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2056
This may be covered in a wiki somewhere, but I can't seem to find it.  What happens to a transaction if a buyer puts it into resolution and the vendor does not reply?  Does it still auto finalize on the original date?

Hi mdpro,

Once an order is in the resolution center it will not auto-finalise. Regarding what happens if a buyer puts it into resolution and the vendor does not reply, the answer can be found on the Wiki here:

http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/wiki/index.php?title=Frequently_Asked_Questions#How_are_resolutions_decided

Quote from: SR Wiki
How are resolutions decided

If you cannot agree on a resolution, a Silk Road admin with review your case and choose a fair resolution. The reviewer carefully weighs the evidence and statements provided and the relative reputations of the parties involved. If one party does not propose any resolution by the due date, the most recent resolution provided by the present party will always be chosen. In this case, any refund granted will not be counted for buyer refund statistics.

Libertas

2057
Security / Re: New vendor, Auto-cash out?
« on: May 06, 2013, 03:28 am »
Hey I have a question about cashing out which i havnt seen on the forums.

Is there a way to auto cash out if your the vendor?

Lets say you sell something for 1 BTC, and assuming 1 BTC = $100.

So after the escrow fees are deducted and orders are finalized, the 1 BTC (minus the fees) gets transferred to my vendor's account.

Now I want to cash out into USD immediately.

Is there a way to quickly auto cash out from silk road into something like my BIPS or Mt. Gox wallet as soon as the coins hit my vender account on SR?

I just want to make sure that the USD amount i sell my goods for will be exactly the amount i get in USD cash after the transaction is over just in case there are crazy fluctuations in the coin market.

Anybody got any info on this?

Also does anyone know how much USD exactly is the silk road vendor bond? I calculated few weeks ago and thought it was around 300 but now it seems to be around 450.

Thanx yo,
Mad J

The Seller's Guide will answer most of your questions:

http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/wiki/index.php?title=Seller%27s_Guide

The Seller Bond is currently $500, payable in Bitcoin. The current amount of Bitcoin required can be ascertained by clicking on the 'become a seller' link in your account settings and clicking 'I agree'.

Libertas

2058
Security / Re: DPR's PGP Signing Key
« on: May 06, 2013, 03:23 am »
Just wanted to post an update to this.
DPR has now added the page with his/her PGP Key to the Wiki:

http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/wiki/index.php?title=Trust_and_phishing

Many thanks to scout for getting that going. :)

Libertas

2059
Security / Re: Is it worth getting in line for an ASIC miner?
« on: May 06, 2013, 03:21 am »
The ASIC miner shitshow is in full bloom right now but when they do start to ship, is it worth investing in one?

Is there a mining pool associated with silk road? Even the SR reddit has one apparently : (

Whether its worth investing in an ASIC miner completely depends on what Bitcoin's value will be over the duration of your mining 'career'. In my own personal opinion the Bitcoin mining ship has sailed. If you're interested in mining I would recommend using the money you plan to spend on an ASIC to invest in a Litecoin mining rig. With the difficulty pretty much set to double / triple for Bitcoin mining over the next few months (if Butterfly Labs actually ship any of their large rigs, and with people building their own Avalon rigs) Litecoin would be a safer bet - but not by much, given the fact that GPU miners will likely switch to mining Litecoin when Bitcoin's difficulty gets too high to mine profitably due to ASIC's kicking in.

Most importantly, do your research. Check out the bitcointalk.org forum for likeminded folk and see what their collective opinion is on mining at this stage in the game.

Libertas

2060
first off i want to thank you all for your replys :)

ok thx Libertas, ill do that

fuckoffehbuddy > unfortunately i was dumb enough to try smoke it :(

No problem, I hope it all works out for you. :)

Libertas

2061
Customer support / Re: I don't FE before receipt
« on: May 06, 2013, 02:40 am »
Sooooo. I ordered from Synaptic. Order cost about $22 USD.... then entity sends me a BOT email (Which could be professional, for some, but in this case, was just lame and impersonal  :o ) saying, blah blah you have to Finalize Early because certain people with certain buyer stats have to Finalize Early. I responded by asking them to cancel my order, to which they responded by marking it, "in transit." That was about 20-30 days ago now, and this entity's profile has since dissapeared, and I have recieved neither hide nor hair of this promised shipment. There was no response to my emails, explaining that if they were happy with me finalizing The Day I receive product (as I ALWAYS do) than I would be happy to work with them. Nothing. I went to the Resolution Center... which I'll admit I'm new enough not to know what the heck I was doing on there. Typing a bunch of words into the abyss? Not sure. So I read an FAQ and decided I'd drop a line here before I go further to SR support. Can buyers see their own buyer "stats"? I've made 6+ purchases total between 350 and 550 US. Had about three, maybe four or five months on. All 5/5, often detailed reviewed, never leave things to escrow. IDK. If there is some one out there who has any ideas on how to get my money back, I'm all on it. Thanks
 :-\

Hi licoriceplaid,

You were absolutely right not to FE. If the vendor profile has disappeared then their account has been suspended by Silk Road, most likely due to scamming behaviour.

Request a full refund in the resolution center and you should receive it.

Locking this thread as resolved. Thank you for your detailed response to licoriceplaid's issue, WhiteShark.

Libertas

2062
How can i change my tormail acct I cant get into my old one the one that is posted in my profile, i forgot password and have a new tormail acct now  Thank you for help. Also I would use PGP but havent been albe to because its an old Mac and I cant figure it out on my own like with PGP on my PC which is broken.

Hi skhai,

Go to the bar near the top of the page which includes "Home", "Help", "Search" etc. and hover your cursor over "Profile".
Click on "Account Settings" in the dropdown list that appears.
On the Account Settings page you will see a place to change your email address.
Change this to the desired email address, enter your forum password in the last box and click "Change profile".

Regarding PGP on a Mac, a number of people report issues with this. There are various guides littered around the forums, and a few in the Newbie PGP Club sticky at the top of the Newbie discussion forum:

http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=107219.0

You can do a search within any forum or thread by using the Search box in the upper right hand corner of every page.
There is also a guide here which may help you depending on which version of OSX you're running:

http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=107219.msg1079150;topicseen#msg1079150

Libertas

EDIT: Thread locked as resolved.

2063
I have an order with him in escrow on it's 12th day, should I give up hope?

Judging by recent reports you should perhaps give up hope, but you should definitely not finalise the order. Take it to resolution when the option becomes available / the resolution center resumes operation and request a 100% refund.

Libertas

2064
Customer support / Re: Potential Problem With Seller
« on: May 06, 2013, 02:12 am »
Well, I sent him a message saying that I would gladly give him more time, but if the order gets tot he end of the clock, I would be providing negative feedback.

He then cancelled my order. This guy definitely seems like a scammer to me.... but what do I know....

Thank you all for your help.

Hmm, that is very strange indeed. Perhaps consider reporting the issue to SR Support to prevent others from being put in a similar situation.

Thread locked as resolved.

Libertas

2065
Bug reports / Re: images wont load!
« on: May 06, 2013, 02:03 am »
I have been a member of the road for over a year now and within the past six months I haven't been able to get the images to load on the main pages like they used to :(

Hi l0verboy,

The first thing to check is to make sure that you have incognito browsing turned off. Go to your SR account page and click 'settings' in the box on the right hand side of the page. In your account settings there will be a checkbox on the left with 'incognito browsing' written beside it. Make sure that the checkbox is unticked / empty.

If that does not solve your problem then please ensure you are using the latest Tor Browser Bundle.

Libertas

2066
Customer support / Re: Account stolen
« on: May 06, 2013, 01:56 am »
Can't get access to my account after the site crashed.

I had 2 active orders, made just before the attack.
One of them was canceled, because the thief messaged the seller and asked to do so.
As for another order - I still haven't received any info from the seller.
Is there any way I can gain access to my account and get my BTC back?

Thanks!

Hi wizzy,

Could you clarify the situation a little? You say you can't access your account, yet you state that one of your orders was canceled and the other you are awaiting on information on from the seller which would imply that you are indeed able to access the account.
Are you able to access your Silk Road account that you made the orders from?

The only way for someone to gain access to your account and move BTC from it with your PIN is if you entered the information on a phishing site. :(

You can read more about phishing sites on the SR Wiki page here:
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/wiki/index.php?title=Trust_and_phishing

ALWAYS make sure you are visiting the correct site:

http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion

If your BTC are gone from your account then there is unfortunately no way to get them back. All Bitcoin transactions are irreversible by their very nature.

Libertas

2067
Newbie discussion / Re: Newbie Forum Rubbish
« on: May 06, 2013, 01:45 am »
The problem with removing spam threads is that there are a lot of older Silk Road members who do not post a lot, and are therefore 'younger' in terms of post count, and they are quite knowledgeable in the areas that they would have learned in the newbie section. They already know what they would have picked up participating in discussions anyway, and they find it frustrating that they A) cannot post in the regular section, and B) have to struggle with an unworkable Catchpa difficulty. It is on a high setting and refreshes too fast to allow regular posting. In addition to this, newbies are not even told of the reason why, and what is worse, though mods answer technical issues (depending on who posted it), they no longer answer questions about this 50 post requirement, leaving it up to us older members to explain, as best we can, why it is there. If WE do not tell them, then they are left without an answer, which in turn accounts for a lot of anger from newbies over this. You will notice some older members regularly in the newbie sections trying to answer questions on this. It is not our fucking job though.

I fully understand where you're coming from, and am in discussion with the moderating team and admins to see what we can do about the entire 'spam to 50' situation as a whole. I have suggested perhaps having one or two mega-threads that will be tolerated as long as people leave the actual discussion threads spam-free. When we have direction on that we will let people know.

The captcha can be quite difficult at times (I had to go through captcha hell myself with this new account so I can definitely empathise with members who don't appreciate it) but it is an unfortunate necessity to combat spambots. There are many programs available that can defeat captchas with ever-increasing accuracy and having it on a lower difficulty would negate the reason for having a Newbie forum in the first place as the spambots could hit 50 posts in a matter of seconds.

