Author

Topic: How do I offload physical Bitcoin wallet into Coinbase? (Read 843 times)

legendary
Activity: 3472
Merit: 4801
If the public key and private key are also there in text you just need those - the QR codes just represent those two key's...

I do, but they are REALLY long numbers. Which one do I enter? What if I enter them incorrectly?

I believe that Coinbase has a page for "import paper wallet".

This is where you would enter the private key.

If you enter it incorrectly, nothing will happen, and you'll have to try again until you correctly enter it.
sr. member
Activity: 350
Merit: 294
If the public key and private key are also there in text you just need those - the QR codes just represent those two key's...

I do, but they are REALLY long numbers. Which one do I enter? What if I enter them incorrectly?
full member
Activity: 287
Merit: 101
If the public key and private key are also there in text you just need those - the QR codes just represent those two key's...
jr. member
Activity: 68
Merit: 1
download a QR code scanner you can trust for your desktop computer.
hero member
Activity: 619
Merit: 500
You would need a QR code scanner for your desktop computer.
Make sure to download a scanner you can trust.

As an additional security I would transfer the bitcoins immediately to a new address in case the private key you scanned has been compromised in the process.
sr. member
Activity: 350
Merit: 294
I'm almost ashamed to ask this simple question, but I have a physical .01 Bitcoin wallet that I printed directly from Coinbase.  It has a bunch of QR codes, the public key and the private key.  How do I import this .01BTC back directly into Coinbase.com?  I am an iOS user, so there is no iPhone app to scan the QR codes.

What is the best way to do this SECURELY? Thanks!

-DrB
Jump to: