Bitcoin Forum
March 29, 2024, 06:07:00 AM *
News: Latest Bitcoin Core release: 26.0 [Torrent]
 
   Home   Help Search Login Register More  
Pages: [1] 2 »  All
  Print  
Author Topic: How do I go about making a paper wallet?  (Read 1593 times)
marcotheminer (OP)
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 2072
Merit: 1049


┴puoʎǝq ʞool┴


View Profile
December 13, 2013, 11:20:27 AM
 #1

I would like to create a paper wallet. What would be a simple, quick way in order to create one.
Would the 'paper' option on blockchain.info be alright?
Thanks
Transactions must be included in a block to be properly completed. When you send a transaction, it is broadcast to miners. Miners can then optionally include it in their next blocks. Miners will be more inclined to include your transaction if it has a higher transaction fee.
Advertised sites are not endorsed by the Bitcoin Forum. They may be unsafe, untrustworthy, or illegal in your jurisdiction.
barbierir
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Activity: 515
Merit: 502



View Profile WWW
December 13, 2013, 12:01:23 PM
 #2

I made a visual guide to create a paper wallet, the text is in italian but easy to translate
http://www.scribd.com/doc/186525193/Bitcoin-Istruzioni-per-fare-un-paper-wallet

◈▣ KOMODO ● Set Your Ideas Free ▣◈
.......AN ECOSYSTEM FOR NATIVE BLOCKCHAINS.......
Blockchain Generator | Decentralized Crowdfunding | Decentralized Exchange | Bitcoin Security | Zero-Knowledge Proofs | Blockchain Interoperability | Scalable Infrastructure
guybrushthreepwood
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 1232
Merit: 1195



View Profile
December 13, 2013, 01:07:46 PM
 #3

Would the 'paper' option on blockchain.info be alright?
Thanks

Yeah, works fine, but just make sure to read up on paper wallets so you understand the risks and how to minimise them.


https://blockchain.info/wallet/paper-tutorial
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Paper_wallet
BitCoinNutJob
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 1316
Merit: 1000


View Profile
December 13, 2013, 03:23:01 PM
 #4


what has been the most common mistakes with people losing coins via paper wallets over the years?

i heard something along the lines of you can only fund the paper wallet once? or is it you can only redeem on a paper wallet once & any other coin not redeemed get lost forever?
guybrushthreepwood
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 1232
Merit: 1195



View Profile
December 13, 2013, 03:28:09 PM
 #5


what has been the most common mistakes with people losing coins via paper wallets over the years?

i heard something along the lines of you can only fund the paper wallet once? or is it you can only redeem on a paper wallet once & any other coin not redeemed get lost forever?

No, you can keep adding funds to it. Biggest worry is you can lose the wallet.
thdvmgbgjn
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 42
Merit: 0


View Profile
December 13, 2013, 04:39:04 PM
 #6


what has been the most common mistakes with people losing coins via paper wallets over the years?

i heard something along the lines of you can only fund the paper wallet once? or is it you can only redeem on a paper wallet once & any other coin not redeemed get lost forever?

you can only spend out of the paper wallet once.
BitCoinNutJob
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 1316
Merit: 1000


View Profile
December 14, 2013, 10:28:00 AM
 #7


ok ty & 2 more quick dumb questions please:

1.) is it super easy to redeem your paper wallet?

2.) bitaddress.org - if i save the web page and go offline... refresh the page a few times how do i know whoever owns bitaddress.org doesnt have access to my private key?   & how has the offline page managed to communicate with the BTC network?...the new private key is truly random?
Barek
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Activity: 168
Merit: 100


View Profile
December 14, 2013, 10:35:52 AM
 #8

Here is something you should NOT do:

You have a paper wallet with 10 BTC, import it into bitcoin-qt to spend 1 BTC, then delete bitcoin-qt. The 9 BTC are lost.


