<p>Yes you can, 
<a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference#importaddress" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference#importaddress</a></p>

<p>What you need to do is to create a <strong>watch-only address</strong> on your online computer.
This can be done by "importaddress" in console and use no rescan. Rescan, after you have imported all the addresses to get their respective balances.</p>

<p>To spend BTC from your offline computer, you need to <strong>sign the raw-transaction offline</strong>( created on your online computer).<br>
Take a look here how-to: <a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=651344.msg7306076#msg7306076" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=651344.msg7306076#msg7306076</a></p>

<p>If you use Electrum wallet, all these steps can be simplified a lot. </p>

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<p>I want to have the full blockchain "just in case" yet have my wallet be OFF the internet.  Like, on a laptop that's just for bitcoin, with wireless turned off.  Or possibly on an external drive that is backed up on multiple other external drives.  So can I use bitcoin core, and just store the blockchain there.  And use my other wallet when I want to receive money.  I have a substantial amount of money in coinbase and I don't trust keeping it there.</p>

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Can I store the whole blockchain yet keep my actual wallet with bitcoins offline?
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# Can I store the whole blockchain yet keep my actual wallet with bitcoins offline?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-07)

I want to have the full blockchain "just in case" yet have my wallet be OFF the internet. Like, on a laptop that's just for bitcoin, with wireless turned off. Or possibly on an external drive that is backed up on multiple other external drives. So can I use bitcoin core, and just store the blockchain there. And use my other wallet when I want to receive money. I have a substantial amount of money in coinbase and I don't trust keeping it there.

**Tags:** blockchain, bitcoin-core, wallet-security


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-12-07. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Yes you can,
<https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference#importaddress>

What you need to do is to create a **watch-only address** on your online computer.
This can be done by "importaddress" in console and use no rescan. Rescan, after you have imported all the addresses to get their respective balances.

To spend BTC from your offline computer, you need to **sign the raw-transaction offline**( created on your online computer).  
Take a look here how-to: <https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=651344.msg7306076#msg7306076>

If you use Electrum wallet, all these steps can be simplified a lot.


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