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  <p>at what time do you generate the public and private keys</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Your wallet (the software managing your keys and your connection to the Bitcoin network) handles this for you, typically just before you generate an address to receive a payment.</p>

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  <p>how do you store your private key on a hardware wallet</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The hardware wallet comes with a software which handles the storage of the key(s) on the hardware.</p>

<p>You might want to take a look to <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Securing_your_wallet" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the wiki page about "storing bitcoins"</a> and follow the links :).</p>

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<p>When making your first bitcoin transaction, at what time do you generate the public and private keys and how do you store your private key on a hardware wallet?</p>

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# First Bitcoin transaction

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-05-14)

When making your first bitcoin transaction, at what time do you generate the public and private keys and how do you store your private key on a hardware wallet?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-05-14. Score: 1

> at what time do you generate the public and private keys

Your wallet (the software managing your keys and your connection to the Bitcoin network) handles this for you, typically just before you generate an address to receive a payment.

> how do you store your private key on a hardware wallet

The hardware wallet comes with a software which handles the storage of the key(s) on the hardware.

You might want to take a look to [the wiki page about "storing bitcoins"](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Securing_your_wallet) and follow the links :).


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