Comment · Sat, January 7, 2017
Circle Discontinues Bitcoin Support
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MisterYouAreSoDumb · 14 points
So it looks like Circle just rage-quit Bitcoin today. They seem to be frustrated by the transaction limit issue the past year, and would prefer to move to their own proprietary blockchain currency called Spark. I think they are going to fail miserably, but we will see.
Circle removes ability to buy and sell Bitcoin as it doubles down on mobile payments
What this means is that anyone with a Circle account can no longer use it for the only real purpose it had. You can no longer buy/sell BTC, nor can you send the BTC already in your account to another wallet. This means that you cannot pay for orders via Circle anymore, which sucks. Unfortunately, the only real alternative with the same ease of use is Coinbase. So for now, we suggest using Coinbase to purchase your BTC. Then I would suggest using an intermediate wallet, like blockchain.info or Electrum, to actually pay for the orders. Coinbase has been a bit strict with closing people's accounts. So it is best to use an intermediate wallet for payments for the time being.
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extranjero0101 · 1 points
Hi. Im kinda new to the bitcoin stuff. Can i just transfer the bits from my blockchain wallet to the coingate adress given once you place the order??
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
Yeah, you can pay from your blockchain wallet. That's fine. You just have to pay during the 15min window after you make the order, or the system automatically cancels it. Your blockchain wallet should allow you do scan a QR code to pay as well. That's the easiest way. Just scan the QR code on the payment screen once you place the order on Ceretropic, and it sends the payment and confirms things automatically.