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[BlindMayorBitcorn]

Ya know...
 i knew i shoulda taken that 1st original bitcoin airdrop byteball thingy a little more seriously....

Yikes.  Perhaps so. 

I've been away for 5 hours, already feel like three forks behind.

[Arriemoller]

I'm thinking of putting 50% of my coins in paper wallets, but I have always been worried that the private key won't work when it's time to claim them
Please you who know how these things work, ease my worries.

You should be making the paper wallets on an offline computer. Nothing prevents you from testing the private keys on a wallet like electrum, on that offline computer.

Thanks, the computer will be offline  while I'm making the wallets, but it's not a computer that's offline usually.

[jojo69]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvk_uLnv4uo

 

[gentlemand]

Thanks, the computer will be offline  while I'm making the wallets, but it's not a computer that's offline usually.

Then don't do it. Buy some $50 refurbished piece of poo laptop from Ebay and take out the wifi card before doing anything with it.

[jojo69]

I'm thinking of putting 50% of my coins in paper wallets, but I have always been worried that the private key won't work when it's time to claim them
Please you who know how these things work, ease my worries.

You should be making the paper wallets on an offline computer. Nothing prevents you from testing the private keys on a wallet like electrum, on that offline computer.

Thanks, the computer will be offline  while I'm making the wallets, but it's not a computer that's offline usually.

the computer where you create the keypair needs to be an ABSOLUTELY SECURE ENVIRONMENT, linux distro with verified checksum that NEVER touches the web.

[HairyMaclairy]

What program are you using to create the key pair Jojo?

[BlindMayorBitcorn]

You people are too damn smart. Verified checksum? Shee-it. How I ever got mixed up with you lot is beyond me.

[sirazimuth]

Thanks, the computer will be offline  while I'm making the wallets, but it's not a computer that's offline usually.

Then don't do it. Buy some $50 refurbished piece of poo laptop from Ebay and take out the wifi card before doing anything with it.

Then soak it in petrol and set it ablaze after you do the deed ...just to be sure ....

[gentlemand]

Then soak it in petrol and set it ablaze after you do the deed ...just to be sure ....

Don't forget the being naked while using it part.

[Rosewater Foundation]

You people are too damn smart. Verified checksum? Shee-it. How I ever got mixed up with you lot is beyond me.

[jojo69]

What program are you using to create the key pair Jojo?

Armory, I'm old school

I know I should migrate to a BIP39 wallet...but I about have a nervous breakdown every time I touch my keys

[HairyMaclairy]

Stupid question - how do you get Armory onto the clean install?  Another USB stick with verified checksum?

[lightfoot]

Then soak it in petrol and set it ablaze after you do the deed ...just to be sure ....

Don't forget the being naked while using it part.

Indeed. Those dry cleaning people are fond of putting microdot cameras on your clothes, powered by static electricity.

But where people really blow it is failing to do an enema before entering the room with the computer. Because you know what kind of people proctologists are, and they have been known to sneak into people's bedrooms at night to plant their malware....

Colon blow: It's not just for breakfast anymore...

C

[jojo69]

Stupid question - how do you get Armory onto the clean install?  Another USB stick with verified checksum?

yeah

[sirazimuth]

Then soak it in petrol and set it ablaze after you do the deed ...just to be sure ....

Don't forget the being naked while using it part.

Lmao.... seriously..!

[gentlemand]

Indeed. Those dry cleaning people are fond of putting microdot cameras on your clothes, powered by static electricity.

But where people really blow it is failing to do an enema before entering the room with the computer. Because you know what kind of people proctologists are, and they have been known to sneak into people's bedrooms at night to plant their malware....

C

That goes without saying of course.

But I start off with a similar routine to this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1vw7E7uE3E

With a full removal of gut flora followed by a fecal transplant when my crypto business is complete.

[the artful bodger]

Then soak it in petrol and set it ablaze after you do the deed ...just to be sure ....

Don't forget the being naked while using it part.

You missed out the with a sheet over his head part.

[bitserve]

Try to use the Via BTC accelerator

https://pool.viabtc.com/tools/txaccelerator/

Sorry, your TXID doesn't exist  when I use accelerator.

How were your funds stolen?

Windows 10, I just did a fresh install a few days ago. I haven’t installed much other then btc, Ltd, ripple wallet. Not sure how I got a virus. It turned off windows defender and I only saw it detected a virus when I turned it back on. This is after I already noticed my coins moving on the blockchain. I don’t keep wallets on on my pc but I had them on for a min earlier today to move some coins.

That's what hardware wallets are for... to NEVER let your regular computer know your private keys not even for a brief second (which people with paperwallets will have to do when they decide to claim them).

Unfortunately that advice is of not much help for your recent incident now

[Deeyoh]

Hmm, still 20 billion left to throw in.   That should move it up another 750.

PS.. always be naked when messing around with bitcoin wallets.

[Rosewater Foundation]

Try to use the Via BTC accelerator

https://pool.viabtc.com/tools/txaccelerator/

Sorry, your TXID doesn't exist  when I use accelerator.

How were your funds stolen?

Windows 10, I just did a fresh install a few days ago. I haven’t installed much other then btc, Ltd, ripple wallet. Not sure how I got a virus. It turned off windows defender and I only saw it detected a virus when I turned it back on. This is after I already noticed my coins moving on the blockchain. I don’t keep wallets on on my pc but I had them on for a min earlier today to move some coins.

That's what hardware wallets are for... to NEVER let your regular computer know your private keys not even for a brief second (which people with paperwallets will have to do when they decide to claim them).

Unfortunately that advice is of not much help for your recent incident now

My hardware wallet makes about as much sense to me as a verified checksum makes to my ass doctor. Plan on getting a second one just so's I don't have to update the one I have.