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BIP38 Paper Wallets

I am mainly curious since I would like to test the Android Wallet's ability to import from this type of paper wallet (BIP38).
 
https://dashpay.atlassian.net/wiki/display/DOC/Paper+Wallet+Guide+on+Windows

Step 4: Unencrypted and encrypted wallets.

1. Unencrypted wallet: Click on “Paper Wallet” tab and you’ll see a similar wallet design with a private key and a public address. This wallet does not have a passphrase and is not encrypted. You can print this paper wallet as it is and use it, but it’s not protected from being stolen if someone finds it.

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2. Encrypted wallet: To create an encrypted wallet, you can check mark “BIP38 Encrypt?” and put in a passphrase, then click on “Random generate”, the site will create a new address and an encrypted private key but does not show the WIF private key (which is the key to import and export the coins.) To make a better plan, we need to set up the following for a paper wallet:

- Wallet address
- WIF private key
- Encrypted private key
- BIP38 passphrase
 
Both https://walletgenerator.net/?currency=Dash and http://paper.dashpay.io/ support creation of BIP38 wallets. However https://walletgenerator.net/?currency=Dash allows you to enter your own private key to encrypt while http://paper.dashpay.io/ allows you to generate multiple wallets at once instead but doesn't have an option to encrypt specific private key.
Also note that "Wallet details" tab on http://paper.dashpay.io/ works for BIP38 encrypted private keys but it doesn't for non-encrypted while https://walletgenerator.net/?currency=Dash works for both.
 
I am mainly curious since I would like to test the Android Wallet's ability to import from this type of paper wallet (BIP38).
I tested the encrypted paper wallet feature with current version of your android wallet.The wallet asks for password and decrypts without an error message. But after that it says the balance is zero. Looks like a bug.
It would be great if all Dash wallets would support BIP38.
 
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