<p>Yes that would work. In fact, depending on the wallet, you can even import the address (the <em>public</em> part) and see the transactions. Only when you want to <em>send</em> bitcoins would you need to import the private key.</p>

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A Note: if you use the "watch only" feature on a blockchain.info wallet the mobile app may return errors if you try to pay from "any address" since it can't access the coins in the watch-only address for spending. The simple solution is to pick an address with available coins for sending, or use the web-based interface.
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Jannes
<p>Yes, that should work fine.  When you import a key from a paper wallet, the computer wallet should scan the transaction history and pick up all previous transactions involving the newly added address.</p>

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Nate Eldredge
<p>instead of maintaining digital wallet and syncing the blockchain, is it okay if I just use paper wallet now and later import the addresses in digital wallet?
Will I get all my transactions to show up in digital wallet?</p>

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Maintaining bitcoins
Abhijeet Pathak
# Maintaining bitcoins

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-12-04)

instead of maintaining digital wallet and syncing the blockchain, is it okay if I just use paper wallet now and later import the addresses in digital wallet?
Will I get all my transactions to show up in digital wallet?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-12-04. Score: 3

Yes that would work. In fact, depending on the wallet, you can even import the address (the *public* part) and see the transactions. Only when you want to *send* bitcoins would you need to import the private key.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: A Note: if you use the "watch only" feature on a blockchain.info wallet the mobile app may return errors if you try to pay from "any address" since it can't access the coins in the watch-only address for spending. The simple solution is to pick an address with available coins for sending, or use the web-based interface.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2013-12-04. Score: 1

Yes, that should work fine. When you import a key from a paper wallet, the computer wallet should scan the transaction history and pick up all previous transactions involving the newly added address.


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