<p>On a deterministic wallet the only thing you need to keep safe is your seed / passphrase to be able to restore it in the future</p>

<p>Here you can find a tutorial on how to make transactions with an offline Electrum wallet using your Master Public Key</p>

<p><a href="http://electrum.org/tutorials.html#offline-mpk" rel="nofollow">http://electrum.org/tutorials.html#offline-mpk</a></p>

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2013-05-20T20:47:40.797Z
2013-05-20T20:47:40.797Z
rdymac
<p>There is a good tutorial for setting up a safe offline wallet with a regular bitcoin wallet <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/How_to_set_up_a_secure_offline_savings_wallet" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>

<p>If I want to set up a safe deterministic offline wallet (i.e. <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Electrum" rel="nofollow">Electrum</a>). What would be the right steps?</p>

<p>Should I just store the seed, or also backup the private keys?</p>

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2013-05-21T02:32:48.877Z
You can do all that and more with [Armory](https://bitcoinarmory.com/using-offline-wallets-in-armory/)
ChocoDeveloper
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How do you safely set up a offline deterministic wallet?
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# How do you safely set up a offline deterministic wallet?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-05-20)

There is a good tutorial for setting up a safe offline wallet with a regular bitcoin wallet [here](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/How_to_set_up_a_secure_offline_savings_wallet).

If I want to set up a safe deterministic offline wallet (i.e. [Electrum](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Electrum)). What would be the right steps?

Should I just store the seed, or also backup the private keys?

**Tags:** wallet, electrum, deterministic-wallets

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You can do all that and more with [Armory](https://bitcoinarmory.com/using-offline-wallets-in-armory/)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2013-05-20. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

On a deterministic wallet the only thing you need to keep safe is your seed / passphrase to be able to restore it in the future

Here you can find a tutorial on how to make transactions with an offline Electrum wallet using your Master Public Key

<http://electrum.org/tutorials.html#offline-mpk>


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