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this involves a centralised service to be trusted to hold a database linking the two.
the decentralised solution is to make a private key/public key. put funds into it, then email your friend with the private key/public key info and have instructions on how he can add it to a wallet.
i do this all the time.
EG:
as for later on sending transactions to someone you know. you can always put their email or even just a name as the label of their bitcoin address in your client. then you can simply send to the lable name
the decentralised solution is to make a private key/public key. put funds into it, then email your friend with the private key/public key info and have instructions on how he can add it to a wallet.
i do this all the time.
EG:
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Hi X,
i thought i would send you your first bitcoin, to use it you need to input the privatekey into a bitcoin wallet. here is a link to a few wallets and each of them have a easy way to input the private key
bitcoin-qt link
blockchain.info link
now here is the private key(do not disclose to anyone):
Al0ngA55edAm0unt0fCharacter5Usuallyg0e5here
if you want to see the balance right now:
blockchain.info/address/ blah
and here is the public address (which you give out to allow people to pay you):
Al0ngA55edAm0unt0fCharacter5Usuallyg0e5here
if you have any questions feel free to contact me
i thought i would send you your first bitcoin, to use it you need to input the privatekey into a bitcoin wallet. here is a link to a few wallets and each of them have a easy way to input the private key
bitcoin-qt link
blockchain.info link
now here is the private key(do not disclose to anyone):
Al0ngA55edAm0unt0fCharacter5Usuallyg0e5here
if you want to see the balance right now:
blockchain.info/address/ blah
and here is the public address (which you give out to allow people to pay you):
Al0ngA55edAm0unt0fCharacter5Usuallyg0e5here
if you have any questions feel free to contact me
as for later on sending transactions to someone you know. you can always put their email or even just a name as the label of their bitcoin address in your client. then you can simply send to the lable name
Doesn't this inject security risks going through the email server, and potential of interception en route, etc. I'm not a programmer or a network guy, more like a paranoid bastard - so to say...
