This is cool! Now for the noob question, could I import bitcoin directly to this wallet and transfer it to steem, using shapeshift or something? Will the steem appear instantly in my account on Steemit?
This is cool! Now for the noob question, could I import bitcoin directly to this wallet and transfer it to steem, using shapeshift or something? Will the steem appear instantly in my account on Steemit?
The answer to that question is "Yes, absolutely!", but you do need to do a few things to make it work.
Ok so look at the screen shot on the far right hand side where the QR code is. That drop down allows you to set a currency. If you select receive (right next to the send button) and bitcoin, then the QR code and payment address switch to an @blocktrades generated address all setup to send SBD to your wallet for whatever bitcoins you get at that address. So yes like shapeshift but using the API from our good friends at blocktrades.us .
I don't know if that's a persistent address though, so we may want to ask @blocktrades about the lifespan of those generated addresses.
It's important to note that our blocktrades integration is experimental right now. I don't have enough bitcoin to test that thoroughly, so you have to enable blocktrades API explicitly in the settings before the dropdown will populate with altcoins. The default on that particular feature is "disable" until we can get more testers on it. It's not that anything is wrong with it, it's just that I haven't tested it enough to feel comfortable with it on by default.
I really appreciate the help, but the feeling I get when I read this is "OMG this is too complicated, I will manage to fuck this up somehow!"
I'll shoot a usage video soon with @alechahn walking you through it. But really you just put in the amount, select the currency you're expecting and it generates a deposit address you give to whomever you're expecting to deposit.
When they send whatever to that address then it is converted to steem dollars for you and deposited to your steem account.