This is the story of how I mistakenly moved my Steem Dollars - not to Bittrex.com - but to @bittrex Steemit account. Doh!
Stupid noob you think, maybe...........
I have been trying to withdraw my Steem Dollars for a few weeks now and have found them variously moving between my account and my savings and back again as I try to work out the correct procedure. In this time I have looked for tutorials and couldn't find anything clear and concise..I made the mistake of following @blocktalk's tutorial and got it badly wrong!
I am by no means denigrating the author or suspecting him of collaborating with @bittrex, I'm sure the fault is mine, but it strikes me others may have gone down the same route at their peril. I maintain there is a lack of clear documentation as to how to withdraw SBD.
So, I started following the instructions.
The tutorial uses bittrex as an example in the pay 'to' field. I wrongly assumed this would pay to my bittrex.com account, and would be identified by the memo i accompanied it with. Yes I did see the box instructions 'move to another Steem account' or similar, but assumed bittrex could be thought of as a Steem account because it deals in Steem, and I was following the tutorial after all.
All seemed to be going fine until I saw no payment had appeared in my wallet at Bittrex.com. I discovered my withdrawal had in fact not gone to my bitrex account but i had paid it to @bittrex instead!!!
I wonder how many people have made the same mistake. I can see no way of contacting @bittrex. The account makes no posts, has no replies, so I presume is just there to move money.
Doh!
The bittrex account on steemit is same as bittrex.com .
Are you sure you added the right memo?
Ahh, well i guess that's a little reassuring thanks Frank.. I generated a memo at Bittrex.com and used that.
Check out @piedpiper account he has very good tutorials using blocktrades.
Ok will do...thanks macker ;-) How does a noob know where to find them tho?
Here's a video from @piedpiper -- https://steemit.com/steem-help/@piedpiper/how-to-withdraw-your-steem-dollars-in-less-that-a-minute
I agree with you! There is no step by step simple tutorial available that explains this precisely ! I havent even opened an account anywhere yet because it all looks to difficult for those of us that are new to all of this! Where is the best place to open and exchange steem into money the easiest way in Canada!? Thanks! Steem on! ♨👍🖒♨
Bittrex is scaring me right now