Open Source JavaScript Darkcoin Brain Wallet Generator
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About "BIP38" Encryption

The advantage to encrypting your paper wallet is that if your paper wallet is stolen or otherwise exposed, the balance on the wallet is safe unless the passphrase used to encrypt the wallet is guessed. However, if you encrypt your private key with BIP38 and you lose your passphrase, it will be impossible for you to recover the funds you have sent to this wallet.

Also, note that not many Darkcoin wallet applications or web services are able to import BIP38 private keys. In this case, you will have to use the "Validate" feature on this webpage to extract the unencrypted Wallet Import Format (WIF) key as an intermediate step before sweeping the balance.

WARNING: Before sending any funds to a BIP38-encrypted wallet, first do a test make sure you are able to decrypt the printed private key back to ordinary WIF format.

In short, if you do not have a strong understanding of the BIP38 encryption and decryption workflow, click cancel, print your paper wallet out without encryption, and keep it safe the same way you would jewels or cash.


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Reload the front page into your printer first. Note: The back design is intentionally larger than the front side. (Use the front side as your guide when cutting to trim off the excess.)

Print Wallet Back

 

How to cut & fold your 2-sided wallet:

Cut out your wallet using the dotted lines on the front as a guide, not the back! Note that the design on the back side is intentionally larger than the front side so that back design will "bleed" to the edges even if your front and back sides are misaligned up to 1cm.

Now fold the more narrow private key area in half, and then over again as indicated by the dotted lines in this diagram. The unusual "butterfly" shape can be a bit of a pain to cut out, but it's essential to keep your private key safe.

The final wallet will be a rectangle shape with the more narrow private key area folded over it.

Seal your wallet by placing two strips of sturdy light-blocking tape over the top and bottom edges of the private (folded) area. A zip-seal bag will keep it safe from moisture (especially important for inkjet prints.)

Purchase hologram stickers and/or zip-sealing bags »

How to add funds to your wallet:

Send Darkcoins to the address (or QR code) where your wallet says "PUBLIC ADDRESS".

How to withdraw funds from your wallet:

You should expect to withdraw the entire balance of the wallet by importing it (or "sweeping" it) to a live wallet, e.g. a Bitcoin wallet application or online service like blockchain.info or coinbase.com.

If you elected to BIP38-encrypt your wallet, you may need to recover your unencrypted WIF "Wallet Import Format" private key by using the "validate" tab on this web page.

Visit BitcoinPaperWallet.com for detailed information on adding to and spending from a paper wallet »
 

Validate or decrypt private key

Enter or scan any private key into this form to display all available details in various formats. If your private key decodes properly, then you have verified that you should be able to retrieve any funds sent to that wallet. This should work for private keys generated by BitcoinPaperWallet.com as well as any other Bitcoin service.

For example, if you have a wallet encrypted with a BIP38 passphrase, you can use this form to decrypt your private key and retrieve the standard Wallet Import Format (WIF) key suitable for wallet software and services that don't directly support BIP38 importing.

You may also enter a passphrase (or "brain wallet") to see the corresponding SHA256 hashed keys.

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Scan QR code using your camera

Sorry, but your web browser does not support the HTML5 camera controls. Try using a recent version of Firefox (recommended), Chrome or Opera.

Permission denied. Your browser should display a message requesting access to your camera. Please click the "Allow" button to enable the camera.

If you are using Chrome and you launched this generator by opening the HTML file from your own computer "locally", you may need to launch Chrome from the command line and specify the --allow-file-access-from-files flag. Or you can set up a local web server (Apache) and run this generator via http://127.0.0.1... or, give up and just use Firefox.


This "6P..." private key is BIP38-encrypted.

Public and private details for:

Use the Public Address to receive funds or check your balance online. The Private Key WIF is a code that needs to be keep secret since it can be used to spend any funds that have been sent to the corresponding public key. Keys can be encoded in a number of different formats. The most popular encoding formats (WIF, WIFC, HEX, B64) are shown below.
Public Darkcoin Address
Darkcoin Address Compressed Format


Public Key (130 characters [0-9A-F]):
Public Key (compressed, 66 characters [0-9A-F]):
Private Key WIF
51 characters base58, starts with a '7'
Private Key WIF Compressed
52 characters base58, starts with a 'X'


Private Key Hexadecimal Format (64 characters [0-9A-F]):
Private Key Base64 (44 characters):