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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: OnionWallet on May 14, 2013, 02:00 am
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If you need to store or mix coins, check out:
http://ow24et3tetp6tvmk.onion/
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I think it's important to have services like this involved with currency in the future. Can you give us a better background on the site? Where is it based? How was it designed? Whats the team like behind it?
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I would never trust that.
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If you need to store or mix coins, check out:
http://ow24et3tetp6tvmk.onion/
I'm gonna go ahead and advise people to stick with BitcoinFog for now, or blockchain.info's mixing service. Whilst you may lose your Bitcoin anytime you send them to someone else, BitcoinFog and blockchain.info have longer histories and are regarded as reputable. Perhaps if OnionWallet is still around in a year, consider giving them a try.
Libertas
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I think it's important to have services like this involved with currency in the future. Can you give us a better background on the site? Where is it based? How was it designed? Whats the team like behind it?
It's an anonymous hidden services. Nobody knows any of that. I would never ever use this service. Bitcoinfog is the same, but they have a good longstanding history.
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I'm as skeptical as everyone else... though you can't have a history if one doesn't get made. Everything starts somewhere.
However, randomly posting to the newbies section on SR is suspicious in and of itself. If its truly a service to be vetted, I think rep around here would be a first priority - then advertise your service.
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The FAQ does not state how you are protected from them simply absconding with the bitcoins they collect...
Modzi
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The FAQ does not state how you are protected from them simply absconding with the bitcoins they collect...
Modzi
It's because you're dogging this service raw. No protection.
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Also, anyone in the BTC world knows that these sorts of services are suspect. A legitimate service would have provided more information and an actual introduction, in my opinion. I wouldn't go near it.
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Also, anyone in the BTC world knows that these sorts of services are suspect. A legitimate service would have provided more information and an actual introduction, in my opinion. I wouldn't go near it.
Yea.
I mean, like i said, I find it suspect just because it was directly here in the newbies section. Of course, that happened because its the first post this account ever made. And, they didn't come back...
And it suspiciously popped up last night as a number of threads in the newbie section were specifically talking about this very topic, and the persistence of scams.
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;D
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You can test, but first with a lower amount like 10 USD. By making my first steps
i ve read through the internet about some wallets and everybody tell only good
things about Bitoinfog. I ve read not some about the TORwallet. It need to be
tested so you can be the first candidate and tell us your experience with it ;D
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Sorry Meerkovo. Darknet link to Bitcoin Fog is fogcore5n3ov3tui.onion . I've never used them, so I can't vouch for them, but they seem fairly well regarded on SR.
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mixing is nice if you move to other coins, then back. onion site for your coin? well, ah.
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ok so I guess I was the guinea pig for this service and guess what? yeah you guessed it, they jacked all my coins. :-[ I was looking forward to spending some money here on SR for the first time, did all my research.. not enough obviously, learned encryption, got liberte on my USB drive... found a btc service that accepted deposits at the bank via cash. I ordered the BTC friday and was delivered the 150 dollars worth of btc to my onionwallet sometime today, only to find out it was cashed out to another address a few hours later. I dont know why I transferred that much the first time using this service I feel like an idiot.. When I try logging into my account on the site I just get a blank page. Needless to say im pissed. DO NOT USE ONIONWALLET
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ok so I guess I was the guinea pig for this service and guess what? yeah you guessed it, they jacked all my coins. :-[ I was looking forward to spending some money here on SR for the first time, did all my research.. not enough obviously, learned encryption, got liberte on my USB drive... found a btc service that accepted deposits at the bank via cash. I ordered the BTC friday and was delivered the 150 dollars worth of btc to my onionwallet sometime today, only to find out it was cashed out to another address a few hours later. I dont know why I transferred that much the first time using this service I feel like an idiot.. When I try logging into my account on the site I just get a blank page. Needless to say im pissed. DO NOT USE ONIONWALLET
Live and learn. Don't let it ruin your experience entirely. Reading and learning is good, but I strongly suggest you ask questions before you do it the first time. Get a reality check. It is very easy for someone to see what they want to be true, and then do it based upon that easy belief. The one thing you can be sure of here, is if you've justified a stupid decision in your mind, we will tell you about it :)
My suggestion is to keep it simple, especially if you aren't as familiar/skilled with this sort of technology. Get your own wallet locally - the bitcoin wiki on clearnet has many suggestions on how to do this. Always send your bitcoins there. Hosted wallets all suffer from the same potential issue: you are trusting someone else with your money for one, and for two you never know when/if they're going to be shut down. If they get taken offline, your money is as good as gone. Use the bitcoinfog link found earlier in this thread to transfer from your personal wallet to SR. Making a wallet locally, is easy, and there is no limit to how many you can make. You can make a new one for each transaction, each and every time, and you can burn it afterwards.