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Hello, Can someone tell me how to make a paper wallet? Or could i type any command in my DGB desktop wallet to show me the private key? that would be the same? Thank you.

any answer to this?

The first paper wallet generator popped up in 2014 and it looks like it is still online: https://www.dgbaddress.org/

The GitHub repo is here: https://github.com/patricklodder/dgbaddress.org.git

A quick google search also returned: https://walletgenerator.net/?currency=DigiByte

Note: Use at your OWN RISK We have not tested these services, nor can we vouch for their integrity.

We would love to get people's feedback on using the above. We stopped pushing paper wallets on new users in 2014 as new people found them very confusing. Especially when it came to importing a wallet.

Quote from: franc0 on June 01, 2017, 04:11:13 PM

Because with bitcoin there is 1000's of wallets that support private key import already. Why we can't have a wallet that does that too?

Ok, so I have tested this online wallet generator that will function as a paper wallet.

http://i65.tinypic.com/whh5av.png

I sent this address 10 DGB (well 9.8 DGB after the exchange/transaction fee), which can be seen here.

https://digiexplorer.info/address/D9ickuSyeExtYiUqe7P5gnbdeY87PTKAD6
https://digiexplorer.info/tx/88eac49d3ab7b63d196683269be86e85ba710cdec4acd3eaaafc6bd6b725c837

To import the wallet you have to go via the debug console. (Help → Debug Console → Console)

In there type in importprivkey . The private key is the bit that I have blanked out in the picture above. That will then import the address into your wallet and then re-scan the block chain for any funds. This re-scan will take a while (It took 15 mins on my PC).

You will then have access to that address within your wallet.

http://i63.tinypic.com/1zx199w.jpg

To then prove that I can then send from this address I sent 5 DGB from it.

https://digiexplorer.info/tx/2be94d83296b4326a79572143e4559ef96224f805f5a0896778e969eb9882269

So, yes, it does work

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Please note this was all done on the latest version of the wallet (v6.14.2). Also, never give anyone your private key as they will be able to do the above and steal your DGB!

can you tell me where the coins are stored? I mean, where are the coins stored normally in a paper wallet? on a 3rd party?

They are "stored" in the blockchain like every other crypto currency. All any wallet does is give you access to a certain address within the blockchain. This is why keeping the private key safe is important as it gives access to the public address, and thus the coins.

All you need to do is gen an address on the website and sync the wallet. If you really want to test it, send me the public address that it generates and I'll send a coin to it and you can go through the steps I outlined to make sure the process works.

Then why the DEV told us that he do not recommend these services? Why they don't make one official paper wallet generator? Can these walletgenerators website owners store your private keys and hack you later? There's a way to do it offline, you download the website at GITHUB and you can then disconnect the computer from internet and generate a wallet address and private key offline? But my question is, do you need at some point internet, how the blockchain will know I generated that address and privatekey? Sorry for my stupid question.

Then why the DEV told us that he do not recommend these services?

Probably because they didn't make it and thus can't guarantee it has no faults.

Why they don't make one official paper wallet generator?

That will have to be something the dev will have to answer but I'm pretty sure they are busy with the DiguSign development at the moment. Paper wallets are not widely used so I would guess they are low on the priority side of things.

Can these wallet generators website owners store your private keys and hack you later?

That is always a risk yes. However, as you pointed out you can get the code from the Github repo and check it over yourself.

How the blockchain will know I generated that address and privatekey?

The blockchain is just a ledger of every transaction that has happened. It just needs to log that x amount of coins have gone to address y. It doesn't know when an address was made, just when it was first used (i.e coins sent to it). This is how all crypto currencies work. More info can be found here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain