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by cartothemax 4526 days ago
I was just using an online based wallet through blockchain.info.

Tried doing a search for my public key 18fyCm3vkftJ9nNgZ4SwoJkCuGVZQ2kZcE and had no luck finding the transaction.

When I get home tonight I need to check out these other wallets and get in touch with the owner. If I'm only out 10 bucks though on a gift card that I got for xmas. No sweat off my back.

*Oh, and thanks for the help!
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eric_bullington 4526 days ago
No problem. Just in case you don't get those BTC, I just sent you some to that address to play around with or buy a little something with. But hopefully, you'll end up receiving both transactions.

Check out electrum or multibit, they're both fairly easy to use. Be sure the password-protect your wallet with a long password (write it down somewhere!). If you do continue to use blockchain.info be sure to enable 2-factor authentication and use a strong password.

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cartothemax 4526 days ago
I did get the BTC. Thank you so much for you generosity. I have downloaded the Bitcoin-Qt and is downloading the block chain now.

I'm going to check out electrum and multibit next. Thanks!

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eric_bullington 4525 days ago
Great! Glad they both came through.

I need to make one correction to what I wrote above. In my haste, I accidentally called your Bitcoin address your "public key". Actually, your public key is a related but different concept. Properly said, the string that starts with "1" is just a Bitcoin address.

Anyway, just wanted to correct myself that those are two different but related concepts. This has no impact on your use of Bitcoins -- just use the one that starts with "1" to give out to receive Bitcoins. Most programs won't even show you the public key I'm talking about, so no need to worry about it.

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mhluongo 4526 days ago
I definitely see your address in the logs- let me know if you have any problems and I can check with Coinbase. For everyone else, it's definitely faster to supply an email and use a Coinbase account, and then transfer from there at your leisure.
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cartothemax 4526 days ago
Thanks for checking. I did get the bitcoins. Thank you! I am still very new to this and learning as I go.

If it was your intention to give people an easy way to break into the market, mission accomplished.

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