Merge pull request #797 from rating89us/patch-36

ch04: add "web, desktop, or mobile" wallet
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 .An example of a simple paper wallet from bitaddress.org
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-((("bitcoin improvement proposals", "Encrypted Private Keys (BIP-38)")))The disadvantage of a simple paper wallet system is that the printed keys are vulnerable to theft. A thief who is able to gain access to the paper can either steal it or photograph the keys and take control of the bitcoin locked with those keys. A more sophisticated paper wallet storage system uses BIP-38 encrypted private keys. The keys printed on the paper wallet are protected by a passphrase that the owner has memorized. Without the passphrase, the encrypted keys are useless. Yet, they still are superior to a passphrase-protected wallet because the keys have never been online and must be physically retrieved from a safe or other physically secured storage. <<paper_wallet_encrypted>> shows a paper wallet with an encrypted private key (BIP-38) created on the bitaddress.org site.
+((("bitcoin improvement proposals", "Encrypted Private Keys (BIP-38)")))The disadvantage of a simple paper wallet system is that the printed keys are vulnerable to theft. A thief who is able to gain access to the paper can either steal it or photograph the keys and take control of the bitcoin locked with those keys. A more sophisticated paper wallet storage system uses BIP-38 encrypted private keys. The keys printed on the paper wallet are protected by a passphrase that the owner has memorized. Without the passphrase, the encrypted keys are useless. Yet, they still are superior to a passphrase-protected web, desktop, or mobile wallet because the keys have never been online and must be physically retrieved from a safe or other physically secured storage. <<paper_wallet_encrypted>> shows a paper wallet with an encrypted private key (BIP-38) created on the bitaddress.org site.

 [[paper_wallet_encrypted]]
 .An example of an encrypted paper wallet from bitaddress.org. The passphrase is "test."