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Hi There,
If your backup is encrypted, then whoever stole a copy of it would have to know the password in order to use it. There is no way around it.
For your second question: as long as you don't add any new key pairs to your wallet (generate new addresses), then you only need one back-up. It doesn't matter how old it is. However, you will have to create a new back-up if you generate any new addresses in your client.
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Just identify your private key and paste it into the blockchain private key importer. You don't actually need the entire file.
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Does the text render when you open it up in notepad?
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Hi guys, Is there any place you suggest from buying and selling bitcoin ?? I already found kraken and local bitcoins. do you know of any other places were I can buy and sell bitcoin with an easy and secure method for funding and witdrawing funds ?
Cheers
If you live in the United States, Coinbase is your best option. |
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I'll be honest with you -- the information you have posted thus far isn't really useful. It's definitely not a public or private key which is normally associated with Bitcoin. A string of numbers like that certainly isn't indicative of any common encryption (BIP38) that is used to encrypt addresses. Is there anything you are leaving out?
EDIT: Something fishy is definitely going on here. OP has a post dated back to March 16 claiming he operates a few Antminers. This guy definitely knows what a paper wallet is and how it works. This whole story seems very bizarre and fabricated. Not sure what his motive is but it's probably some kind of scam.
I'm out
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Given all the nonsense that has happened within the cryptocurrency scene over these last few months, it wouldn't surprise me one bit to find out Moolah is a scam (despite their massive community involvement).
With that said, I highly doubt they are a scam but I certainly welcome a healthy dose of skepticism into any discussion
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yeah im not affiliated with these guys at all but this is probably the best god damn bitcoin casino I have ever used. the sports betting is pro as shit.
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Lol, no offense but that is a pretty ridiculous mistake to make on the seller's behalf. Hopefully things pan out for you guys.
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It's just becoming more and more of an exaggerated nuance as I deal with various alt-coins. I transfer my LTC/DOGE back and forth from my wallets, exchanges, services, etc... and all is swell. I come back to Bitcoin and it's hard to ignore it.
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Mining has piqued my interest over these last few days and I would like to do it for a profit and for fun as a hobby but from what I understand this is becoming increasingly difficult. I figure Bitcoin mining is too competitive to bother so I mainly have my eyes on Scrypt coins but I am afraid to invest in these GridSeed devices with all the supposed Scrypt ASICs right around the corner.
What do you guys think? Waste of time/money/resources?
I'd advise forget about profit as a motivation because it's not guaranteed, talent doesn't even matter when you mine something and demand dries up or government actions attack it. Are you interested in economics? Technology? Innovation? Speculative investing? If any of those apply then go for it, just don't rip your credit card to do it. Start small and work your way in. Everyone will talk you out of it and they will promise the next big thing is a week away. People have been preaching about "Black Arrow" miners since November of last year, and while my gear has been mining they still wait. Opportunity cost comes in the form of waiting. Profit or loss doesn't matter so much if you do it for the right reasons; profit is a desirable outcome, not a reason. I'm kinda an Econ nerd, and I like speculative investing, messing with hardware scares me but I've learned a lot. Bitcoin mining was also massively helpful during my economics and supply chain classes, scored some good points on essays about mining and Bitcoin technology. It's almost like the ultimate simulation of running a major operation, but now that the IRS wants a piece of the action the simulation became much more real. With that said, if you think you might eventually go big you should keep detailed records from the start. Thanks. Exactly the response I was looking for. Yeah, profit isn't the main reason I am interested although it would be a nice bonus. To be clear, when I say profit I literally mean $5/day at best. I just don't want it to be an eternal money pit. |
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My question is, once I created say a dozen key pairs for my long term cold storage, will entering the private keys into bitcoin-qt as a way to see the balance on my desktop machine threaten thier security in any way?
You don't need the private keys to see the balance. You can view the balance using the public key (address). The minute you use your private keys, you should consider stop using the paper wallet. |
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Mining has piqued my interest over these last few days and I would like to do it for a profit and for fun as a hobby but from what I understand this is becoming increasingly difficult. I figure Bitcoin mining is too competitive to bother so I mainly have my eyes on Scrypt coins but I am afraid to invest in these GridSeed devices with all the supposed Scrypt ASICs right around the corner.
What do you guys think? Waste of time/money/resources?
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I have been spending a lot of time thinking about this lately and I keep coming to the same conclusion...It's definitely an inconvenience when you compare it to something like Litecoin.
Yes, I understand that for small purchases vendors can just accept 1 confirmation or 0 confirmations but for every other transactions it can take upwards of 10 minutes...or an hour if you need 6-10 confirmations like a deposit to an exchange
like i said, probably not a big deal but is there any room to change this in the future? or are we stuck with this forever?
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Not interested in the site but I can certainly admire the entrepreneurial effort. I am surprised you can pull in that much revenue. Cryptos must be more popular than I thought.
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There is some serious issue with zero confirmation/stuck transactions with this new 0.9 upgrade that devs refuse to acknowledge
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I'm pretty good with pywallet and various utilities, but I don't want to use teamviewer either -- I don't even have it installed.
I can have a look, I already did that for somebody on the forum that I didn't know, with 10btc in the wallet. I'm the co-founder and co-owner of luckybit (see my signature), I have nothing to earn from stealing you.
However I don't want to bother with teamview, I'd do it on my own computer, and I don't want you to see my computer view in any way. If I succeed to recover it I'll just send it all to the address you give me. I'd tell you what has worked (or not), too.
I totally understand if you prefer somebody who does it together with you on teamview. Good luck if so!
TeamViewer is "one way" meaning you can only view his desktop (he can't view yours unless you specifically setup a server too). Just install the client and you're good to go. |
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I'd offer to help but I don't have the rep so how about this: why don't you tell us whats wrong in the thread and we can troubleshoot it
Can you access your private key?
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open up bitcoin-qt. go to your console. make sure your wallet is unlocked and then type "dumpprivkey"
take your private key, put it in a text file and save it as whatever.key
launch multi-bit, settings->import private key, select the whatever.key
give it about 10-15 mins to import and you're done.
congrats merry christmas happy new years bro chicken dinner on me
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stop spamming your shit site and you wouldn't be targeted. it isnt rocket surgery
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