Why?

bitcoin-qt sends the 9 BTC to a new change address that you do not have the private key of, once you delete bitcoin-qt.
btcton
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 1288
Merit: 1007


View Profile
December 14, 2013, 04:10:25 PM
 #9


what has been the most common mistakes with people losing coins via paper wallets over the years?

i heard something along the lines of you can only fund the paper wallet once? or is it you can only redeem on a paper wallet once & any other coin not redeemed get lost forever?

you can only spend out of the paper wallet once.
It depends on the client you use to withdraw the BTC with. I would try to avoid those clients that don't let you choose a change address.

The signature campaign posters adding useless redundant fluff to their posts to reach their minimum word count are lowering my IQ.
adamstgBit
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 1904
Merit: 1037


Trusted Bitcoiner


View Profile WWW
December 14, 2013, 04:11:59 PM
 #10

I dont get it why is no one giving the right answer....

1) goto https://www.bitaddress.org/
2) save the html page
3) disconnect your internet ( or load a live linux CD )
4) Open the saved bitaddress page
5) generate a wallet, print, and reboot.

This is the super safe way of creating a paper wallet you can be sure is 100% safe.

if your not paranoid about man in the middle attack, skip steps 2 to 4

bryant.coleman
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 3626
Merit: 1217


View Profile
December 14, 2013, 04:20:59 PM
 #11

I am quite concerned with the security issue. Is it safe enough to print paper wallets in shared printers? I can't afford a printer right now. Please advice me.
adamstgBit
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 1904
Merit: 1037


Trusted Bitcoiner


View Profile WWW
December 14, 2013, 04:30:33 PM
 #12

I am quite concerned with the security issue. Is it safe enough to print paper wallets in shared printers? I can't afford a printer right now. Please advice me.

you really have to be paranoid to think someone will somehow hack your network and sniff what's being send to your printer

but these paper wallets will be with you a long time, take the time to do it right, and have no worries.


adamstgBit
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 1904
Merit: 1037


Trusted Bitcoiner


View Profile WWW
December 14, 2013, 04:32:03 PM
 #13

a really bullet proof & very easy way to generate paper wallets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUpd4jhIqJc

adamstgBit
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 1904
Merit: 1037


Trusted Bitcoiner


View Profile WWW
December 14, 2013, 04:36:17 PM
 #14

I dont get it why is no one giving the right answer....

1) goto https://www.bitaddress.org/
2) save the html page
3) disconnect your internet ( or load a live linux CD )
4) Open the saved bitaddress page
5) generate a wallet, print, and reboot.

This is the super safe way of creating a paper wallet you can be sure is 100% safe.

if your not paranoid about man in the middle attack, skip steps 2 to 4

oh look someone  made a video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsyPfiENwQU

guybrushthreepwood
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 1232
Merit: 1195



View Profile
December 14, 2013, 04:47:30 PM
 #15

I am quite concerned with the security issue. Is it safe enough to print paper wallets in shared printers? I can't afford a printer right now. Please advice me.

Well, you'll probably be alright, but not if you want to be super safe, and it's not a good idea if you're already paranoid. You could just write the public and private keys down instead.
adamstgBit
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 1904
Merit: 1037


Trusted Bitcoiner


View Profile WWW
December 14, 2013, 05:02:02 PM
 #16

I am quite concerned with the security issue. Is it safe enough to print paper wallets in shared printers? I can't afford a printer right now. Please advice me.

Well, you'll probably be alright, but not if you want to be super safe, and it's not a good idea if you're already paranoid. You could just write the public and private keys down instead.
omg no.
humans are incapable of doing this task reliably

bryant.coleman
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 3626
Merit: 1217


View Profile
December 14, 2013, 05:13:29 PM
 #17

Well, you'll probably be alright, but not if you want to be super safe, and it's not a good idea if you're already paranoid. You could just write the public and private keys down instead.

