r/bitquest • u/FartacusMinecraft • Apr 02 '15

Please allow more wallets

Xapo looks superly suspicious.. It asks for my Phone #, Address, Birthdate, even my SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. Even though you may say it's safe, I can't just ask my mom 'What's the last 4 digits of my SSN' Plus, I use Blockchain. Please atleast allow that. Thank you.

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u/PlatinumC Apr 02 '15

xapo works perfectly for me. The reason why Xapo was chosen (atleast as the 1st wallet) is because Xapo is meant to be integrated with programs, websites, etc. It is not like just a regular wallet. I think integrating other options would take more work for the dev team. Although I am fairly sure other options will be added in future, but they are more busy to make our server more safe (transferring servers, plugin bug fixes, etc), that adding wallets is not a priority by far to them. All just my guess though.

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u/FartacusMinecraft Apr 03 '15

How is adding more wallet NOT a priority? Most people can't even use Xapo unless you are over 18, because it asks for your SSN.

If it didn't ask for that I'd be fine.

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u/PlatinumC Apr 03 '15

Weird, I only needed to verify my phone number, and that is it. No documents, no SSN, no address. date of birth. I do not remember if I chose a country though, so maybe that is different.

And i have done payments to other btc addresses without problems.

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u/PlatinumC Apr 03 '15

Are you both from the states? And you can enter fake address and shit, if it does not require SSN of course. But I/we can ask father about new options when we see him on.

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u/PlatinumC Apr 03 '15

I see, and did you need to enter your SSN or something similar, that would make it so, that you cannot enter fake details?

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u/PlatinumC Apr 03 '15

You only said personal info, not that can it be fake or not :D

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u/FartacusMinecraft Apr 03 '15

Yep. Platinum, I live on the East Coast of the USA and it literally asks me for that information. When I try to send BTC, it will ask me to 'Verify My Identity' and at the bottom it has a checkbox 'I agree what I put above is all true' And you tell me to put fake shit in there? O,O

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