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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: colorsound on March 28, 2013, 06:46 pm

Title: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: colorsound on March 28, 2013, 06:46 pm
Only thirteen posts to go, well, 12 after this one, then I will be able to reply to posts on other threads.

I downloaded tor and I thought I would be ordering hash within a couple of hours after
I didn't know I would have to do some technical training like PGP, bitcoins etc.
Not looking forward to that bit, cos I am not that confident, and I am still afraid I will uncloak myself somehow.
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: heatcheck on March 28, 2013, 06:50 pm
Just do some reading about all those steps. Its all not as hard as you think it is. Each one is built to make things more secure too, so as long as you do it right, you'll be more cloaked, not less.
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: OpenHearts on March 28, 2013, 06:55 pm
This thread holds step by step guides that make using "PGP, bitcoins ect." easy :) - http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=42094.0. All of these things are put in place to protect the anonymity of everyone involved in the road. If you could just download tor and order hash within a couple of hours chances are SR would be down by now.
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: colorsound on March 28, 2013, 06:59 pm
Yes, I guess so.
I will have a good read up on it.

I really appreciate the speedy response :)
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: inthefade on March 28, 2013, 08:05 pm
If it were SO easy everyone would be doing it ;) It's worth it, though, you don't have to buy on the streets risking yourself by buying crap. Just buy from a good vendor and you'll be fine. Use PGP, read the guides and have fun!
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: demodulate on March 28, 2013, 08:11 pm
learning curve keeps the riff raff out..
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: coxix on March 28, 2013, 08:29 pm
By the time you have learned PGP, how to procure bitcoin safely(especially OTC), how not to annoy vendors etc: you will, I guarantee have higher self esteem, more patience, be considerably better at research and be enjoying safer, better drugs and an enlarged hippo-campus.

You will also be sending a massive fuck you to the people who most deserve one.

Oh, don't FE (finalize early)

Respect goes a long way here in my short experience, and I've never had any interaction with anyone that was other than decent.

Just read, join PGP club, you'll be good to go before you know it!
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: Mr Shakur on March 28, 2013, 08:44 pm
This thread holds step by step guides that make using "PGP, bitcoins ect." easy :) - http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=42094.0. All of these things are put in place to protect the anonymity of everyone involved in the road. If you could just download tor and order hash within a couple of hours chances are SR would be down by now.

You are my fucking HERO for putting this knowledge up for me, I know what the Op means and I feel the same way, SR has some good guys and girls,  who ever the fuck you are Knowledge droppers, break out the Reefer and Know the fact that another Brother on this crazy flying rock that we all reside on is smoking a Reefer admiring your spirits.

Peace
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: l33tn355 on March 28, 2013, 08:52 pm
I think the Bitcoins are what keeps the majority of real idiots at bay, and that's a good thing, because they ruin everything good.
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: KintaroBC on March 28, 2013, 09:46 pm
That you are hearing about it without knowing what Bitcoin is worries me greatly. Go to the side walk and suck some dick, you just might get some free coke.
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: greasyspoons22 on March 28, 2013, 10:19 pm
I hear you mate. 

There is alot to still learn.  !  I've looked at my security, PGP, Bit coins in my silk account ..Don't FE.
But I still wonder ... Is there anything else ?.. After more searching .. sure enough ! :) 

I looked for a sticky thread of  recommended UK vendors - but didn't have much luck.

I've still not spent any of my BC's
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: ENTerTheDragon on March 28, 2013, 10:22 pm
Once you learn its easy.
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: rxsunshine on March 28, 2013, 11:18 pm
dl gpg4win and make sure to check gpa on the installation. then when dl, open gpa and set make your pgp key. then you just copy the vendor pgp and import it from clipboard. then check the vendor pgp and type your address. then click encrypt. then copy and paste that in your address box on your order.
btc, you need to set up an account with mtgox. but first make a tormail email account to set up your mtgox account with. after you make a mtgox account, go to bitinstant and make a deposit to walmart or cvs or other local location. use your real name bc this is not illegal in any way and a fake name to do something legal is just asking for problems. then it wil tell you to print out your deposit slip. take it to walmart and go to money center and pay them. they will send it to your mtgox account. if they ask, tell them you are paying a bill. your money will be in your mtgox account before you get home. then transfer it to an instawallet. remember to save your instawallet address and key. VERY IMPORTANT!!
i usually send it through a couple instawallets before i send it to my sr account.
hope this helps you out man. i think its accurate to the best of my memory right off hand.
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: facebang on March 28, 2013, 11:33 pm
You're in the same boat I was in about this time last year when I finally stepped into the universe of SR.  I spent days looking over every guide I could find to PGP, BTC etc, at the time I didn't have the easiest time with all of it, but now it is not even anything I think too much about, just part of the process.
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: 41910192618123 on March 29, 2013, 12:12 am
I Was Hoping To Do A Transaction In 2013 But WithAll This Information I Doubt It Will Happen This Year I DidN't Think It Was Going To Be Difficult Ha Ha Ha
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: rxsunshine on March 29, 2013, 12:25 am
follow my instructions and you should be okay. if youre like me, then read up on the forums for a while before you order. i did for like two weeks.
oh, and this isnt really relevant but i wouldnt really tell anyone ab sr. i dont. only like two of my closest friends. i dont trust ppl enough and plus i dont really care to have sr knowledge in common with anyone except you guys. plus, you have a one up if some of your friends are looking for a certain product and cant find it. you have the upper hand and could profit from having the sr knowledge.
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: Dickens018 on March 29, 2013, 12:41 am
This is the SR version of the Turing Test to see if you should be doing drugs. 
Everything you need to know is available, and plenty of users will help you.
The Bitcoins, Tor and PGP are all designed to protect you and SR, and the reward is the best around. 

Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: operatorplease on March 29, 2013, 12:51 am
learning4lyfe
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: spokeknife on March 29, 2013, 03:38 am
Yeah just read the documentation, slowly, carefully. It's all there. You just have to be patient.

Spend a few hours reading it all, then drop it, and come back to it again the next day.
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: bandeto962 on March 29, 2013, 04:39 am
I was in the same boat. I found out about SR around a year ago and just made an account and what not last week.
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: 10ofspades on March 29, 2013, 04:48 am
The most unfortunate thing about you is not your ignorance, but your recklessness.

I would advise you to discontinue connecting to the Silk Road for the time being. You need to learn a bit first. Not much, but a bit.

Just so you know, there are certain things you need to configure in the TOR browser before you go ahead.
The default browser bundle leaves referals and geolocation in. (Well, it did when I first downloaded it anyway)
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: NewStem on March 29, 2013, 04:52 am
Go on 10ofspades?


I am also a few days old on Tor, and thought I would be swimming in a sea of ell ess dee by now.
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: kingghb on March 29, 2013, 05:17 am
No worries. You will get the hang of it after a slight learning curve. Google is your best friend.
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: spokeknife on March 29, 2013, 05:23 am
Google is not your best friend. Use a search engine that doesnt track IPs.
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: 10ofspades on March 29, 2013, 05:31 am
Duckduckgo is pretty good, but I don't know how good.

To answer an earlier question, it's not so much technical details as it is simple human errors. You can set up the most secure browser in the world, but still give away information by making some mistake. I was going to post some more detailed problems I had with the browser, but I'm not confident enough to risk telling somebody else something that might not be 100% correct. I'm learning too, I think it's best to take a policy that the less you know about something, the more careful you should be.
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: coxix on March 29, 2013, 11:42 am
DuckDuck go seems pretty good to me, Google it aint, just adjust your expectations, plus you'll get some decent rudimentary clearnet privacy tips from them, though you're never private there. I've been using them for about six months.

Do persevere and keep safe OP, by learning to keep safe , you find all manner of unexpected treats. Hone them skills boy/girl! Read and read more, then practice. Before you know it, you'll be helping folks out.
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: cantharidin on March 29, 2013, 04:52 pm
Hah! I was in the same boat, except that I dreamed I'd be receiving packages the day after I figured bitcoins out. Patience is a virtue, I guess, and the whole system works to keep the flakiest of the drug culture over in some other universe. It has been fun learning each step of the process, and I trust that before too long, I'll be a happy, experienced, veteren SR-camper. With red eyes.
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: happytalk1 on March 29, 2013, 05:19 pm
Yeah, this is a great thread, so much knowledge and truth. Been around on another acct in the house and started my own finally. Figuring it all out is good because as someone said earlier it keeps some out. But the smart ones get in and some of them aren't so good either. Be careful with what you say. If it is in anyway informative, PM someone don't post it here.
MtGox is good, so is BitInstant but it took my monies almost 12 hours to get in there though. I was very worried. SR is not a speedy set up, or it would be gone. For MTGox, you do have to reveal your info to get verified, or I did. I have MS so SR is a God Send. It reminds me or going to the coffee shops in Amsterdam. It really is so much safer then any other fashion, both for buyer and seller. Keep Safe, Keep Quite, Keep SR

dl gpg4win and make sure to check gpa on the installation. then when dl, open gpa and set make your pgp key. then you just copy the vendor pgp and import it from clipboard. then check the vendor pgp and type your address. then click encrypt. then copy and paste that in your address box on your order.
btc, you need to set up an account with mtgox. but first make a tormail email account to set up your mtgox account with. after you make a mtgox account, go to bitinstant and make a deposit to walmart or cvs or other local location. use your real name bc this is not illegal in any way and a fake name to do something legal is just asking for problems. then it wil tell you to print out your deposit slip. take it to walmart and go to money center and pay them. they will send it to your mtgox account. if they ask, tell them you are paying a bill. your money will be in your mtgox account before you get home. then transfer it to an instawallet. remember to save your instawallet address and key. VERY IMPORTANT!!
i usually send it through a couple instawallets before i send it to my sr account.
hope this helps you out man. i think its accurate to the best of my memory right off hand.
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: fugitive189 on March 29, 2013, 05:29 pm
learning curve keeps the riff raff out..

Hear hear!

V.
Title: Re: I thought I would be ordering within a couple of hours after downloading tor
Post by: Reticence on March 29, 2013, 06:23 pm
Just so you know, there are certain things you need to configure in the TOR browser before you go ahead.
The default browser bundle leaves referals and geolocation in. (Well, it did when I first downloaded it anyway)

Could you explain how to do this?