Topic: Adding funds (Bitcoin) anonymously to your Steam wallet? (Read 1193 times)
I dont remember steam requesting my personal info for that.. I remember juat recieving the wallet address where to send my btc and that was it...
I have been saying that for a long while... These AML/KYC regulations in the USA is messing with the anonymity of Bitcoin users. What these
services do not get is that Bitcoin is similar to cash, with the exception being that if you using cash, nobody can trace back that money to your
bank account.. {well not everyone, without marking the money first} So the Pseudo-anonymity is necessary to protect the users. The thing is,
governments do not want to lose control, so they force these silly regulations down on their citizens.
services do not get is that Bitcoin is similar to cash, with the exception being that if you using cash, nobody can trace back that money to your
bank account.. {well not everyone, without marking the money first} So the Pseudo-anonymity is necessary to protect the users. The thing is,
governments do not want to lose control, so they force these silly regulations down on their citizens.
Steam is a US based service which should follow the regulations of USA so that is why they will ask you about your information no matter what type if deposit you choose.
with that said i have also provided a fake information for my steam account because i wasn't willing to give my personal information to steam and i had no problem whatsoever. you should try again and maybe next time try to give an information that matches your IP address
with that said i have also provided a fake information for my steam account because i wasn't willing to give my personal information to steam and i had no problem whatsoever. you should try again and maybe next time try to give an information that matches your IP address
Hi OP,
Ive been using bitcoin for a while now and it seems i dont really experience such thing same as yours when im using bitcoin to buy something on steam its either a game of game credits. When i decide to put up a fund on my steam account , it doesnt need personal informations . Ive been doing this for how many months already, if you request a certain amount to be credited to your steam account theres an option for bitcoin payment and if you tried to click that a new window appear and it show the address you must send the money. There no other than that.
Ive been using bitcoin for a while now and it seems i dont really experience such thing same as yours when im using bitcoin to buy something on steam its either a game of game credits. When i decide to put up a fund on my steam account , it doesnt need personal informations . Ive been doing this for how many months already, if you request a certain amount to be credited to your steam account theres an option for bitcoin payment and if you tried to click that a new window appear and it show the address you must send the money. There no other than that.
You hit the nail on the head - they are covering themselves from any financial irregularities and frauds. None of the big companies want anything to do with "Anonymous" money and it not being matched back to one particular person. It's not a twisted law, because criminals are always looking to "clean" any money that is stolen and may even go to the level of selling loaded steam accounts.
Well dang. I could just use BitSkins and the trading forum on Steam but I really wanted to use the community market and not deal with 15-day trade holds. Even mobile authenticator only works if you give it your phone number. The whole internet seems to be moving towards "real identity" operations, which I don't like one bit. The whole point of a lot of sites for me is to have another identity that I can mess around with new ideas on. Accounts to spam mean jokes of every sort and troll people for keks, accounts for talking about porn fetishes you really don't want being traced back to you (even if they're not illegal), accounts for messing around on the "grey market" (like a lot of this site) without having some prude who knows you IRL blackmailing you. I mean, if the government really needs to know who you are for national security processes they have your IP address and advanced data collection tools. I don't want everyone else knowing who I am online though.
Personally everything on my steam account was bought with Bitcoin through third-party sites and if Bitcoin is suspicious I don't want it being easily traced back to my real name so I get stuck with a lot of handicaps like trade holds, no prime matchmaking, no community market etc. It's lousy.
Thats strange, they shouldn't ask for personal informations like that without any reason.
Maybe there is reason? They are obligated to by some twisted law?
Shame on steam spies.
Maybe there is reason? They are obligated to by some twisted law?
Shame on steam spies.
Either that or they want to cover their butts unless someone is money laundering or something. Either way I would prefer that I can buy their digital goods and participate in their community without giving them my personal data that they can either sell or use to get me on a watch list for using bitcoin in the first place or for posting non-PC jokes in CSGO matches.
Do you know if I would have to give information if I just bought one of those prepaid Steam cards?
You hit the nail on the head - they are covering themselves from any financial irregularities and frauds. None of the big companies want anything to do with "Anonymous" money and it not being matched back to one particular person. It's not a twisted law, because criminals are always looking to "clean" any money that is stolen and may even go to the level of selling loaded steam accounts.
Thats strange, they shouldn't ask for personal informations like that without any reason.
Maybe there is reason? They are obligated to by some twisted law?
Shame on steam spies.
Maybe there is reason? They are obligated to by some twisted law?
Shame on steam spies.
Either that or they want to cover their butts unless someone is money laundering or something. Either way I would prefer that I can buy their digital goods and participate in their community without giving them my personal data that they can either sell or use to get me on a watch list for using bitcoin in the first place or for posting non-PC jokes in CSGO matches.
Do you know if I would have to give information if I just bought one of those prepaid Steam cards?
Thats strange, they shouldn't ask for personal informations like that without any reason.
Maybe there is reason? They are obligated to by some twisted law?
Shame on steam spies.
Maybe there is reason? They are obligated to by some twisted law?
Shame on steam spies.
Basically one of the reasons I wanted bitcoin was for the anonymity and being able to make transactions without giving out all my personal info. I had heard that Steam was now allowing bitcoin purchases, but when I tried to add bitcoin funds to my Steam wallet, I was met with a dialog box requesting my name, address, and phone number. I used a fake info generator to make fake address and phone number and used the fake name associated with my Steam account, but it gave me an "unexpected error." I figured that maybe this was due to Steam trying to somehow look up that information and finding out that it was fake.
I just want to use the Steam community market and buy some CS: GO skins for the game (which I got from a bitcoin steam games website) and for trading, but I don't want to give all of my real info, especially with a Bitcoin transaction. Is there a way to anonymously put funds in my Steam wallet?
I just want to use the Steam community market and buy some CS: GO skins for the game (which I got from a bitcoin steam games website) and for trading, but I don't want to give all of my real info, especially with a Bitcoin transaction. Is there a way to anonymously put funds in my Steam wallet?
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