<p>Uh. No.. leave them be. Unless you need  to spend them.</p>

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A high quality answer on Bitcoin.SE would remove confusion about an "active" chain and inform @d-a-w that the requirement for the May 15'th update applies to Miners in particular.  (etc)
makerofthings7
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Patrick
<p>In mid 2012 I used bitaddress.org offline to generate address/private key pairs. I purchased bitcoins and had coins sent to these addresses. Do I have to move these bitcoins to keep them in the active chain? (I've read about the May 15 deadline to update the client, but never use a client).</p>

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Do I need to move bitcoins stored in a paper wallet?
d-a-w
# Do I need to move bitcoins stored in a paper wallet?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-03-24)

In mid 2012 I used bitaddress.org offline to generate address/private key pairs. I purchased bitcoins and had coins sent to these addresses. Do I have to move these bitcoins to keep them in the active chain? (I've read about the May 15 deadline to update the client, but never use a client).

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-03-24. Score: 3

Uh. No.. leave them be. Unless you need to spend them.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: A high quality answer on Bitcoin.SE would remove confusion about an "active" chain and inform @username_0 that the requirement for the May 15'th update applies to Miners in particular.  (etc)  

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