Offline wallet balance

[Zedster]

Ok I know this isn't really needed or maybe I have missed something but is there anyway to get your wallet balance to display on your offline computer in a offline config?

Or god forbid I sent my savings somewhere else?

[justusranvier]

Your offline wallet can't see your balance because it doesn't have a connection to the bitcoin network or a copy of the blockchain.

If you imported a watching-only copy of your wallet into an online copy of Armory that is how you can see your balance.

[etotheipi]

Or god forbid I sent my savings somewhere else?

Additionally, Armory uses BIP 10 to communicate transactions with the offline computer for signing.  It guarantees that if offline Armory says "Do you want to sign this tx sending X BTC to address Y with fee Z", you can be sure that the transaction really is sending X BTC, to address Y, with fee Z.  You just have to actually check it on the offline computer, instead of loading it and blindly hitting "Sign".

[Zedster]

Your offline wallet can't see your balance because it doesn't have a connection to the bitcoin network or a copy of the blockchain.

If you imported a watching-only copy of your wallet into an online copy of Armory that is how you can see your balance.

I figured as much really just thought maybe there may have been a way to xfer the info that I wasn't aware of.

[etotheipi]

Your offline wallet can't see your balance because it doesn't have a connection to the bitcoin network or a copy of the blockchain.

If you imported a watching-only copy of your wallet into an online copy of Armory that is how you can see your balance.

I figured as much really just thought maybe there may have been a way to xfer the info that I wasn't aware of.

Just think of your offline computer as the "check signer".  He can read the check, and will sign the check if you tell him to.  But you should make sure the check says what you think it says before you sign it

[Zedster]

Your offline wallet can't see your balance because it doesn't have a connection to the bitcoin network or a copy of the blockchain.

If you imported a watching-only copy of your wallet into an online copy of Armory that is how you can see your balance.

I figured as much really just thought maybe there may have been a way to xfer the info that I wasn't aware of.

Just think of your offline computer as the "check signer".  He can read the check, and will sign the check if you tell him to.  But you should make sure the check says what you think it says before you sign it

I totally understand all this. Now when you say to make sure the check says what you think is says before you sign it, the only thing that could go wrong is human error or what?  'Cause you are the man etotheipi!