to show pending, but now not, I guess?)

I know I should be doing it properly (MtGox to Wallet to SR), which I used to do, but didn't want to wait 3 more hours to download the block chain.

Any idea how long this generally takes?
Title: Re: MtGox to SR
Post by: QTC on April 13, 2012, 09:56 pm
I know I should be doing it properly (MtGox to Wallet to SR)
That doesn't actually obfuscate the transaction log in any way... also you can see if the transaction has been confirmed by going to blockchain.info and plugging in your SR wallet's address. Confirmation means that you're waiting on SR's tumbler to do its thing.
Title: Re: MtGox to SR
Post by: bluesclues on April 13, 2012, 10:13 pm
It says STATUS: DISCONNECTED
and 4 Confirmations

How many confirmations do I need? Thanks for explaining this...
Title: Re: MtGox to SR
Post by: QTC on April 13, 2012, 10:16 pm
Well only admin can answer that but if I had to guess I would say anywhere from four to twenty. MtGox and Tradehill both wait for six if you're sending money to them to give you some idea of a ballpark number.
Title: Re: MtGox to SR
Post by: onionlordicon on April 15, 2012, 08:07 am
Yeah, I sent in a pretty decent sized transaction into SR from my wallet and it is taking forever. Day and a half and only 2 confirmations.