I'm not as tech savy as you guys. I'm probably just gonna take my printer out back when I'm done with it and shoot it.
Bitcoin approved printer disposal method:
http://youtu.be/WsBB93IqJkE
Topic: Better way to do paper wallets? - page 2. (Read 1428 times)
Bitcoin approved printer disposal method:
http://youtu.be/WsBB93IqJkE
If you want to make paper wallets without being connected, you will have to get a computer, wipe it, install linux, and never connect it to a network. Then you download the paper wallet software, verify that it is secure, and install it on your offline computer. Connect a printer to the computer and you can make all the paper wallets you want. You might as well install Armory on your offline computer, too.
Keep in mind that a wallet backup is not really the same thing as a paper wallet. Mycellium does not tell you to create a paper wallet. It tells you to back up the Mycellium wallet onto a sheet of paper. The Mycellium backup is encrypted so you don't have to go to extraordinary lengths to protect it. Just follow the directions -- write down the key, print out the back up, write the key on the backup, store the backup in a safe location.
Keep in mind that a wallet backup is not really the same thing as a paper wallet. Mycellium does not tell you to create a paper wallet. It tells you to back up the Mycellium wallet onto a sheet of paper. The Mycellium backup is encrypted so you don't have to go to extraordinary lengths to protect it. Just follow the directions -- write down the key, print out the back up, write the key on the backup, store the backup in a safe location.
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4. email the encrypted private keys to myself after writing the password to decrypt down on paper
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4. email the encrypted private keys to myself after writing the password to decrypt down on paper
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Why would you buy an extra phone if you just mail the keys around the internet anyway. True they encrypted, but you can generate an offline wallet with any old pc, no need for a new phone.
Id just get a script (preferably from github) that does the key generation for you.
#1 Download script
#2 verify download
#3 copy via (new) usb stick to old PC running a live linux from CD/DVD
#4 generate keys
#5 print
#6 keep printed keys safe
How?! That's why I posted this. Buying a new phone every time someone pays me some bitcoin is getting expensive and wasteful. I don't need a whole bunch of phones. I was using old android phone that people throw away BUT with the last update of Mycelium post-heartbleed, it says in red letters on the screen something like (don't remember exact wording), "Your version of android is too old. You need a newer version of android." (you need a new phone). Buying a new phone every time I get some bitcoin is gonna be too expenseive.
I don't want to use blockchain the website nor any other online website to do this. I have heard too many horror stories on this forum. I don't want to use windows to do this. I've heard too many horror stories. I use linux. Electrum and Bitcoin wallet full client are the only ones available on the repository for linux. I don't know how to use these to make a paper wallet. Mycelium directs you to make a paper wallet before you start using it.
You really have to use a printer that doesn't save cache of the printed files. They can be retrieved if you discard it.
Either that, flush the cache usually there is a way - even with the big office copying machines) or use a paperwallet that requires you to write a small code by hand which makes the rest useless. I dont remember off the top of my head which generator allowed that though.
I'm not as tech savy as you guys. I'm probably just gonna take my printer to the gun club when I'm done with it and shoot it.
Paper wallets. Up until a couple months ago when I first discovered bitcoin, a paper wallet is an origami wallet. Lol.
You really have to use a printer that doesn't save cache of the printed files. They can be retrieved if you discard it.
Either that, flush the cache usually there is a way - even with the big office copying machines) or use a paperwallet that requires you to write a small code by hand which makes the rest useless. I dont remember off the top of my head which generator allowed that though.
I'm not as tech savy as you guys. I'm probably just gonna take my printer out back when I'm done with it and shoot it.
Paper wallets. Up until a couple months ago when I first discovered bitcoin, a paper wallet is an origami wallet. Lol.
You really have to use a printer that doesn't save cache of the printed files. They can be retrieved if you discard it.
Either that, flush the cache usually there is a way - even with the big office copying machines) or use a paperwallet that requires you to write a small code by hand which makes the rest useless. I dont remember off the top of my head which generator allowed that though.
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4. email the encrypted private keys to myself after writing the password to decrypt down on paper
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4. email the encrypted private keys to myself after writing the password to decrypt down on paper
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Why would you buy an extra phone if you just mail the keys around the internet anyway. True they encrypted, but you can generate an offline wallet with any old pc, no need for a new phone.
Id just get a script (preferably from github) that does the key generation for you.
#1 Download script
#2 verify download
#3 copy via (new) usb stick to old PC running a live linux from CD/DVD
#4 generate keys
#5 print
#6 keep printed keys safe
Just do it with blockchain, most do this cause its easier?
I personally havent done it yet, but I tend towards this direction since blockchain is pretty known.
I personally havent done it yet, but I tend towards this direction since blockchain is pretty known.
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4. email the encrypted private keys to myself after writing the password to decrypt down on paper
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4. email the encrypted private keys to myself after writing the password to decrypt down on paper
-snip-
Why would you buy an extra phone if you just mail the keys around the internet anyway. True they encrypted, but you can generate an offline wallet with any old pc, no need for a new phone.
Id just get a script (preferably from github) that does the key generation for you.
#1 Download script
#2 verify download
#3 copy via (new) usb stick to old PC running a live linux from CD/DVD
#4 generate keys
#5 print
#6 keep printed keys safe
You can create some nice looking Cold Wallets here, https://bitcoinpaperwallet.com/
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Ok,
This is probably wrong but it is how I do paper wallets or cold offline wallets;
1. buy an extra android phone
2. install electrum
3. transfer coins to electrum wallet
4. email the encrypted private keys to myself after writing the password to decrypt down on paper
5. print out on paper the qr codes and letter/number sequence for private codes
6. put this piece of paper in safe place.
7. turn off and pull battery of phone.
This is probably wrong but it is how I do paper wallets or cold offline wallets;
1. buy an extra android phone
2. install electrum
3. transfer coins to electrum wallet
4. email the encrypted private keys to myself after writing the password to decrypt down on paper
5. print out on paper the qr codes and letter/number sequence for private codes
6. put this piece of paper in safe place.
7. turn off and pull battery of phone.
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