Topic: How to know how many bitcoins does my offline generated address hold? (Read 424 times)
Bitcoin is amazing, isn't it?
July 13, 2017, 02:29:02 AM
You can search the deposit address on Blockchain.info. 
July 01, 2017, 08:19:20 AM
You just need to copy your bitcoin address, open Blockchain.info or any other online block explorer, past your address into search bar and you will see your wallet ballance and all transactions. What can be easier?
July 01, 2017, 01:00:17 AM
How often do you need to check the balance and for what purpose other than verifying your own greed? (Greed is good, we all have some).
An offline wallet should remain in the shadows with zero indication of who owns it, what the private key is, how much balance exists in it. Once people know that the wallet belongs to you people can track your wealth (the least of which is probably the tax collection agencies).
People keep bringing up private key and I'm worried that the more you all say the more likely the OP is to share it with us!
An offline wallet should remain in the shadows with zero indication of who owns it, what the private key is, how much balance exists in it. Once people know that the wallet belongs to you people can track your wealth (the least of which is probably the tax collection agencies).
People keep bringing up private key and I'm worried that the more you all say the more likely the OP is to share it with us!
July 01, 2017, 12:57:46 AM
Simply search the deposit address on Blockchain.info. You will see the current balance, but do not ever give out your private key!!!
July 01, 2017, 12:45:24 AM
bitaddress or any other wallet or code that you use to generate a key pair will give you 2 things:
1. a private key which is starting with the letter L or K or number 5
2. a base58 encoded string known as bitcoin address starting with 1 or 3.
you only need number 2 to check the balance. you can simply use an online block explorer to check the balance or use any wallet that supports "watch only addresses" to import your number 2 in and check its balance.
there is also a nearly new method which some wallets use which is known as HD wallets. these generate a Seed for you. these wallets give you two things:
1. a master private key or your seed.
2. a master public key
you can use the number 2 to import into your online wallet and have a "watch only wallet" containing all your addresses instead of importing each address one by one.
example: http://docs.electrum.org/en/latest/coldstorage.html#create-a-watching-only-version-of-your-wallet
1. a private key which is starting with the letter L or K or number 5
2. a base58 encoded string known as bitcoin address starting with 1 or 3.
you only need number 2 to check the balance. you can simply use an online block explorer to check the balance or use any wallet that supports "watch only addresses" to import your number 2 in and check its balance.
there is also a nearly new method which some wallets use which is known as HD wallets. these generate a Seed for you. these wallets give you two things:
1. a master private key or your seed.
2. a master public key
you can use the number 2 to import into your online wallet and have a "watch only wallet" containing all your addresses instead of importing each address one by one.
example: http://docs.electrum.org/en/latest/coldstorage.html#create-a-watching-only-version-of-your-wallet
July 01, 2017, 12:44:27 AM
Suppose I generate an address offline, using something like bitaddress.org
And then I receive some bitcoins on this address.
How do I know how much balance do I have on this address?
And then I receive some bitcoins on this address.
How do I know how much balance do I have on this address?
Check the address on blockchain.info, its safe to look at the address as long as you never expose the private key.
July 01, 2017, 12:41:40 AM
Suppose I generate an address offline, using something like bitaddress.org
And then I receive some bitcoins on this address.
How do I know how much balance do I have on this address?
And then I receive some bitcoins on this address.
How do I know how much balance do I have on this address?
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