<p>When the time has come to spent your coins, whatever wallet software you use to scan the private QR code, will have to ask you for the passphrase.</p>

<p>Give it a try with one and any wallet app on your smartphone. You don't need to put any bitcoins on it.</p>

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<p>Via <a href="https://www.bitaddress.org" rel="nofollow">https://www.bitaddress.org</a> I saw you can get a paper wall but with encryption and a passphrase. What are the steps of using the wallet with the passphrase? It seems the address is on the left while the private key is on the right.  So I am guessing the private key is what's encrypted with the passphrase? How would you decrypt it with the passphrase? </p>

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How do the blue encrypted bitcoin paper wallets work?
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# How do the blue encrypted bitcoin paper wallets work?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-11-15)

Via <https://www.bitaddress.org> I saw you can get a paper wall but with encryption and a passphrase. What are the steps of using the wallet with the passphrase? It seems the address is on the left while the private key is on the right. So I am guessing the private key is what's encrypted with the passphrase? How would you decrypt it with the passphrase?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-11-15. Score: 1

When the time has come to spent your coins, whatever wallet software you use to scan the private QR code, will have to ask you for the passphrase.

Give it a try with one and any wallet app on your smartphone. You don't need to put any bitcoins on it.


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