[ANN] bitaddress.org Safe JavaScript Bitcoin address/private key

[yakov]

Thank you(!)

[nightengale]

Where can I find the SHA-1 for version 2.6.1?

[Its About Sharing]

Thanks for the BIP38 integration. It feels a lot more secure having a password to get to the wallet, though I realize passwords can be forgotten.

? - Is there a walk through available on importing it into the wallet? (E.g. - How do we "cash in" (import) using the BitcoinQT client? I imagine we need the private key format to do the import.) I will play with a fraction of a BTC of course before utilizing the new wallets.

Any recommended BIP38 links would be appreciated.

Thanks,
IAS

[Stephen Gornick]

Is there a walk through available on importing it into the wallet?

Bitcoin-Qt doesn't support BIP-0038 so you'ld need to convert the decrypt the BIP-0038 encrypted private key and then import that [edit: into your client, such as Bitcoin-Qt].  To decrypt the BIP-0038 encrypted private key click on the Wallet Details tab of BitAddress.org and enter or paste the BIP-0038 encrypted private key.  It will then prompt you for the BIP-0038 passphrase, and if it was correct the page will show the Bitcoin address and the private key (both the WIF, as well as WIF Compressed).

[yakov]

Is there a walk through available on importing it into the wallet?

Bitcoin-Qt doesn't support BIP-0038 so you'ld need to convert the decrypt the BIP-0038 encrypted private key and then import that.  To decrypt the BIP-0038 encrypted private key click on the Wallet Details tab of BitAddress.org and enter or paste the BIP-0038 encrypted private key.  It will then prompt you for the BIP-0038 passphrase, and if it was correct the page will show the Bitcoin address and the private key (both the WIF, as well as WIF Compressed).

And then after that you can import it into BitcoinQT (or most other wallets)
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Paper_wallet#Redeeming_Keys_and_Withdrawing_Funds

[13Charlie]

Thanks for the BIP38 integration. It feels a lot more secure having a password to get to the wallet, though I realize passwords can be forgotten.

? - Is there a walk through available on importing it into the wallet? (E.g. - How do we "cash in" (import) using the BitcoinQT client? I imagine we need the private key format to do the import.) I will play with a fraction of a BTC of course before utilizing the new wallets.

Any recommended BIP38 links would be appreciated.

Thanks,
IAS

After searching for this answer for a while, I found that I was able to get the funds from my BIP0038 encrypted paper wallet imported to my Blockchain.info wallet.
Under the Import/Export section, you'll find a place to "Import Private Key".
Once you input the encrypted private key, it askes for the passphrase you used to encrypt it with.

Super easy !

Side notes:
- Don't be tempted to use the "Import Paper Wallet" with the webcam option at the bottom of that page. You'll get an "Unsupported key format" error message.
- You can use webqr.com if you're lazy like me and don't want to type out the entire addrress.

[Its About Sharing]

Thanks again for all the replies. I tested it out - simple, nice, effective!

I guess the best thing (as you never want to lose the password), is to make it something you absolutely won't forget. Even something simple takes a lot of time in Scrypt to hack (as long as you know your wallet was compromised you will have time.)

Or, absolutely put it in a few key places, and back it up also.  I mean, you need the password and the BIP38 Private Key, so it is a sort of 2FA.

Any ideas?

IAS

[pointbiz]

Where can I find the SHA-1 for version 2.6.1?

At this time I only sign SHA1 hashes for versions that go on the bitaddress.org website.

[kfruit]

I have asked this all over, so sorry for that, but one last time: Is there a way to make this work on the raspberry pi? Everytime I try it either hangs or doesn't finish even within 5+ hours of waiting. Is there a way to calculate how long it should take knowing the raspberry pi (version B) specs? I'm talking about using the BIP 38. Thanks!

[nightengale]

Where can I find the SHA-1 for version 2.6.1?

At this time I only sign SHA1 hashes for versions that go on the bitaddress.org website.

Thanks for the response. I was trying to find a download link for 2.6.0 then but could not find one... I'm probably just missing it, apologies in advance for the stupidity of asking.

[pointbiz]

Where can I find the SHA-1 for version 2.6.1?

