From b2728fe8fbaa79fef9eb6bb40c076351b2f27d05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nagaraj Hubli Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 02:17:24 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Update ch04.asciidoc --- ch04.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ch04.asciidoc b/ch04.asciidoc index 7adbdf1b..5c3cb674 100644 --- a/ch04.asciidoc +++ b/ch04.asciidoc @@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ Paper wallets come in many shapes, sizes and designs, but at a very basic level | Private Key (WIF) | 5J3mBbAH58CpQ3Y5RNJpUKPE62SQ5tfcvU2JpbnkeyhfsYB1Jcn |======= -Paper wallets can be generated easily using a tool such as the client-side Javascript generator at bitaddress.org. This page contains all the code necessary to generate keys and paper wallets, even while completely disconnected from the Internet. To use it, save the HTML page on your local drive or on an external USB flash drive. Disconnect from the Internet and open the file in a browser. Even better, boot your computer using a pristine operating system, such as a CDROM bootable Linux OS. Any keys generated with this tool while offline can be printed on a local printer over a USB cable (not wirelessly), thereby creating paper wallets whose keys exist only on the paper and have never been stored on any online system. Put these paper wallets in a fire-proof safe and "send" bitcoin to their private address, to implement a simple yet highly effective "cold storage" solution. +Paper wallets can be generated easily using a tool such as the client-side Javascript generator at bitaddress.org. This page contains all the code necessary to generate keys and paper wallets, even while completely disconnected from the Internet. To use it, save the HTML page on your local drive or on an external USB flash drive. Disconnect from the Internet and open the file in a browser. Even better, boot your computer using a pristine operating system, such as a CDROM bootable Linux OS. Any keys generated with this tool while offline can be printed on a local printer over a USB cable (not wirelessly), thereby creating paper wallets whose keys exist only on the paper and have never been stored on any online system. Put these paper wallets in a fire-proof safe and "send" bitcoin to their bitcoin address, to implement a simple yet highly effective "cold storage" solution. .An example of a simple paper wallet from bitaddress.org image::images/paper_wallet_simple.png["paper_wallet_simple"]