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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: numinousgaze on May 02, 2013, 02:43 am
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Hey
So, a member here recommended I use bitfloor to buy bitcoins anonymously, but unfortunately, it seems they are shutting down!
If I understand correctly, on bitfloor I would have deposited money in person into my bitfloor account (associated with a tormail account) at a Bank of America or something, then I would have bought bitcoins with my newly deposited money, after which I would transfer them through 1 or 2 throwaway bitcoin wallets before finally transferring them into my SR account. Is this correct?
Question is, what's another trustworthy website like bitfloor where I can buy bitcoins anonymously?
Thanks!
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Why do you need to buy them anonymously and have throw-away wallets?
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You're making it too hard. If you want some coins in your SR account, do what I did. I went and bought a moneypak card at walmart and then went on SR and bought coins through coinXchange. I had my coins in less than an hour, and he only charged 4%.
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I'm just cautious like that. I'm only on here to buy personal quantities of stuff, but I want to ensure that I'm being discrete and anonymous regardless. Perhaps I'm exaggerating the risk (probably am), but I still want to be as safe as possible.
As for the wallet transfer, I head that just makes it harder to be traced. I could be wrong about that.
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How's BlueSkyTrading? Are they legit?
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safety is the best way but being over cautious can also take away from the experience. I would say what is the safest way is by being educated. Read, read, and read some more. Knowledge is power here and that will be the safest thing for you to do. Cover your tracks and get your bitcoins from a reputable source and if you're super paranoid pay some extra change to use a bitcoin laundry service. They can be pricey though. Also get several (at least 2-3) wallets and transfer different increments around before you transfer to SR and vice versa going out. I think the best TOR is pretty good at keeping you anonymous but it's still possible to leak your data. Like I said just start reading and don't stop, you can never know too much!
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i also used coinxchange. it was easy and i had my btc in under 24 hours. i highly recommend coinxchange. ive had all those bitcoins for like a month now, if only i could figure out pgp so i could spend them! :(
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Yea, I just impulsively wanted to buy some stuff for personal use, didn't feel like spending days setting up multiple accounts etc etc... but sometimes i'm not very patient.
If there is any way to trace anything back to me, I don't see how.. but im not an expert. I also don't see why any law enforcement would bother with a national investigation to catch someone who spent a couple hundred bucks when there are people shipping kilo's all over the place. Im pretty sure they're more concerned about the suppliers.
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i also used coinxchange. it was easy and i had my btc in under 24 hours. i highly recommend coinxchange. ive had all those bitcoins for like a month now, if only i could figure out pgp so i could spend them! :(
I purchased from vendors who didn't require encryption, there are plenty who don't. It's probably a good idea to figure it out, and im sure it doesn't take long, but like I said... im not that patient sometimes.
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I'm having trouble with PGP as well. coinXchange has a tutorial posted. I just check it out - it seemed to clarify things a bit.
Are any of you familiar with BlueSkyTrading?
Problem with coinXchange is that they won't accept anything below $200. I'm not even trying to spend that much, not right now anyways.
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I didn't want to spend 200 bucks either... but once I got on and saw the prices, 200 doesn't go all that far.
I think if you want to use coinxchange, and want to stretch your money, its a good idea to wait for the price of coins to drop a little and then when you have your coins... wait for them to increase a bit before you spend them. That way you get the most bang for your buck.
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Read, read, and read some more. Knowledge is power here and that will be the safest thing for you to do.
+1 if I could buddy. I'm pretty confident with my SR-IQ (patent pending ;)) and have been at it for half a year now, but it literally took me months to get to this point. And I am still learning new techniques every day. If you are serious about using the site and not endangering your freedom you should be doing alot of research. There is a very high learning curve, but these forums are a great resource! Virtually everything I know i learned from browsing the forum threads. Most newbie questions have been asked dozens of times and have been answered by the most experienced members on the road, you just have to invest the time to go look!
Best of luck!