Unable to pay BTC on OpenBazaar2?

This is my first time using OB2 and I really like the concept, but I'm having trouble paying for a purchase.

After buying an item (which seems to work like the "commit to buy" option on eBay), it says to pay a certain quantity of BTC to a certain address. However, the address I'm supposed to pay is almost twice as long as a standard 34-character bitcoin address.

So, in an attempt to get around this, I sent the BTC to my OB2 wallet to use the "Pay from wallet" button. When I try to pay via my OB2 wallet, it says "Unable to send payment. You do not have enough funds. Be sure to account for the transaction fee." My OB2 wallet contains $18 more than the amount I'm trying to pay.

The transaction I'm trying to make is relatively small... Are bitcoin transaction fees really that high now?? If that is the case, isn't OB2 pretty much doomed to $20+ fees on small transactions until they support other currencies? They do have shapeshift implementation, but shapeshift just converts your altcoin to bitcoins, which would not avoid the inconveniences of bitcoin.

Also, I'm still trying to figure out what that 62-character bitcoin payment address is. Does it have something to do with segregated witness payments? I'm not very familiar with segwit.

Thanks in advance for your help.

EDIT: I tried sending my BTC from the OB2 wallet to a segwit electrum wallet, but I can't complete the transaction because the fees are over 1/3 the value. Is my BTC stuck there?


Comments


[2 Points] None:

Segwit address.. use Electrum..

Not doomed.. other coins are begin added.

If you pay into Ob2 wallet first you don;t need to use segwit address.

"not enough fund" error is due to BTC fees yes.. change the fee setting in your settings to low..

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[1 Points] TommyEagen:

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