I've just created my first paper wallet
How did you create this paper wallet?
I first printed off securely a paper wallet, that provided a public and a BIP38 secured private key.
How did you print this
securely?
I then purchased the bitcoin mBTC and deposited that using the public key.
I think you mean Bitcoin address where you say "public key", correct? The one that most likely starts with a 1......
I checked that the bitcoin had arrived at my public key address.
Did you check a website like this?
https://blockchain.info/address/1BitcoinAddressI then tried to reverse the process, so first decrypted my private BIP38 key and found that the decrypted public key was different to the initial public key I had used for the deposit !
How did you decrypt it?
Is this normal? Can different public keys still point to the same private key?
If I then deposit more coins into the now different public key, will the deposit still end up in MY same wallet?
I'd say stop depositing until you've answered all questions