How to add funds using a bitcoin atm receipt

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Quote from: andygoa on December 19, 2018, 02:00:36 AM

Thanks for the good advice.. Yes there was a QR code with public key written at the top

If your "receipt" did not contain a QR code (or sequence of letters and numbers) labelled as "Private Key" then your "friend" is possibly trying to scam you... Without the Private Key, you don't have access to the coins!

You'll be able to import a "public" key... and it will show the balance of the address... but you won't be able to spend the coins without the matching private key. So, make sure you have the private key!!!

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Quote from: jackg on December 20, 2018, 08:41:56 AM

I’m sadly yet to use a bitcoin atm so I don’t know how the receipts come out.

They look like this for example.

source: https://coinatmradar.com/blog/how-to-use-printed-paper-wallet-on-receipt-from-a-bitcoin-atm/

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Quote from: buwaytress on December 19, 2018, 10:37:18 AM

Useful guide above, but I can also recommend Electrum (the guide uses Mycelium and Breadwallet). Typing the key instead of scanning QR of course.

Don't forget, if you're importing the private keys into your client, to sweep the coins to a new wallet only controlled by you (that is, generate a new wallet with a new set of private keys). Fact, do this as soon as you can so you can ensure only you control those coins you bought. Your friend or someone else could still access them with those keys even if you've imported them.

I’d go to use public or private keys and then you can scan the private key onto a new wallet.

Make a wallet on your computer and send the funds across (you can check you imported the right address correctly that way). I’m sadly yet to use a bitcoin atm so I don’t know how the receipts come out.

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Useful guide above, but I can also recommend Electrum (the guide uses Mycelium and Breadwallet). Typing the key instead of scanning QR of course.

Don't forget, if you're importing the private keys into your client, to sweep the coins to a new wallet only controlled by you (that is, generate a new wallet with a new set of private keys). Fact, do this as soon as you can so you can ensure only you control those coins you bought. Your friend or someone else could still access them with those keys even if you've imported them.

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Unfortunately, I am not familiar with how to import the private key by scanning the QR code. However, there are many mobile wallets that have this feature

andygoa

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Thanks for the good advice.. Yes there was a QR code with public key written at the top

bones261

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Does the receipt have a QR code? (If it does, do not share here, please.)

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Hi, A friend of mine bought some coins at a bitcoins atm and he has sent me the receipt so i can add the coins to my wallet but I'm not sure this is going to work…no idea what to do really! The receipt just gives the transaction ID and an address.. Any ideas please?

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