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  <p>My paper wallet will still be secure? because i've only used the public key online - correct?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Sure, if the wallet was created securely in the first place then sending to it's public key (address really) poses no threat to it. </p>

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  <p>How can I confirm that the BTC's are in my paper wallet? </p>
</blockquote>

<p>You can use a block explorer like blockchain.info or blockexplorer.com to check the balance of your paper wallet address. </p>

<p>Might not hurt to do a trial run with a small amount first. </p>

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<p>I just wanted to post this here to make sure I am doing this exactly right.</p>

<ol>
<li>I created an online wallet with <em>block chain dot info</em> (cant post links with my rep)</li>
<li>I am going to buy BTC's from <em>bit bargain dot co dot uk</em> and transfer the bitcoins to my online wallet created in step 1.</li>
<li>I used this tutorial (<a href="http://fieryspinningsword.com/2013/12/01/how-to-create-a-reasonably-secure-bitcoin-paper-wallet/" rel="nofollow">http://fieryspinningsword.com/2013/12/01/how-to-create-a-reasonably-secure-bitcoin-paper-wallet/</a>) to create a 'reasonably secure' paper wallet (I even wrote down my keys instead of printing them off as noted in the 'extra security' bit at the end)</li>
<li>I shall then send all the BTC's from my Online wallet (step 1) to my paper wallet (step 3).</li>
</ol>

<p>My question(s) are: </p>

<ul>
<li><p><strong>My paper wallet will still be secure? because I've only used the public key online — correct?</strong></p></li>
<li><p><strong>How can I confirm that the BTC's are in my paper wallet? I don't want to hold on to these suckers for 10 years, for them to be worth billions, to realise that I lost them in the ether when I come to sell/use them.</strong></p></li>
</ul>

<p>I used the tutorial to the letter, and took no further steps to create my paper wallet, if I missed something and it's not created properly, please let me know.</p>

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I'm going to be pedantic here.  There are three components to bitcoin addresses. 1: Private Key, 2: Public Key and 3: Receiving Address.  The receiving address is a hash of the public key.  A bitcoin address is the most secure when it has only ever had bitcoins sent to it as only the receiving address is publicly known.  To spend the bitcoins you create a transaction which contains the public key and a signed transaction - knowing the public key will make it easier (by orders of magnitude, but still huge) for an attacker to brute force.
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Transfer BTC from online wallet to paper wallet
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# Transfer BTC from online wallet to paper wallet

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-12-08)

I just wanted to post this here to make sure I am doing this exactly right.

1. I created an online wallet with *block chain dot info* (cant post links with my rep)
2. I am going to buy BTC's from *bit bargain dot co dot uk* and transfer the bitcoins to my online wallet created in step 1.
3. I used this tutorial (<http://fieryspinningsword.com/2013/12/01/how-to-create-a-reasonably-secure-bitcoin-paper-wallet/>) to create a 'reasonably secure' paper wallet (I even wrote down my keys instead of printing them off as noted in the 'extra security' bit at the end)
4. I shall then send all the BTC's from my Online wallet (step 1) to my paper wallet (step 3).

My question(s) are:

* **My paper wallet will still be secure? because I've only used the public key online — correct?**
* **How can I confirm that the BTC's are in my paper wallet? I don't want to hold on to these suckers for 10 years, for them to be worth billions, to realise that I lost them in the ether when I come to sell/use them.**

I used the tutorial to the letter, and took no further steps to create my paper wallet, if I missed something and it's not created properly, please let me know.

**Tags:** blockchain.info, coldstorage, paper-wallet

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I'm going to be pedantic here.  There are three components to bitcoin addresses. 1: Private Key, 2: Public Key and 3: Receiving Address.  The receiving address is a hash of the public key.  A bitcoin address is the most secure when it has only ever had bitcoins sent to it as only the receiving address is publicly known.  To spend the bitcoins you create a transaction which contains the public key and a signed transaction - knowing the public key will make it easier (by orders of magnitude, but still huge) for an attacker to brute force.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2013-12-08. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

> My paper wallet will still be secure? because i've only used the public key online - correct?

Sure, if the wallet was created securely in the first place then sending to it's public key (address really) poses no threat to it.

> How can I confirm that the BTC's are in my paper wallet?

You can use a block explorer like blockchain.info or blockexplorer.com to check the balance of your paper wallet address.

Might not hurt to do a trial run with a small amount first.


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