trying to send 1 shadow back to SDC with default settings for ring sizes gave me an error about exceeding balance. I then reduced to 0.5 shadow to sdc and got the following:
so in addition to St3baS comment:
The anon outputs need to be 10 blocks deep before they can be spentid also suggest clicking the "Suggest Ring Size" button before sending.
See my step-by-step (which works for me np):
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.10074406SCENARIOA. You already created a stealth addy. You sent SDC to it with a "SDC to Shadow" send. You now have Shadow and SDC in your wallet.
B. You have presumably been awestruck spending "Shadow to Shadow" with ZK anon.
C. You now wish to convert some Shadow back to SDC.
SHADOW TO SDC
1. Go to the Send section of your wallet and
select "Shadow to SDC" as the send type2.
Paste the stealth addy of the recipient (if you are the recipient then paste your own stealth addy). this part is counter-intuitive but YES you enter a stealth addy to create SDC!
3.
Enter a send amount of 100 (for example) If you don't have 100 try 10, if u don't have 10 try 1. If necessary refer to the Chain Data section of your wallet to determine available input/output amounts (this will not be necessary as the Shadow network grows)
Reminder:
The anon outputs need to be 10 blocks deep before they can be spent - thanks to St3baS
4.
Click "Suggest Ring Size"5.
Click "Send"6.
You will receive the SDC in a new SDC addy generated in your wallet on the fly (not in your old SDC addy).
IMPORTANT: This means you must BACKUP your wallet again! Alternatively you could quickly send them to an SDC addy you do have backed up but I personally like the idea of leaving them in the new addy, rather than sending to an older SDC addy u may have linked with exchanges/merchants etcsee
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.10082842Notes:- If the stealth addy you paste in is highlighted red there is a prob with it. check there is'nt a space in the addy (this can happen sometimes when copy/pasting from the web)
- You might notice some unknown addys in your Receive section after you make a Shadow>SDC (some of these will be labelled with
ao in front iirc). These appear as a result of the send and will disappear after the wallet is restarted. Your new SDC addy will of course remain.
- If it doesn't work restart ur wallet and try it again
Thoughts:
Additionally my feeling is you should always leave some dust Shadow amounts even if you want to convert all to SDC and cash out. These dust amounts (e.g. 0.5423) will improve the systems overall anon by confusing SDC>Shadow>SDC even more (in my opinion anyway).
Hope this helps