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Support => Technical support => Topic started by: sonicslp on July 31, 2012, 03:40 am

Title: Need help! Newb alert!
Post by: sonicslp on July 31, 2012, 03:40 am
Ok, so I deposit cash in bitinstant, thinking it transfers here (I believe i used the code generated from here for the transaction). For a day, my "order status" has been "loading", but everything else fills out. Quote ID, Event ID, etc. Then, I read about bitcoin, should I have transfered the cash to that and then to SR? I'm just so f'ing confused! Please help!
Title: Re: Need help! Newb alert!
Post by: daRwin on July 31, 2012, 03:55 am
What "code" did you use that you found here? You need to provide bitinstant with your username on MtGox or your email address.
You need to have a clearer idea of what you are doing before you start throwing cash around the place. Where are the funds now, in bitinstant?
Title: Re: Need help! Newb alert!
Post by: TedDanzig on July 31, 2012, 07:50 am
I am by no means a pro on this, but it is my understanding that you can deposit directly to a bitcoin address via bitinstant. Normally, a person would send the coins to their own address (e.g. generated in the bitcoin software/online wallet). But, other than being able to track the transaction, I don't see why you couldn't send the funds directly to the deposit address of your SR account (which appears to be what the OP did).

My advice is to be a patient. It could feasibly take that long for the transaction to go through (I assume its something like 6 network confirmations?)

I could be way off, maybe someone with more experience can clear this up.