Quote from: the joint on August 10, 2014, 05:51:49 PM

Quote from: lolar499 on August 09, 2014, 05:43:51 PM

Hello,

I was just wondering: I am planning to buy something of a person online using Bitcoins, but what if he doesn't send me my item?
To me, a Bitcoins-dummy, a Bitcoin wallet seems like some sort of anonymous bank account because you can just fill in a fake name etc.
Now what if I buy something of this person, and he doesn't send the item to me, how can I report him or how can I know who he is? Is there a way I can use his BT address to see who he is?
I'm just very cautious as I don't want to be scammed.

Thank you very much,

Regards

My general advice is to not make *any* transactions with BTC until you are genuinely confident (not over-confident) that you know how to use it and that you understand generally how the protocol works. There's simply too much margin for user error.

I think another good point is to only deal with other who are trusted by the community and can independently verify any statement they make. If they are not trusted and/or if you are not able to verify something then they are almost certainly scamming you.