hey there jimblasko,
interested in hodling a bit, but scared to run the software until it's either open source or super popular.
to that end, i'd like to make a paper wallet.
does Voxels share the way it generates addresses and private keys with any of the coins on walletgenerator.net? (example: I used to be able to send Devcoin to a BTC address and access them with the same private key)
I'm looking at VikingCoin, ViaCoin, and Vertcoin, all these coins addresses seem to start with V.
Anybody else know the answer to what I'm trying to ask???
Voxels generates private keys the same way as feathercoin would, but I don't recommended using that site by any means to do it for Voxels. Additionally you will need a QT wallet with coins on it if you want to load a paper wallet.
There are various paper wallet generators out there But they are not always trustworthy. Generators can secretly steal your address and private key (stealing your coins).
You can create a paper wallet all by yourself, All you need to do is to install the Voxels client and execute the commands below.
In order to not disturb / corrupt your main Voxels installation, you have to install this paper wallet generator in a VM (Virtual Machine).
Here is a step-by-step guide to creating a Voxels Paper Wallet:1. Download and install Voxels in a VM.
(don’t overwrite your existing Voxels installation!)2. Run it and go to the menu
Help/Debug Window/Console tabs.
3. Create a new address by typing
getnewaddress.
The result is something like 6p4FJkuV1kkdbNnumVr1JWdQXzeZoAsJjV (
note: this is your newly created address)
4. Get the private key for this new address by typing
dumpprivkey (and then use the address from step (3) ). For example “dumpprivkey 6p4FJkuV1kkdbNnumVr1JWdQXzeZoAsJjV”.
The result is something like 5KiWCgvxL2s58JAoxUBBUuLzgESRKaRhHhJVvUyi6ZuDUbkBmDe (
note: this is the private key for your newly created address)
5. Copy & paste address and private key to your paper wallet document, like a text document, word document, whatever you choose.
6. Return to step 3 and repeat as many times as you need new addresses.
7. After you are finished, uninstall the Voxels client from your VM.
Note: Make sure the wallet.dat is gone from the AppData/Roaming/Voxels directory (because the wallet.dat has all your newly created addresses / private keys - and you only what that information in your paper wallet file).
To transfer Voxels to a paper wallet address is as simple as transferring it to any other address.
If you want to access the funds from your paper wallet at some time in the future, simply use the
importprivkey command.
Example: “importprivkey 5KiWCgvxL2s58JAoxUBBUuLzgESRKaRhHhJVvUyi6ZuDUbkBmDe”. Once your client us synced again with the network the funds are available instantly.