At this time I only sign SHA1 hashes for versions that go on the bitaddress.org website.

Thanks for the response. I was trying to find a download link for 2.6.0 then but could not find one... I'm probably just missing it, apologies in advance for the stupidity of asking.

It was actually a good question for some reason github only makes zips available for the newest version of the branch.

This is a link to the raw HTML for the commit for v2.6.0
https://raw.github.com/pointbiz/bitaddress.org/05b59f75609cd50cd8a75c5ede8177650fbdd81a/bitaddress.org.html

You can see this by going here and clicking the raw button:
https://github.com/pointbiz/bitaddress.org/blob/05b59f75609cd50cd8a75c5ede8177650fbdd81a/bitaddress.org.html

[pointbiz]

I have asked this all over, so sorry for that, but one last time: Is there a way to make this work on the raspberry pi? Everytime I try it either hangs or doesn't finish even within 5+ hours of waiting. Is there a way to calculate how long it should take knowing the raspberry pi (version B) specs? I'm talking about using the BIP 38. Thanks!

I don't know. It takes a lot of RAM and other resources for BIP38. Mobile phones and Raspberry Pi's might choke.

[kfruit]

Thanks pointbiz, that's what I was afraid of, I should have just bought a cheap notebook it seems! I was just hoping maybe there was a way of segmenting it or something where it would be easier to handle at once, but I suppose it would take too much effort to program that just so it could work on low level computers, especially since it already works relatively quickly on modern smartphones.

[nightengale]

Thanks for your responses and all your work on bitaddress.org.

I'm getting ready to generate a batch of public-private key pairs for long term cold storage. If I boot my system to an Ubuntu LiveCD, can I just use the bitaddress.org .html file by itself, or do I need to include the other java-related files to generate functional, secure key pairs?

[BitFanatic]

Thanks for your responses and all your work on bitaddress.org.

I'm getting ready to generate a batch of public-private key pairs for long term cold storage. If I boot my system to an Ubuntu LiveCD, can I just use the bitaddress.org .html file by itself, or do I need to include the other java-related files to generate functional, secure key pairs?

There are no dependencies so you'll only need the html file.

[nightengale]

Thanks for your responses and all your work on bitaddress.org.

I'm getting ready to generate a batch of public-private key pairs for long term cold storage. If I boot my system to an Ubuntu LiveCD, can I just use the bitaddress.org .html file by itself, or do I need to include the other java-related files to generate functional, secure key pairs?

There are no dependencies so you'll only need the html file.

Thanks for the response -- can pointbiz confirm this?

[BitFanatic]

Thanks for your responses and all your work on bitaddress.org.

I'm getting ready to generate a batch of public-private key pairs for long term cold storage. If I boot my system to an Ubuntu LiveCD, can I just use the bitaddress.org .html file by itself, or do I need to include the other java-related files to generate functional, secure key pairs?

There are no dependencies so you'll only need the html file.

Thanks for the response -- can pointbiz confirm this?

Single out the html file on your own and run it in your browser and you'll see that it still works the same

[pointbiz]

Thanks for your responses and all your work on bitaddress.org.

I'm getting ready to generate a batch of public-private key pairs for long term cold storage. If I boot my system to an Ubuntu LiveCD, can I just use the bitaddress.org .html file by itself, or do I need to include the other java-related files to generate functional, secure key pairs?

There are no dependencies so you'll only need the html file.

Thanks for the response -- can pointbiz confirm this?

confirmed

[pointbiz]

v2.6.2

https://www.bitaddress.org/bitaddress.org-v2.6.2-SHA1-4d98755d7e78caa4361228a2b11b0faa0f65e6de.html
 - Italian translations thanks to Coin-Escrow
 - Add base6 support to Wallet Details tab

[pointbiz]

v2.6.2 support input of a private key in base6 format which shall be defined as:
99 characters (1,2,3,4,5,0) where 1=1 and 6=0

This allows you to create a private key with physical randomness with 99 rolls of a die. Use 3 dice and do 33 rolls.
Then enter the 99 character string into the wallet details tab of bitaddress.org and you've got yourself a truly randomly generated bitcoin wallet.