That is a good idea. Will give it a try.

omg no.
humans are incapable of doing this task reliably

I'll just make it double sure. No worries.  Grin
hilariousandco
Global Moderator
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 3766
Merit: 2589


Join the world-leading crypto sportsbook NOW!


View Profile
December 14, 2013, 05:15:04 PM
 #18

I am quite concerned with the security issue. Is it safe enough to print paper wallets in shared printers? I can't afford a printer right now. Please advice me.

Well, you'll probably be alright, but not if you want to be super safe, and it's not a good idea if you're already paranoid. You could just write the public and private keys down instead.
omg no.
humans are incapable of doing this task reliably

And/Or maybe take a picture of them instead?

  ▄▄███████▄███████▄▄▄
 █████████████
▀▀▀▀▀▀████▄▄
███████████████
       ▀▀███▄
███████████████
          ▀███
 █████████████
             ███
███████████▀▀               ███
███                         ███
███                         ███
 ███                       ███
  ███▄                   ▄███
   ▀███▄▄             ▄▄███▀
     ▀▀████▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄████▀▀
         ▀▀▀███████▀▀▀
░░░████▄▄▄▄
░▄▄░
▄▄███████▄▀█████▄▄
██▄████▌▐█▌█████▄██
████▀▄▄▄▌███░▄▄▄▀████
██████▄▄▄█▄▄▄██████
█░███████░▐█▌░███████░█
▀▀██▀░██░▐█▌░██░▀██▀▀
▄▄▄░█▀░█░██░▐█▌░██░█░▀█░▄▄▄
██▀░░░░▀██░▐█▌░██▀░░░░▀██
▀██
█████▄███▀▀██▀▀███▄███████▀
▀███████████████████████▀
▀▀▀▀███████████▀▀▀▀
▄▄██████▄▄
▀█▀
█  █▀█▀
  ▄█  ██  █▄  ▄
█ ▄█ █▀█▄▄█▀█ █▄ █
▀▄█ █ ███▄▄▄▄███ █ █▄▀
▀▀ █    ▄▄▄▄    █ ▀▀
   ██████   █
█     ▀▀     █
▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄
▄ ██████▀▀██████ ▄
▄████████ ██ ████████▄
▀▀███████▄▄███████▀▀
▀▀▀████████▀▀▀
█████████████LEADING CRYPTO SPORTSBOOK & CASINO█████████████
MULTI
CURRENCY
1500+
CASINO GAMES
CRYPTO EXCLUSIVE
CLUBHOUSE
FAST & SECURE
PAYMENTS
.
..PLAY NOW!..
adamstgBit
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 1904
Merit: 1037


Trusted Bitcoiner


View Profile WWW
December 14, 2013, 05:27:34 PM
 #19

I am quite concerned with the security issue. Is it safe enough to print paper wallets in shared printers? I can't afford a printer right now. Please advice me.

Well, you'll probably be alright, but not if you want to be super safe, and it's not a good idea if you're already paranoid. You could just write the public and private keys down instead.
omg no.
humans are incapable of doing this task reliably

And/Or maybe take a picture of them instead?

or buy a physical coin, and use that as a safe paper wallet.

there are many many ways to store bitcoins safely.

take some time to figure out out to do it properly, or spend some money to get piper  http://piperwallet.com/

TheJacob
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Activity: 224
Merit: 100


View Profile
December 14, 2013, 05:48:40 PM
 #20

Here is something you should NOT do:

You have a paper wallet with 10 BTC, import it into bitcoin-qt to spend 1 BTC, then delete bitcoin-qt. The 9 BTC are lost.


Why?

bitcoin-qt sends the 9 BTC to a new change address that you do not have the private key of, once you delete bitcoin-qt.

Is this true?

Having a hard time figuring out if you can actually move part of a paper wallet and thus lose the rest or if its only possible to sweep a paper wallet.

Also, what is the reason paper wallets can't be partially spent?
Pages: [1] 2 »  All
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.19 | SMF © 2006-2009, Simple Machines Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!