Bitcoin Paper Wallet

A Bitcoin Paper Wallet is a Bitcoin Wallet that is a physical document.

• Context:
  • It can (typically) be created by Printing.
  • It can (typically) include a (brand new) public address and private key.
  • It can receive bitcoins from a Live Bitcoin Wallet (to the printed Bitcoin wallet's public address).
  • It can be used as an Offline Mechanism for Safekeeping bitcoins.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Live Bitcoin Wallet.
  • a Cash Wallet.
• See: Bitcoin.

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References

• https://coinbase.com/paper_wallets/history
• https://coinbase.com/paper_imports

2014

• https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Paper_wallet
  • A paper wallet is a mechanism for storing bitcoins offline as a physical document that can be secured like cash or anything else of real-world value. Paper wallets are generally created by printing a brand new public address and private key onto paper, and then sending bitcoins from a "live" wallet to the printed wallet's public address for safekeeping. If good security practices are followed, paper wallets are one of the safest ways to to store Bitcoins.

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