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Re: NOOB QUESTION: Generating brain wallet offline
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craZyLovE0916
on 07/07/2017, 05:29:53 UTC
As you all are most likely aware of, it is possible to import any SHA256 hash as a bitcoin wallet private key. You can generate SHA256 hashes on this website: http://passwordsgenerator.net/sha256-hash-generator/

Is it possible to check on an offline computer which bitcoin address it corresponds to? I'm thinking about creating a brain wallet on an offline machine to store bitcoin on. Thank you for any help Smiley

As the other here have already said, just to reinforce their points even more strongly - using a brain wallet would be a very, very bad idea indeed. There are many videos you can watch on YouTube which will walk you thorugh exactly how to make paper wallets including my personal favorite here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=872eSnlKUeg which walks you through how to make a paper wallet using bitaddress.org OFFLINE, so that no one can possibly view the keys that you generate except you. The only way is if you already have malware/viruses on your device, which would allow hackers to hijack it and steal your secret key. And yeah I am surprised that you are a Hero Member and did not know this already. :s