Is your paper wallet a private-key (weird big string) or a backup seed (list of words)? How did you generate it?
You should be able to download Electrum (ELECTRUM.ORG), optionally verify the file signature for extra security (quick guide
here) and import the private-key or seed to restore the wallet.
I don't remember how it was generated. I generated it after BTC took a big hit and stuck it in a safety deposit box. I need to be able to put the hash where I can try several different passphrases to try to unlock it. I don't remember which one I used, but there are only so many I would have used.
If your wallet has a private key (long string), you can go on Blockchain.com and import the wallet there by entering the private key (If it has a QR code, you can scan it.) then, import the wallet from there using the private key and you will now be able to withdraw from this wallet's balance.
How do I import the key to a place I can try to open the coin with pass phrases?
To clarify your private key can look like any of the following:
Base58 uncompressed private key (note the first character)
5Kb8kLf9zgWQnogidDA76MzPL6TsZZY36hWXMssSzNydYXYB9KF
Can be imported in any wallet that has the import option
Base58 compressed private key (note the first character it can also be K)
L53fCHmQhbNp1B4JipfBtfeHZH7cAibzG9oK19XfiFzxHgAkz6JK
Can be imported in any wallet that has the import option
Hexadecimal private key (note the length is 64 and characters are 0-9 and a-f)
E9873D79C6D87DC0FB6A5778633389F4453213303DA61F20BD67FC233AA33262
Has to be converted to a base58 (WIF) private key like the 2 examples above before the wallets accept it. To do that you could use this open source tool:
https://github.com/pointbiz/bitaddress.org (run offline)
Base58 encrypted private key using BIP38 (note the first 2 characters)
6PRW8vhrsbZJdZDtVCKtfnPoN7ecWKraUagCDg7M9APkNGMxx3fbwMkysT
In this case you also must have the password that were used to encrypt this key and some wallets don't accept this type so it has to be decrypted first before you can import it in a wallet. You can use the bitaddress.org tool to decrypt it.
Password used here is "123" in case you want to test decrypting in that tool.
I have two keys. One appears to be the first type of hash and the other is the second hash.
Again, I need to get the hash where I can beat it up with passphrases until I can unlock it.
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