Overview Bitcoin Paper Wallets

[tyz]

Bitcoin Paper Wallets Overview

I want to maintain a little list of Bitcoin paper wallets. The list only contains non-commercial generators.

Name	Note
BitAddress.org	-
WalletGenerator.net	-
BitcoinPaperWallet.com	-
OfflineAddress.com	-
Dr. Evil's Paper Wallet	the generator source is open source
Bitcoin Vanity Gen	probably a scam
Bitcoin.com Paper Wallet	-

Feel free to suggest more wallet generators.


Last update: 2015-12-13

[n691309]

The only i knew is the first one BitAddress.org, so thank you for sharing with us the others, about the last one isn't a guy here with negative trust because wearing bitcoin vanity gen signature because they can steal your bitcoins, when generating the private keys for you?

[achow101]

Bitaddress.org is open source, so is bitcoinpaperwallet.com. Bitcoinpaperwallet.com is forked from bitaddress.org

[ironbit]

i have got another one for the list. it is the one i used to create a paper wallet a few days ago.

https://tools.bitcoin.com/paperwallet/

[Loimu]

Good list, thanks for sharing. Didn't know all of these, BitAdress.org must be the most used one?

[elyas772]

please remove https://bitcoinvanitygen.com/index.php because it's a big scam wallet
I get a lot of articles that say bitcoinvanitygen is scam

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1094590.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=795023.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=928263.0

[larem]

I like the list but it's important that if you're generating a wallet, you do it OFFLINE to ensure it's not being sniffed.

[notlist3d]

I like the list but it's important that if you're generating a wallet, you do it OFFLINE to ensure it's not being sniffed.

If it's going to be a true cold paper wallet with good amount in it.  Do fresh install of OS do updates, virus/malware software, and use that computer.

Next use the dumbest printer you have.  A lot have all-in-ones with tons of cache and network etc.  If you have a old stupid usb printer use it.  No matter what look at how to clear your printers cache.   It's even more important on network printers with internet connections.

And I would then blow OS away do a few read/writes on drive and reinstall.  You now have a cold wallet with decent security depending on where it's stored.

[bitbaby]

Paper wallets are basically your private keys printed on a paper, they can either be encrypted or non encrypted and if we go by this theory then any bitcoin wallet such as Core, Electrum, Multibit can be used to make paper wallets. The most important thing to understand is that a Paper wallet is suppose to be a cold storage, which means you make this wallet OFFLINE which makes it completely impossible for hackers to know your private keys.

Any bitcoin wallet that can produce a Key-Address pair and can work offline can make you a paper wallet.

[tyz]

Okay, seems you are right. Did not remove it, but made it clear that it is probably a scam service and has to be treated with caution.

please remove https://bitcoinvanitygen.com/index.php because it's a big scam wallet
I get a lot of articles that say bitcoinvanitygen is scam

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1094590.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=795023.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=928263.0

@ironbit: Thanks for sharing. Added it to the list.

[fravia]

i used BitAddress.org once when i needed to create my paper wallet and everything was ok no one stole my coins when i had money in it and i did not have any problems i guess they provide really great services for people who want paper wallets

[larem]

i used BitAddress.org once when i needed to create my paper wallet and everything was ok no one stole my coins when i had money in it and i did not have any problems i guess they provide really great services for people who want paper wallets

It was ~17 months AFTER I generated a cold address before one of them was compromised. If you're not doing it securely, just not having it compromised YET means nothing. Learn from my mistake.

[DimensionZ]

Guys do you have any tips and tricks for storing paper wallets?

[Rude Boy]

Also add
1. http://offlinebitcoins.com/
2. https://brainwallet.io/

I found these two works even without internet, so this might not be the scam.

[larem]

Guys do you have any tips and tricks for storing paper wallets?

Download the paper wallet script you want to use, run it on an offline PC. Print out paper wallet. Wipe PC before ever taking it online.