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Re: How to get BTC from bit address.org paper wallet into Coinbase?
by
LoyceV
on 04/02/2025, 06:26:45 UTC
I have what appear to be 2 good and uncomplicated options to solve this problem
It seems like you only see what you want to see. You can have either one of the above, not both. "Uncomplicated" means a hot wallet, which includes a risk.

Before proceeding make sure your device is secure.
You can't possibly be sure about this, there's always a risk. Which is why it's safer to assume your device is compromised, and act accordingly. If you're talking about $100k or more, why rush things instead of spending a few hours extra to do it 100% safe?

And, BTW, nothing in any of this advice have I seen "go offline" or "disconnect from the internet" type instruction. It appears that these days you can just type a private key into Electrum on your web-connected Mac or BlueWallet on your 5G connected iPhone and the BTC will just show up without hassle or fear of loss/theft. Is that really true?
It's probably true. Like 95% chance. It's like having unprotected sex on a first date Tongue Do you feel that lucky?

1-Import it into a hardware wallet.
Hardware wallets don't allow importing private keys.