Ok so when you copy the bitcoin address it is giving me a short address which blockchain is saying is not valid. How do I fix this?? I have Coinbase and blockchain. Bovada- blockchain- bitpay ... that’s the order I used to cash out so now what?? Need help!
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They want you to use a wallet that uses a system they call "Payment Protocol".
Basically it allows them to generate an invoice in your wallet which when paid provides an instant alert it's been filled.
They recommend using one of the wallets listed here;
Electrum or Mycellium would be my suggestion.
I still don't fully understand what's going on here myself. Not sure if you absolutely have to use one of these payment protocol support wallets or they are just trying to push people into it by making it 'look' like you have to. Wish I had an account to see for myself but it doesn't work in my country..Comment -
Just use their wallet, the bitpay wallet. It uses the payment protocol.Comment -
Can you send it from luno? Cant figure this out trying to load bitpay cardComment -
Wonder if it’s safe to send direct to the bitpay app with no middle man? Crap is getting to expensiveComment -
could only do it if they would process in less then 14 mins since invoice has a clock on it.
mine too almost 3 days at 225 satoshis...
its preventing me from playing offshore I can tell you that. imagine how long it will take when the book sends a withdrawal to you with minimal fees. guessing a week to confirmComment -
There is no clock in the app that’s only on the web based invoice....but I am wondering if it safe to go direct from nitro or other book to bitpay app walletComment -
I just initiated load to Bitpay card using Electrum wallet. Entered the amount desired and was told the number of BTC to send and the address. Pasted these in the Electrum send fields and the description was auto-filled with Bitpay invoice info. Hit send without increasing default fee. Got the following on Bitpay site.
"Payment Confirming
This payment was made with a low bitcoin miner fee, which may prevent it from being accepted by the Bitcoin network.
This is an issue with the configuration of your bitcoin wallet.
If the transaction doesn't confirm, the funds will be spendable again in your wallet. Depending on the wallet, this may take 48-72 hours.
Transaction created
Transaction confirming — funds have not yet moved
Payment received by BitPay Visa® Load (USD-USA)"
I guess I'll wait and see what happens.Comment -
Thanks for the run down.I just initiated load to Bitpay card using Electrum wallet. Entered the amount desired and was told the number of BTC to send and the address. Pasted these in the Electrum send fields and the description was auto-filled with Bitpay invoice info. Hit send without increasing default fee. Got the following on Bitpay site.
"Payment Confirming
This payment was made with a low bitcoin miner fee, which may prevent it from being accepted by the Bitcoin network.
This is an issue with the configuration of your bitcoin wallet.
If the transaction doesn't confirm, the funds will be spendable again in your wallet. Depending on the wallet, this may take 48-72 hours.
Transaction created
Transaction confirming — funds have not yet moved
Payment received by BitPay Visa® Load (USD-USA)"
I guess I'll wait and see what happens.
Was it a normal looking address? Can you explain whats going on with the people saying they only get a short address code? Or is that what you used?
Electrum wallet let's you customize fees, any chance you have it set to a manual range? And the auto setting has a 5 position slider, do you recall what postion it was in? Right now they suggest it will take 5 blocks set on position 3..Comment -
thats normal response once its created btw. wont be longI just initiated load to Bitpay card using Electrum wallet. Entered the amount desired and was told the number of BTC to send and the address. Pasted these in the Electrum send fields and the description was auto-filled with Bitpay invoice info. Hit send without increasing default fee. Got the following on Bitpay site.
"Payment Confirming
This payment was made with a low bitcoin miner fee, which may prevent it from being accepted by the Bitcoin network.
This is an issue with the configuration of your bitcoin wallet.
If the transaction doesn't confirm, the funds will be spendable again in your wallet. Depending on the wallet, this may take 48-72 hours.
Transaction created
Transaction confirming — funds have not yet moved
Payment received by BitPay Visa® Load (USD-USA)"
I guess I'll wait and see what happens.Comment -
I decided to check the status a few minutes later and got confused. Apparently the status check goes through Cloudflare to "insight.bitpay.com" which got an "Error 525 SSL handshake failed". So I tried again and and got the status. OK, Bitpay had said the transaction was for 0.1 BTC and the fee was 0.001473 BTC.
The status page had various information including the following.
In the details there were several addresses and BTC amounts, one of which matched my what Bitpay had said. I assume the only thing relevant to me is that I'm apparently waiting for some lazy ass miner to get off his can. Bitpay notes that "Transfers are credited within one blockchain confirmation". Patience here is needed.Size 226 (bytes) Fee Rate 0.0023044247787610615 BTC per kB Received Time Dec 26, 2017 8:06:06 AM Mined Time N/A Included in Block Unconfirmed
Now for the confusion part. Electrum said they sent 0.1019938 BTC's which doesn't match anything else I've seen. I'll just have to wait until the smoke clears and see what I sent and what I got.Comment -
Good call, it didn't take long. Here's my final take. I asked for $1500 and Bitpay used the BTC rate of $15,000.02 (hence the 0.1 BTC). Most exchanges were quoting $15,300 at the time. OK, $30 lost. Bitpay quoted a fee of about $22, actually paid $30. It's the cost of doing business with Bitcoin. Let's get more acceptance of Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin.
Time to order that new computer. Thank you 5Dimes and MLB.Comment -
I think 5mike5 is talking about trying to load the card directly with a book payout. As he had all sorts of problems getting it credited doing that.
But also, it probably really is smarter to not send from books to Bitpay wallet either. They are licensed and not allowed to transfer gambling funds. Not that I have heard of them banning anyone for it yet. But just so you know..Comment -
Thanks Opti.Comment -
im in the same boat as you guys with the bitpay card.. i use to just load it directly from nitrogen but i cant do that anymore
i just downloaded the bitpy app on my phone (cant do it on my cpu).. I created a personal wallet, and i guess i have to send my bitcoin to that personal wallet for now on to be able to load my card..it says no wallets available when i tried to load my card, but maybe thats because theres no funds in my personal wallet at the moment... i usually "play around" with $1 the first time i try to do things with crypto, but i think the minimum load is $100 now.. so now i have to "test" this method for the 1st time with $100.. not really happy about thatComment -
I noticed now I have to have my book send to blockchain, I send it to my bitpay wallet or copay wallet than transfer to my bitpay card. Lot of work..Comment -
^^^ Sending direct from books is probably part of the reason they introduced this to start with.
Too many people ignored their request to send the exact amount for automated processing.
The extra step doesn't really slow things down that much as you can transfer the funds from your wallet to bitpay as soon as received from the book and both should be confirmed at about the same time..Comment -
I can’t for the life of me figure out how to load my Bitpay card now they changed it. I even got the Bitpay wallet and I can’t even load it. ChristComment -
download electrum wallet
copy weird url in the bitpay payment window
paste it in electrum wallet in the address field, it will auto-detect it and youll see bitpays name
send.Comment -
It seems like BitPay have thought to themselves, "Gee, lots of people are too lazy/dumb to read and follow instructions so our automated crediting system works".... "I know, let's come up with a different/confusing version!! That should help the lazy/dumb get it right!".
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Cool otherwise I have bitpay wallet.
It would be..
From sports book to:
Blockchain
Bitpay wallet
Bitpay card
Correct ?Comment -
Figured it out. Lots of work and even more fees.
Blockchain to Bitpay wallet $17 fee
Bitpay wallet to Bitpay card $18 Network fee, $26 miners fee.Comment
