Hey,
I'm about to move some funds to a paper wallet, but then I got spooked, thinking that the possibility of my printer making an invisible, but damaging print error in the private key QR, could exist. Ok, i could then type the key, but the pk font (at least in the default template from bitaddress.org) is tiny and smudge prone on a less than great printer, and it would be a bit unnerving.
Do you personally somehow validate that the pk QR's work before putting btc on pw address ?
Can someone recommend a trusted, offline paper wallet thingy that prints the pk a bit larger?
Does anyone use special paper ? (photo paper/settings even??)
I could just scan the pk with QR droid on my phone to verify, but then it's not truly 100% cold anymore.
Thanks for input !
/orz.dk
You can check it with your phone. Otherwise you're bordering on paranoia. I always check mine.
I have printed QR codes as small as .6'' x .6'' (to reload Casascius coin) and it works fine. I would stay away from glossy photo paper...has the highest tendency to smudge.