Blackbytes.io Tutorial
How to buy Blackbytes using the Blackbytes.io 'market buy' option
By @pauljmurray
Download Obyte wallet
Visit https://obyte.org and download a wallet. For buying Blackbytes we recommend using a desktop wallet (Windows, Mac or Linux).
Click the downloaded installation file to install the Obyte wallet
Once the Obyte wallet is installed and running, open the main menu
Select 'PAIRED DEVICES'
Select the 'Bot Store' tab
Select the 'Blackbyte Exchange (Semi-trustless)' option
Click 'ADD BOT'
This will add the Blackbytes.io bot to your Obyte wallet
Blackbytes.io has now been added to your wallet
Market Buy
Blackbytes.io suggests the 2 best fitting sell offers based on the number of Blackbytes you wish to buy
You just need to type 'buy' followed by the 'number' of Blackbytes you wish to buy followed by your 'wallet address', so the format is buy [amount] [wallet_address]
In the above example we are requesting to buy 50 GBB of Blackbytes and the receiving address is MKOVDDQTUN7OBIPSKIG7DFX3XH6GTJPM
This is entered as buy 50g MKOVDDQTUN7OBIPSKIG7DFX3XH6GTJPM
(note that 0.1 is the minimum order. the 'g' means Gigabytes of Blackbytes, so in the above example we are requesting to buy 50 Gigabytes of Blackbytes).
Click the 'submit' button
Once you have entered your order click the submit button to view the two best fitting options
Select order
The two closest matching sell orders are displayed. In this example we will buying Option 2 by clicking on the blue 'payment request' link beneath the listing
Note: We requested we wanted to buy 50GBB (50g) but there was no sell order for 50GBB. The closest sell order was for 38GBB which is why we are buying 38GBB.
View the contract
The contract is now displayed. In this example we will be paying 1.30363GB to buy our 38GBB. Scroll down to view the payment button.
Send payment
Wait for the delivery of Blackbytes
Your Blackbytes will be delivered to the Blackbyte section of your wallet which you can access from the 'HOME' tab. Inside the Obyte wallet Blackbytes are listed as 'GBB'. Remember to keep the wallet open until the Blackbytes are delivered. Delivery usually happens within 1 hour.