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Title: How do I retreive bitcoin from a paper wallet? Post by: Alpaca John on May 10, 2013, 04:22:27 PM 'Sup guys,
I'm not very tech savvy, and still kind of strugling with the all the technicalities of bitcoin. I'm trying to make a paper wallet. I therefore made a 'test' wallet, and send like .001 bitcoin to it. No I want to get it back, but I can't figure out how to do it. Anybody care to explain? Sorry for the noobishness, and thanks. Title: Re: How do I retreive bitcoin from a paper wallet? Post by: Illimensky on May 10, 2013, 04:24:20 PM You could always use your scanner (if you have one) to scan in your paper wallet, then use some sort of character recognition program so you are able to get the private keys.
Title: Re: How do I retreive bitcoin from a paper wallet? Post by: fpool on May 10, 2013, 04:25:03 PM 'Sup guys, I'm not very tech savvy, and still kind of strugling with the all the technicalities of bitcoin. I'm trying to make a paper wallet. I therefore made a 'test' wallet, and send like .001 bitcoin to it. No I want to get it back, but I can't figure out how to do it. Anybody care to explain? Sorry for the noobishness, and thanks. I think there's a full guide right here: https://blockchain.info/wallet/paper-tutorial . How to make one, and how to manage it aswell. It looks like you need a smartphone though.. I've never seen this method before, so this is all the help you'll get from me ;) Title: Re: How do I retreive bitcoin from a paper wallet? Post by: Alpaca John on May 10, 2013, 04:42:25 PM I have the private key (+the public key) so it shouldn't be as complicated as scanning and stuff. I just need to enter in my private key somewhere, I don't know where though...
Title: Re: How do I retreive bitcoin from a paper wallet? Post by: DannyHamilton on May 10, 2013, 04:45:19 PM I have the private key (+the public key) so it shouldn't be as complicated as scanning and stuff. I just need to enter in my private key somewhere, I don't know where though... You need to use a wallet to import the private key. How you do so will depend on which wallet you choose. Here are some to consider: Armory Bitcoin-Qt Electrum MultiBit https://blockchain.ingo/wallet Title: Re: How do I retreive bitcoin from a paper wallet? Post by: Alpaca John on May 10, 2013, 04:46:56 PM I have the private key (+the public key) so it shouldn't be as complicated as scanning and stuff. I just need to enter in my private key somewhere, I don't know where though... You need to use a wallet to import the private key. How you do so will depend on which wallet you choose. Here are some to consider: Armory Bitcoin-Qt Electrum MultiBit https://blockchain.ingo/wallet Can I use QT? I've got QT... Title: Re: How do I retreive bitcoin from a paper wallet? Post by: Alpaca John on May 10, 2013, 04:47:37 PM I have the private key (+the public key) so it shouldn't be as complicated as scanning and stuff. I just need to enter in my private key somewhere, I don't know where though... You need to use a wallet to import the private key. How you do so will depend on which wallet you choose. Here are some to consider: Armory Bitcoin-Qt Electrum MultiBit https://blockchain.ingo/wallet Can I use QT? I've got QT... Ah, you actually mentioned QT :-X edit: I still can't seem to figure out how, though... :-\ Title: Re: How do I retreive bitcoin from a paper wallet? Post by: Gabi on May 10, 2013, 04:50:15 PM You can do that via the console. The command to use? Dunno sorry.
Title: Re: How do I retreive bitcoin from a paper wallet? Post by: trigeek on May 10, 2013, 04:56:08 PM I have the private key (+the public key) so it shouldn't be as complicated as scanning and stuff. I just need to enter in my private key somewhere, I don't know where though... You need to use a wallet to import the private key. How you do so will depend on which wallet you choose. Here are some to consider: Armory Bitcoin-Qt Electrum MultiBit https://blockchain.ingo/wallet Can I use QT? I've got QT... Ah, you actually mentioned QT :-X edit: I still can't seem to figure out how, though... :-\ in the qt client you have to do two things. Go to Help / Debug Window and click on the Console tab, and type in: walletpassphrase yourpassphrase 120 to unlock your wallet. Then type in importprivkey yourprivkeyhere "some name for the key" Title: Re: How do I retreive bitcoin from a paper wallet? Post by: flatfly on May 10, 2013, 04:56:25 PM You can do that via the console. The command to use? Dunno sorry. IIRC, it should be: Importprivkey YOUR_KEY_HERE Title: Re: How do I retreive bitcoin from a paper wallet? Post by: Alpaca John on May 10, 2013, 05:40:21 PM Thanks guys.
However, I've also got a blockchain.info wallet. Would that be easier, perhaps? Title: Re: How do I retreive bitcoin from a paper wallet? Post by: DannyHamilton on May 10, 2013, 05:46:41 PM Thanks guys. However, I've also got a blockchain.info wallet. Would that be easier, perhaps? If you would prefer to use that wallet: Click the "Import/Export" link: Quote Then click on "I Understand": Quote You can then either type in the private key to import it: Quote Or if you printed QR codes when you printed the paper wallet, you can scan them: Quote Note, that once you use a private key in a wallet, you should consider it no longer secure. It would be wise to create a new paper wallet for storage of any funds that you don't spend and send the entire unspent balance to the new paper wallet if you want to keep it for long term storage again. Title: Re: How do I retreive bitcoin from a paper wallet? Post by: Alpaca John on May 10, 2013, 07:55:19 PM Thanks guys. However, I've also got a blockchain.info wallet. Would that be easier, perhaps? If you would prefer to use that wallet: Click the "Import/Export" link: Quote Then click on "I Understand": Quote You can then either type in the private key to import it: Quote Or if you printed QR codes when you printed the paper wallet, you can scan them: Quote Note, that once you use a private key in a wallet, you should consider it no longer secure. It would be wise to create a new paper wallet for storage of any funds that you don't spend and send the entire unspent balance to the new paper wallet if you want to keep it for long term storage again. Thanks a lot! |
