Request: How to keep wallet offline and safe.
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Here's the site that explains what you're looking for:
https://walletgenerator.net/?currency=Darkcoin#
Look under "How to spend the coins stored in a paper wallet ?"
"You will need to import your private key in a real client, that you can download from the currency website. The exact method to do that will depend on the client. If there is no integrated method, you can usually fall back to the debug console and use the command “importprivkey [yourprivatekey]“."
All you have to do is download and install Dash wallet from dashpay.io. Go to debug console and follow that instruction.
The money should be back in your real wallet on your computer for you to spend! Have fun.
On your debug console, type: walletpassphrase <yourpassphrase> 99999 importprivkey <yourprivkey> (without those brackets < > ).
"99999" is just an arbitrary number for seconds to keep your wallet open so you can import your privkey.
Slight correction - it's 2 separate commands:
walletpassphrase <yourpassphrase> 99999
importprivkey <yourprivkey> <label>
And you can also assign <label> which will be shown in "Receiving addresses" next to corresponding address.
Sorry I overlooked an error in my previous post.. But did you follow Udjin's instruction exactly?
Step 1: walletpassphrase <yourpassphrase> 99999
(To open your wallet)
Stepe 2: importprivkey <yourprivkey> <label>
(To import your privkey. I normally disregard the label but you can type a name in there for your address)
Not sure why it's not working but code -5 means the privkey is incorrect: "Invalid private key encoding (code -5)", so make sure you type it in the console correctly and try again?
Moli thanks for your patience with me brother I appreciate it. So step 1 worked for me. Step 2 gives me an invalid message. I got this paper wallet from a cryptocards website I copied and pasted both my public and private and sent it to them. I dunno if I messed up copying and pasting but who would mess that up? Anyway I was gonna ask you about that public key that is paired up with my privkey that keeps giving me invalid message. That public key is not linked to my dash qt wallet how do I link it. I think that's the issue
That explains it pretty well - wallet do not accept bip38 encrypted private keys, you need to decrypt it first and then use importprivekey with the result.
To decrypt it you can use https://walletgenerator.net/?currency=Darkcoin# for example. Go to "Wallet Details" tab, enter your bip38 privkey, click view detials, enter bip38 password, grab
EDIT: try to grab this one instead - "Private Key WIF (51 characters) Base58"
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Your money is on the blockchain and you private key is the key to unlock your money and move them on the blockchain (while your public key is the key to view your money on the blockchain but not to move them). It doesn't matter how many wallets you (or someone) have imported you private key to - all of them will have the same level of control of your money. That's why it is very important to keep it safe.
how to build a secure paper wallet:
- goto https://walletgenerator.net/
- save page as -> to a usb key
- on a secure laptop with networking turned off (or even better, a linux live cd) generate and print your wallets.
- to protect from flood/monsoon/zombies, print two copies (ignore the webpage warnings) and place them in waterproof bags/different buildings
- send funds to newly created addresses
- have a beer
Did you manage to import your privkey from the paper wallet successfully? You got all your coins in the wallet, correct? Please do tell us. I can't wait to hear how that turned out for you!
Still no joy.... after I did wallet passphrase and then importprivkey I used the decrypted key "52 characters Base58" the funds still did not transfer. But I checked in the blockchain explorer the funds are still there.
Hmm.. that's odd. Did you follow Udjin's advice from his post: https://dashtalk.org/threads/request-how-to-keep-wallet-offline-and-safe.4535/#post-52112 ?
I'm going to list the steps in his instruction to make it a bit clearer:
1. Go to "Wallet Details" tab, enter your bip38 privkey,
2. Click view details, enter bip38 password,
3. Grab
(You can do this completely offline to be safe)
Maybe try this instruction again and see if it works? Note that he said to import your
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I tried twice with the above instructions. Still did not work. Is there anything else im missing on the script? Or do I have put the amount? importprivkey "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" "12345"?
you have to unlock your wallet first
Code:
walletpassphrase <yourpasswordhere> 120
importprivkey <yourwif> <a_label>your wif will start with a X -- here's a random one as an example: XBKyyfrysJjh6mQJt9emW86xzieJDM4LfxAbanZXMYAmxdbRKDUz
Yes, the WIF is the one I used and it started with an X. Still no joy. Ok I understand the pairing of the public key and the decrypted private key to access the funds. But here's my question. Whenever I import my decrypted privatekey to my dash qt wallet. How would I know that I am pairing it the public key that I have on my paper wallet? The scripts by the way are working fine I don't get any error message whenever I input them. Its just nothing happens when I enter the walletphrase "xxxxx" "label" and then importprivkey "xxxxxxxx"
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It's not "walletphrase". It's "walletpassphrase". So I guess you typed the wrong word in and that was why it didn't work? Again, here are the steps:
- Step 1: walletpassphrase <yourpassphrase> 600
(To open your wallet for 10 minutes)
- Step 2: importprivkey <yourprivkey> <label>
(To import your private key. You can disregard label or type a name for your address there.)
I meant to type "walletpassphrase" pls ignore that part of the post that would've gave me an error message. I have tried multiple times with your instruction above. Now im thinking of backing up and then emptying my wallet uninstall and re install see If that works.
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