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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Did I get this right? Offline Paper Wallet inquiry
by
runam0k
on 11/03/2014, 16:15:36 UTC
If you make a mistake typing an address, your coins are gone.

Are you aware that a bitcoin address has a 4 byte checksum built in to the address?

This means that you have a 1 in 4,294,967,296 chance of making a typo that results in bitcoin address.  Assuming you are using a reasonably designed bitcoin wallet to send the transaction, any other typo would be recognized as invalid and the bitcoins wouldn't be sent.
No, I wasn't aware of that.  Thanks!