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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: irmerlin on April 25, 2013, 08:19 pm
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been lurking for a while, decided to get some bitcoins and make an SR purchase (yay!)
but im worried im not doing enough to make sure both me and the vendor are safe, secure, and most importantly anonymous.
Could someone message me and walk me the thru must do's and must NOT do's of buying.
Just need help answering some questions like:
is just using ToR browser bundle enough?
do i need to launder my Btc wallet?
^ if so, how do i do that.
so on and so fourth.
now i know it would be easy to just sit here and call me a noob and shit, but if someone out there who is actually willing to lend a kind, helping , informative hand, that would be unreal ! thanks guys !!
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Yes the TOR browser bundle is adequate.
No you don't need to launder your BTC's silk road will do it for you. As a result it will take a couple (or more) hours before your balance appears in your silk road account, don't panic cause that's normal, your coins need to finish tumbling.
Beyond that, encrypt any personally identifiable information for your own protection and never ever FE.
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FE?
and okay, what would this sort of personal information be!? i think i've done most but i want to be absolutely sure!
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FE?
and okay, what would this sort of personal information be!? i think i've done most but i want to be absolutely sure!
FE means to finalize early during a transaction/Releasing funds from escrow befre you receive the goods/service.
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I think he means when sending your name and address to a vendor, for shipping, encrypt it with PGP...there are tutorials on here
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I know PGP can seem kinda crazy or something.
But, make yourself a key anyways. You can save it as a txt or something. Make sure it has your handle or a vendor might get confused. If you don't want any hassle with GPG or something I used this for the longest time:
https://www.igolder.com/PGP/
Peace and safe travels on the road,
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Don't FE, and always use pgp encryption.
Be aware however, if you have zero or very few transactions under your belt, a vendor may ask you to FE before dealing with you.
There are three answers to this..
a) find a vendor who doesn't ask for FE.
b) buy some lottery tickets or ebooks, in order to raise your buyers' stats.
c) actually FE with the vendor.
imo, there's no need to ask a buyer to FE. The escrow system is in place to protect both buyer and seller, but it does happen. Some vendors even offer freebies and stuff if you FE.
Just use some common sense really.