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Quote from: Foxpup on December 04, 2014, 07:35:39 AM

Quote from: levpius on December 04, 2014, 12:58:32 AM

i got this error when I tried my address (from GreenAddress) on this site:
http://www.bitcoinget.com/
This is my address
338Sfm52VhEbwMbtNc7EhYYLipzox7MErU

I tried getting newaddresses many times, it always gives this error. Please help meby checking if thi is valid address?

It's valid, the problem is with BitcoinGet. You should report the issue to them.

Also note that this topic is over a year old and relates to a (long since resolved) issue on an entirely different site. For future reference, you should create a new topic if your issue differs in any substantial way from one already reported.

It is not surprising to see that faucet sites do not support the use of multisig addresses. After all, the target users of faucets are newbies and 99.9% of them have no idea what it is.

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Therefore I suggest to use Blockchain wallet and you will not have that kind of problem.

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Quote from: levpius on December 04, 2014, 12:58:32 AM

i got this error when I tried my address (from GreenAddress) on this site:
http://www.bitcoinget.com/
This is my address
338Sfm52VhEbwMbtNc7EhYYLipzox7MErU

I tried getting newaddresses many times, it always gives this error. Please help meby checking if thi is valid address?

It's valid, the problem is with BitcoinGet. You should report the issue to them.

Also note that this topic is over a year old and relates to a (long since resolved) issue on an entirely different site. For future reference, you should create a new topic if your issue differs in any substantial way from one already reported.

levpius

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i got this error when I tried my address (from GreenAddress) on this site:
http://www.bitcoinget.com/
This is my address
338Sfm52VhEbwMbtNc7EhYYLipzox7MErU

I tried getting newaddresses many times, it always gives this error. Please help meby checking if thi is valid address?

DeathAndTaxes

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I will leave this here ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_testing

(with Bitcoin test driven application development is your friend)

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Quote from: jdat on March 22, 2013, 01:23:00 PM

It should be fixed now

I will also contact elbitcoingratis' admin to fix this issue.

Thanks jdat and thanks to all for helping me

jdat

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It should be fixed now

I will also contact elbitcoingratis' admin to fix this issue.

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My money; Our Bitcoin.

I don't know if you figured this out yet but I just replied to this in another thread:

Quote from: Portnoy on March 22, 2013, 10:53:43 AM

Quote from: nominii on March 22, 2013, 10:20:40 AM

Quote from: Portnoy on March 15, 2013, 12:44:13 PM

Quote from: jdat on March 14, 2013, 09:50:18 PM

Hey!
I just announced my new site, bitcoins4.me! You can get bitcoins for free every hour, just by submiting your address. Payments are made in about one day.
You can keep track of updates in this topic.

If any of you try it out let us know if you get a payout.

I've tried this site ...
http://www.bitcoins4.me/

and it says "Error! The address is not valid. Try again."

and this other one based in spain ...
http://www.elbitcoingratis.es/

which says "ERROR: La direccion de tu Bitcoin Wallet NO es correcta, compruebala."

... So two different sites saying that my address is invalid although I have used this address on about 20 different sites with no problem . Anyone else getting this ?

I have noticed this too with bitcoins4.me. Is the address you used less than 34 characters?
It seems that site rejects valid addresses with less than that number of characters even though there are valid Bitcoin addresses which have only 33 characters.

Just use another address for that site until they get it fixed.

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Away on an extended break

It's valid - see your balance here if your client has yet to sync: https://blockchain.info/address/18mKqo57VSmxq1ecUZ5Uu2DYNZdjCaeFa

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I've also had this problem at ...
http://www.bitcoins4.me/

and also at
http://www.elbitcoingratis.es/

both of them said my address was invalid though i have used that address successfully on about 20 sites ...

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Quote from: jdat on March 22, 2013, 12:41:38 AM

It might be a bug with our decoding to base58, I will look into it.
I will also add a contact form soon. If you have future inquiries, use this topic:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-free-bitcoins-giveaway-bitcoins4me-every-hour-153257

Sorry for the inconvenience! Tongue

No inconvenience man. Thanks

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It might be a bug with our decoding to base58, I will look into it.
I will also add a contact form soon. If you have future inquiries, use this topic:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-free-bitcoins-giveaway-bitcoins4me-every-hour-153257

Sorry for the inconvenience! Tongue

Aztec

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Quote from: DannyHamilton on March 21, 2013, 02:47:13 PM

I believe this is a bug at http://www.bitcoins4.me/

You can try and contact them and let them know that their website is broken.

No contact info I can see on their site. Did a whois but couldn't find an email address.

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Will that now show up in the transactions in my wallet?

Only when you finish the the blockchain sync. (Can take days!)

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Quote from: Deafboy on March 21, 2013, 02:49:02 PM

I sent you some spare change from Electrum client. Address seems to be OK.

Thanks man I appreciate the help. Will that now show up in the transactions in my wallet?

Quote from: DannyHamilton on March 21, 2013, 02:47:13 PM

Quote from: Aztec on March 21, 2013, 02:41:53 PM

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@BurtW thanks This is the address in question: 18mKqo57VSmxq1ecUZ5Uu2DYNZdjCaeFa
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As far as I can tell, that is a valid address.

As far as I can tell, http://www.bitcoins4.me/ does not recognize that as a valid address.

I believe this is a bug at http://www.bitcoins4.me/

You can try and contact them and let them know that their website is broken.

Thanks Danny I'll let them know.

John

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I sent you some spare change from Electrum client. Address seems to be OK.

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Quote from: Aztec on March 21, 2013, 02:41:53 PM

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@BurtW thanks This is the address in question: 18mKqo57VSmxq1ecUZ5Uu2DYNZdjCaeFa
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As far as I can tell, that is a valid address.

As far as I can tell, http://www.bitcoins4.me/ does not recognize that as a valid address.

I believe this is a bug at http://www.bitcoins4.me/

You can try and contact them and let them know that their website is broken.

Aztec

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Thanks for all the replies guys.

@DeathAndTaxes I copied the address from the wallet and pasted it straight into the textbox on the site so I'm certain there was no white space.

@BurtW thanks This is the address in question: 18mKqo57VSmxq1ecUZ5Uu2DYNZdjCaeFa

@DannyHamilton thanks for clarifying that. It makes much sense. I just have gold fever. I'm making peanuts with my HD5850 but am quite addicted to it, especially while the exchange rate climbs. Wish I'd have been into this sooner. I'm always late to the party

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Quote from: Aztec on March 21, 2013, 01:34:33 PM

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Also, is there any risk submitting your address to public sites and forums? Could the information assist hackers? That's the only reason I can think of for people giving away BTC

When you receive bitcoins, your bitcoin address is permanently stored in the VERY PUBLIC blockchain that every full node has a complete copy of. If having your bitcoin address could assist hackers in spending your bitcoins, then bitcoin wouldn't exist.

The reason these websites are giving away incredibly small fractions of a penny worth of bitcoin is because they are being paid to display advertisement banners. They use the promise of "free bitcoins" to get you to see the advertisement, and then pay you such a small amount that it is really pretty useless. You may even find that you have to pay more in transaction fees than the "free bitcoins" are worth when you later try and send them somewhere.

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Quote from: Aztec on March 21, 2013, 01:46:07 PM

Could it be that my wallet is still syncing with the network?

No and all the comments about resyncing, copying wallet files and other nonsense are off the mark. An address is valid or it isn't. It has nothing to do with the blockchain. You could compute and address by hand using pen and paper and it is valid or it isn't.

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