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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: carpetxdiem on December 22, 2012, 07:53 am

Title: Went to my local Walmart, canceled my money gram..
Post by: carpetxdiem on December 22, 2012, 07:53 am
So today I was hoping to use the bit instant zip zap payment slip deposit method at walmart today..I backed out because I had a question they couldnt answer me. So heres the question, do i pay the money gram to the zip zap receipt? Then I get the bitcoins through email after I pay it?If anyone can help me i would appreciate it.
Title: Re: Went to my local Walmart, canceled my money gram..
Post by: Moon Fried on December 22, 2012, 08:00 am
A lil confused by what you're asking... you just go to the location, in this case Walmart, either fill out some form or use that red phone to do it over the phone, and then pay at the register. It's all set after that. You'll get a confirmation email, within an hour you'll receive the btc.
Title: Re: Went to my local Walmart, canceled my money gram..
Post by: carpetxdiem on December 22, 2012, 08:04 am
Okay I get that part and sorry for confusing you btw. So after I fill out the info I get an email confirmation and how do I transfer the BTC to my silk road account?
Title: Re: Went to my local Walmart, canceled my money gram..
Post by: Leopard99 on December 22, 2012, 04:48 pm
Do you have a bitcoin wallet?  If not, get one. 

Open it, copy and paste your bitcoin address to give to whoever you're buying bitcoins from.  They can't just send bitcoins to an email address - they have to have a bitcoin address.

Note that you will have to wait a good while (several hours perhaps) for the block-chain counter thingie to catch up, before your bitcoins will arrive in your wallet.  Sorry, I don't really know all the techno-speak. And I'm not positive that all bitcoin wallets work this way, but mine did. 

Anyway, your bitcoin wallet will have a feature for sending bitcoins to another address.  Get your Silk Road bitcoin address (from your account page), copy and paste it into the "Send to" box in your bitcoin wallet, and hit "Send."  The bitcoins will show up in your Silk Road account a while later.  Be patient.

Title: Re: Went to my local Walmart, canceled my money gram..
Post by: Leopard99 on December 22, 2012, 04:52 pm
Of course, you could just give your bitcoin seller your Silk Road bitcoin address, bypassing the outside wallet route.  But this is considered less secure.