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Support => Technical support => Topic started by: lumumba on October 09, 2012, 02:06 am

Title: Deposited bitcoin to the out-of-date address.
Post by: lumumba on October 09, 2012, 02:06 am
Hello
My username in SR is the same -- lumumba.
Several hours ago I was going to deposit a few btc to my account, but forgot that btc address has changed and sent it to the old, already out-of-date address.   Here is the transaction Thank you for the excellent assistance (upper one). Give it back to me please. My new  address is 19fYyWGs56wERRQRzjVMPRTdmUveuHq2kH   (proof http://imgs.su/tmp/2012-10-09/1349748330-479.jpg)

Have one more question.
How to review my account's transactions: deposit, withdrawals etc.?
Title: Re: Deposited bitcoin to the out-of-date address.
Post by: fatoldsun on October 09, 2012, 05:03 am
Quote from: lumumba on October 09, 2012, 02:06 am
How to review my account's transactions: deposit, withdrawals etc.?
http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/index.php/account/account_history
Title: Re: Deposited bitcoin to the out-of-date address.
Post by: happy18 on October 10, 2012, 01:23 am
I have done the same can anyone help. Mine was 185 Btc!!!!

My old address they went to is: 1GqTx5aS43czoejYAFQfFpqpxkc4Bqnjg

My current address is: 1GSWon9WjRFdjquvQk8zMuaYPb4krf7UPH .

Transaction record:  http://blockexplorer.com/address/1GqTx5aS43czoejYAFQfFpqpxkc4Bqnjg

Title: Re: Deposited bitcoin to the out-of-date address.
Post by: lumumba on October 11, 2012, 05:27 am
Quote from: happy18 on October 10, 2012, 01:23 am
I have done the same can anyone help. Mine was 185 Btc!!!!

My old address they went to is: 1GqTx5aS43czoejYAFQfFpqpxkc4Bqnjg

My current address is: 1GSWon9WjRFdjquvQk8zMuaYPb4krf7UPH .

Transaction record:  http://blockexplorer.com/address/1GqTx5aS43czoejYAFQfFpqpxkc4Bqnjg

Looks really serious.
Title: Re: Deposited bitcoin to the out-of-date address.
Post by: angelkiller on October 12, 2012, 05:32 am
As far as I know, old addresses still work. No reason why it shouldn't. If you've used the official bitcoin client, you've seen how you can generate new addresses. But the old addresses don't just disappear from existence. They still work.

Update the thread if anything happens.
Title: Re: Deposited bitcoin to the out-of-date address.
Post by: microRNA on October 12, 2012, 11:40 am
AK, you are correct - you can still use SR deposit addresses even after refreshing for a new one
Title: Re: Deposited bitcoin to the out-of-date address.
Post by: lumumba on October 13, 2012, 07:42 am
Quote from: microRNA on October 12, 2012, 11:40 am
AK, you are correct - you can still use SR deposit addresses even after refreshing for a new one

So, if I deposit my money to my old address, this money will be put to my account anyway?
Title: Re: Deposited bitcoin to the out-of-date address.
Post by: grahamgreene on October 13, 2012, 10:21 pm
Quote from: lumumba on October 13, 2012, 07:42 am
Quote from: microRNA on October 12, 2012, 11:40 am
AK, you are correct - you can still use SR deposit addresses even after refreshing for a new one

So, if I deposit my money to my old address, this money will be put to my account anyway?

Hi lumumba,

In order to save time, I'll just quote my post from another thread:

Quote from: grahamgreene on October 13, 2012, 09:45 pm
Yes you can receive Bitcoin with old addresses but the majority of issues with people not receiving their coins for a number of days - or having to contact SR Support in order to get their account credited - are caused by them using old addresses.

The best thing to do is 'get a new address' and send your Bitcoin to that. Once it arrives get another new address, send more Bitcoin and so on so forth. I usually split the Bitcoin that I want to send to SR into 3 or 4 transactions of varying amounts using the method above and in over a year of using Silk Road I've had no problems with either deposits or withdrawals.

[SNIP]

- grahamgreene