57 sats \ 3 replies \ @BBitcoinUSA 2 Mar 2023 \ on: What are you working on this week? bitcoin
Going to set up a paper wallet, which I’ve never done before. Is there anything major that a hodler with basic computer skills should know? I read that you should disconnect WiFi when generating your keys, but I’ve never done that when setting up a mobile wallet, hence my paranoia. bitaddress.org is the only place I’ve looked so far; I will shower some Sats on those who can help, thank you all
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Thank you, looks awesome and so does the rest of the site
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Yup, best is to generate as much of the key as possible by hand with dice, calculate the checksum with some assistance, then verify that two separate devices/wallet software generate the same set of addresses. (To rule out to some extent a device/software being compromised).
There's some talk lately on methods to calculate the checksum by hand too but I haven't delved into that.
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