I also understand what you're saying about this not being explained to new members; I will see when we receive direction about the spam issue if it is appropriate to place a Sticky informing them as to the reasons they are restricted to this forum. I spent the majority of my time helping members out from my previous forum identity and appreciate the others who take the time to do so as well. However you are right, it is not your job to do it - however the contribution that older members make is essential to a well formed community. I will attempt to contribute more in this regard so that others do not have to.

I applaud your values, it is some time since we have have a mod that actually answers questions regardless of who asked them. (+K). In fact, I am sure that this post will either be deleted for simply posting something that is actually from the perspective of a long time vet (no, I did NOT join in December by the way, some of us gave been here longer than the registration date.) I have tried to help out as much as I can, but sometimes helping out can threaten people. (I have a lot of sympathy for microRNA (former mod), they, and a lot of others, had the same issue.) To be honest I try to avoid any trouble on the forums by placing people in Iggy where I am absolutely forced to, but it is sometimes not so easy.

I wish you well in your moderating and hope that you are given some respect here on the forums as, unlike others around here, from your posts you are an overdue breath of fresh air, and actually deserve some respect for your efforts..

Piece, Love, and Fuck Haters.

I appreciate your comments, but the other members of the moderating team do a great job - it's impossible to answer all questions given the size and scope of this place; it is a relatively large forum and the moderating team is kept low in numbers for very good reasons.
Regarding deletion of your post, that will certainly not happen, at least not by me (and I highly doubt the other moderators would do so either).

If people feel threatened by you helping out, then let them! It is their problem and in a free community such as this, it is something that they will simply have to learn to deal with! We enjoy great freedom here, and that is something that I will vehemently defend for all. This forum is not just a forum for people to discuss drugs, it is a place where we can speak freely and openly on any topic without fear of retribution or censorship and that is incredibly, incredibly important. Not just for Silk Road but also for the future of free speech.

Thank you for the kind words, and regardless of whether I receive respect from others or not for doing so, I will serve this community as best I can for as long as I am permitted to.

Libertas

2068
Okay no locking is good. Thanks
Now when I joined a year ago this was not the case. Why the sudden change. Besides all e bitcoins spam I would see and not allot to be honest as I STAYED put in the one thread basically could u not look at those remaking their account and a one time extension of the olive branch open the account to a bit of freedom. Hell just do some searching. Won't take but a Few moments to see I was a very respected member of this community. I have 14 total posts. So at this rate I am looking at over 2 weeks to maybe get to 50 before I can get back to my thread and the communi I belong with.

If I spam bane me forever I don't care cause I don't spam I treat this place with respect 50+ karma and less than 20 neg

Only in one thread. Basically and never any problems I think u can extend the olive branch here and unlock my account right??? The has to be acceptions to the rule.

The sudden change to have members with a low post count was brought in to enable moderators to control the spam before it gets a chance to spread throughout the entire forum. The "btkoin/bitswing" spammers used to plaster the other forums on a regular basis - as you said, you stuck mostly to the one thread so perhaps weren't exposed to the full extent of the spam, but it was making discussion in the other forums impossible as threads were being knocked back a number of pages every time it happened.

Regarding old users opening new accounts, all new accounts must be treated equally. You can still view any thread on the forum without first reaching 50 posts, and actually hitting that limit can be done in less than an hour or two when contributing to legitimate discussion in the Newbie forum.

The only possible exceptions to the rule are when a vendor registers an account and needs to be able to post elsewhere in order to advertise their products, but even then that very rarely occurs. By the time an admin even gets the chance to view the request made by a moderator the member in question will usually already have 50+ posts.

Libertas

2069
Hello,

the question is in the title

i fear it wont work and already prepare myself to admit that i was fucked over and just loss some money
anyways ill shortly make a topic telling the story
i already contacted the vendor but he just laughed at me

Hi UFOCommander,

As far as I'm aware, once the vendor has proof that he/she sent a product (by way of a tracking number or DCN) and can provide that proof to a Silk Road administrator then the vendor is usually in the clear - UNLESS there have been previous reports of similar behaviour.

However, you should NOT finalise the order. Bring it to resolution when the resolution center is back up (48 hours from the time the site went back up, as long as there are no interruptions) and explain the situation to an administrator.

During resolution the administrator will review the history of both buyer and seller and weigh up any evidence that is presented to them. I would recommend you include the message that you received where you were "laughed at" by the vendor, including its date and time so as the administrator can check that out.

If they find that the vendor has acted in such a way that suggests he/she is guilty of the accused act then they will most likely find in your favour.

Libertas

2070
Thank you to the gentlemen who can put 2 and 2 together. Shame on the moderators who were so quick to cast judgement upon me.
2 Bitcoins to you TOO for being sensible. PM me a wallet.

AM

I did not judge you, I simply stated facts and advised both you and your accuser to cool off whilst the situation was being dealt with. I then stated that it had been reported up the chain, an action that is to be expected in cases such as this.

scouts post was also based on fact and he certainly does not owe you an apology.

Libertas

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