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Re: How to get BTC from bitaddress.org paper wallet into Coinbase?
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nc50lc
on 12/02/2025, 04:32:30 UTC
⭐ Merited by LoyceV (4) ,mcdouglasx (2) ,Cricktor (1) ,vapourminer (1)
• On the ONLINE system go to the "Send" tab and enter the payee's details and the amount you want to send them (THIS IS WHERE I GET LOST... WHAT IS THIS??) Click on "Pay" and then "Advanced" to view the unsigned transaction. (WHAT TRANSACTION?? WHAT AM I SENDING TO WHO??)
That is the part that answers your original question:
How can my father and I transfer the ALL of the BTC from the 52-character bit address.org paper wallet into some other intermediary wallet and then into Coinbase all at one time with with one set of transfers/transactions so that my dad can have his BTC in Coinbase liquid and ready to cash out?

Here's a broken-down version of those tutorial:
Open you dad's Coinbase account and get his deposit address, copy it and keep it visible for reference later.
Open your watch-only Electrum and click on the "Send" tab, paste that bitcoin address in 'Pay to' field and tick "Max" next to the amount to set it to send all of your available bitcoins.
But before proceeding to click "Pay...", check each of the address's characters (from start to finish) if it matches with your dad's displayed deposit address.

In the next window after clicking "Pay...", newer version of Electrum will show "Preview" instead of "Advanced button.
Also since it's a watch-only wallet, it'll proceed with that advanced preview even if you clicked "OK" instead.

In the advanced transaction preview, click "Share" then "Save to file" and export that transaction (.psbt) to a flash drive.
That's the transaction that you'll need to load to the Offline Electrum "Tools->-Load transaction->From file" to sign.
Once loaded, click "Sign" (type your password), then export it with the "Share" button and a signed transaction (.txn) will be exported.
Load that to the watch-only wallet and check every info if everything is correct, click "Broadcast" to send it.

Note: Coinbase might ask for additional verification if it's a significantly high amount.