Hey guys, Just ordered some btc off Ebay. He was advertising to send it straight into my wallet but it looks he is going to send it through the mail? I have no idea how I'm going to put the coin in my wallet. Any ideas?
he will likely be sending you a QR code or a serial number for the transaction.
How would I redeem it? I've been working with BTC for over a year now and never have had to deal QR code/serial number.
If you are using Bitcoin QT you will hit the Receive button and enter in the transaction information manually.
Oh, so I have to request it from him? Sounds like alot more work when he could just send them to my address.
you can always hope for this
https://www.casascius.com/
In my humble opinion: sending BT through mail = making a donation to the NSA, or some other cracker-group.
Unless there's bucket loads of crypto involved
sending BT through mail = making a donation to the NSA, or some other cracker-group.
Not email. Regular mail. Snail mail. It will most likly be a bitcoin transaction written on a piece of paper. The most non-digital way to send it.
right, gosh that's embarrassing.
anyway thanks for helping me read
Its alright, I'm sure there's a government agency to take care of regular mail, too.
Yep, The U.S. postal service takes a picture of every envelope processed and records the address and return address and the order in which it was processed. its like capturing the meta data of snail mail.