Just see many of you got a short url of 3 letters:
It's pretty nice, one more use of it is you can add it below your avatar, as personal text because that field doesn't allow too many characters and it will look cool.
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This is my link btw:
http://myb.tc/QJTAnd here's testing if the currency convert thing works or not
http://myb.tc/QJT/9.99USDEdit: It looks good, if someone wants to test that, go right ahead
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'JK'
Great work guys, congrats.
So, what can I do with this shortener?
I just enter an address and the site generating QR Code and a link.
Then, what is the purpose of that?
The purpose (at least that's how we used btc.to back in the day) was to enter your bitcoin address and then only memorize the shortlink.
Say, you enter your paper wallet public address (1Fqi5DTDRBLeu7XCi7fZvHMpd35Qs3U8sT) and receive the short url
http://myb.tc/LJI.
Now, if someone wants to send you bitcoin, you can just tell them to "
go to myb.tc/LJI and send the bitcoins". They can then copypaste the address on their desktop pc and enter it into their wallet software. They could also scan the code without you being there and send. You could also pull up the link on your mobile and have your friend scan it with their app when you meet up.
Why is this useful?
- no need to carry a wallet on your phone to request BTC
- no need to copypaste addresses via email
- instantly accessible QR code even for remote locations.
I've used the hell out of btc.to and I hope others might find this service equally useful.
But my link is with 3 numbers:
http://myb.tc/978. Why is this happening? Is it designed for people so that they can get all numbers/letters?