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Title: first time buyer Post by: monkeychicken on November 14, 2012, 11:23:56 PM Hiya i'm new here just about to do my first purchase of some coins. I'm from the UK so i plan to use blockchain and the pingit app. Has anyone had any experience with this ? Is there anything i should be aware of ?
Thanks in advance Title: Re: first time buyer Post by: Stephen Gornick on November 15, 2012, 12:50:15 AM I'm from the UK so i plan to use blockchain and the pingit app. Has anyone had any experience with this ? Blockchain.info has been around for a long time. They've been doing Pingit for a couple months now. Is there anything i should be aware of ? 500 GBP max. Title: Re: first time buyer Post by: monkeychicken on November 15, 2012, 01:03:08 AM Got any tips for making sure everything is secure ? and staying out of prying eyes e.g should i use the tor browser when going on block chain or is my normal ip address okay to be using when going on there ?
Title: Re: first time buyer Post by: MoonShadow on November 15, 2012, 01:24:45 AM Got any tips for making sure everything is secure ? and staying out of prying eyes e.g should i use the tor browser when going on block chain or is my normal ip address okay to be using when going on there ? That depends upon how paranoid you are. How paranoid you should be depends upon what you might plan on doing with these funds. If you have the skills and inclination to use Tor for your bitcoin activities, you're instincts are probably right. Title: Re: first time buyer Post by: monkeychicken on November 15, 2012, 01:45:20 AM does blockchain log ip's or anything like that ? Used normal ip when signing up too an account but haven't linked an e-mail address to the account, probably use tor mail if i wanted to add e-mail. Still fairly new to the tor browser so just learning bits about it, security wise. Also when using the pingit app i'll have to make an account and it ask me to register a phone number, currently their need to my real number which will be linked to the bank account. How should i go about that should i try and use a different number ?
Title: Re: first time buyer Post by: Stephen Gornick on November 17, 2012, 10:52:34 AM How should i go about that should i try and use a different number ? Rule of thumb. If you are going to use a payment method (like Pingit) that intersects with the banking system, you will need to provide ID when asked. If you don't want this scenario to happen, don't use those payment methods. Use cash or a cash substitute. UKash can be purchased at retail locations and used at VirWoX to buy SLLs (which can then be traded for BTCs). - http://www.VirWoX.com Or use a local trader: - http://www.LocalBitcoins.com or - http://www.Bitcoin-otc.com Or if you want true anonymity send cash in the mail. You can send cash (GBP) to Bitcoin Nordic (in Denmark): - http://www.BitcoinNordic.com Title: Re: first time buyer Post by: hgdfjhntrdj on November 17, 2012, 11:37:33 AM come
Title: Re: first time buyer Post by: Akka on November 17, 2012, 11:55:42 AM Title: Re: first time buyer Post by: monkeychicken on November 17, 2012, 02:54:48 PM How should i go about that should i try and use a different number ? Rule of thumb. If you are going to use a payment method (like Pingit) that intersects with the banking system, you will need to provide ID when asked. If you don't want this scenario to happen, don't use those payment methods. Use cash or a cash substitute. It's just i wanna transfer some coins to a certain site in the future (only for something minor) so it's just if crap hits the fan how likely are police to track the transfer to a certain website back to my block chain account, which then they could track where the deposit came from and my phone number pops up. Even if that happened I doubt they'd even bother with me at all if they've got bigger fish to fry (so to speak) I'm just trying to be caution cos i'm new to all this bitcoin stuff. |