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Re: BIP38 python problem
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larry_vw_1955
on 10/10/2021, 03:53:47 UTC
In that case: you can still add a QR-code. My favourite is a paper wallet (don't use the site that turned into a scam) that prints the private key twice, one of them upside down. That reduces the risk of losing it if the paper gets partially damaged. You can of course easily do this manually.

No thanks for doing 1000 qrcodes manually. the chances of making a mistake would be very high plus it would take forever!

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Creating 1000 individual QR-codes would be very easy to script on Linux, but a tad more work if you also want to keep track which address belongs to each QR.

I think anything you can do with linus you should be able to do with windows. especially soemthing as simple as creating a bunch of qr codes but unfortunately i'm not sure why such a tool doesn't already exist for doing that. as far as keeping track of which address belongs to which qr code that's easy you need to print a qrcode for the addresses too. at least I would want to. yes it doubles the space but its needed.

also the process of using a private key guarantees your qr code is scannable since you have to scan and decrypt it in order to be able to use it for the first time. i think if you printed the text of the qrcodes along with them you won't need to print them "twice" since the text serves as a backup in case for whatever reason the qrcode is not having a good day.

the big question now is how many such qrcode private key/address pairs can be fit on a single page how many pages will it take to print all 1000. obviously the less the better but can we print on both sides of a piece of paper or is only one side best?