Micma,
After you get bitcoins into your offline/watching-only wallet, please forget that you've ever heard of importing or sweeping keys. These are two features that have very limited uses to only a few people.
I have just looked at the dialog that you are referring to and it is a bit old and very confusing. Sorry about the confusion caused by it.
For now you will need it though, because you started down this path with your paper wallet.
Here are the steps to follow to get your bitcoin to the offline/watching-only wallet:
Note: All of these instructions are to be done from the online instance of Armory. You never need the offline system to add bitcoins to your offline wallet.
1. Create a new Online wallet and give it a name like "Temporary Wallet". Remember to always make a paper backup.
2. Double click Temporary Wallet to get to wallet properties.
3. Click Import/Sweep Private Keys
4. Enter the private key from your paper wallet.
5. Choose import. Import will add the private key to your wallet
6. Click OK on the Private Key Import dialog
7. Click Send Bitcoins on the Temporary Wallet properties dialog
8. Select your offline/watching-only wallet as the Recipient
9. Click MAX for the Amount
10. Click Send!
11. Enter the passphrase for the Temporary Wallet
12. If you forgot your passphrase. Restore the Temporary Wallet from the paper backup then go back to step 7.
Your new bitcoin should land in your offline/watching-only wallet.
Next time you want to go to your local Bitcoin ATM to get some anonymous bitcoins do the following. It's much easier:
1. Click Receive Bitcoins
2. Select your offline/watching-only wallet
3. You will see a QR code. Print it or take a picture of it with your cell phone.
4. Take your print out or phone to the Bitcoin ATM and use it as the receiving address
By the time you get home your offline/watching-only wallet will have the bitcoins you bought.
Delete the Temporary Wallet so that you won't be tempted to use it. Keep the paper backup for the Temporary Wallet, and the paper wallet that you imported. Keep all your paper backups in a file. Wait a few years, and if you are board, you can restore all of them and see if you or anyone else accidentally left some bitcoin there. It's like checking your old clothes for forgotten money.
Topic: Offline wallet and sweeping (Read 737 times)
I'm not quite sure I understood. You wanted to buy Bitcoins from a BTM straight into an Armory address of yours? Why didn't you just print a QR from an address from your Armory seed?
Anyways, you now just have to sweep that from the paper wallet into an Armory address. Just use a mobile wallet and send the Bitcoins to an address of yours. Or import the private key on a Bitcoin client and send it to an Armory address. Or if you want to be really secure set up an offline computer with a live cd, import the private key, make a transaction to one of your Armory addresses and then broadcast it online.
Anyways, you now just have to sweep that from the paper wallet into an Armory address. Just use a mobile wallet and send the Bitcoins to an address of yours. Or import the private key on a Bitcoin client and send it to an Armory address. Or if you want to be really secure set up an offline computer with a live cd, import the private key, make a transaction to one of your Armory addresses and then broadcast it online.
Just taking a shot in the dark here as I do not know Armory....
Must you not import the private key into the online Armory? Once done you will be able to transfer from that address to your offline address.
When you sweep Armory wants to move the funds to one of the Armory addresses which it cannot do as its a watch only wallet. But you should be able to import the private key of that address into Armory and then use it as normal.
Must you not import the private key into the online Armory? Once done you will be able to transfer from that address to your offline address.
When you sweep Armory wants to move the funds to one of the Armory addresses which it cannot do as its a watch only wallet. But you should be able to import the private key of that address into Armory and then use it as normal.
Hello community,
Couldn't find info for this so this is why I'm asking.
Setup a new offline wallet on my old offline laptop and online computer is running armory with a watch only wallet to the offline one.
I created a paper wallet with an offline utility that I took to my local BTM (bitcoin teller machine) and put a coin on it. (Anonymity right?)
The question is how the hell do I get that coin into my offline wallet?
Online armory says you cannot sweep to a watch only wallet (even if I said it's mine) and offline armory with full wallet says sweeping is not available in offline mode, kinda defeats the purpose of an offline secure environment.
I'm new to this so I must be overlooking something.
Thanks guys in advance to pointing me in the right direction.
Couldn't find info for this so this is why I'm asking.
Setup a new offline wallet on my old offline laptop and online computer is running armory with a watch only wallet to the offline one.
I created a paper wallet with an offline utility that I took to my local BTM (bitcoin teller machine) and put a coin on it. (Anonymity right?)
The question is how the hell do I get that coin into my offline wallet?
Online armory says you cannot sweep to a watch only wallet (even if I said it's mine) and offline armory with full wallet says sweeping is not available in offline mode, kinda defeats the purpose of an offline secure environment.
I'm new to this so I must be overlooking something.
Thanks guys in advance to pointing me in the right direction.
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