BTW here is a list of things you need to do to cold store bitcoins:
https://www.bitcoin.com/guides/setti...bitcoin-wallet
I actually did all this in 2014 or so. Then I realized how ****ing ******edly complicated this all was and for that reason would never catch on, and I immediately got them out again and sold all my bitcoins.
But here goes:
-The first step will be to go to the Bitcoin.com paper wallet tool here.
-Before doing anything else, while on this page you will want to save it locally to your computer. To save a web page to your local machine, press Ctrl-S and save the file as a complete webpage (to your desktop for example).
- After saving, simply close out the open Bitcoin.com paper wallet tool page.
-Then disconnect your computer from the internet
-After disconnecting from the internet, open the saved file (on your desktop). Move your mouse around on the page and/or type some random characters into the text box to create extra entropy (randomness).
-While on the locally saved paper wallet page, while still disconnected from the internet, click on the Print button. Warning: before printing the page, make sure your printer is also offline (not connected to the internet through wifi for example).
-The next step is you want to add bitcoin to the wallet. Just like with any other bitcoin transaction, using a wallet you may have online, scan the public cold storage wallet QR code or copy the address, and send funds to your cold storage.
-When you are ready to spend from your cold storage wallet, you will need to import the private key to a Bitcoin wallet that is online. Any wallet that supports importing private keys will work. For example, if you download the Bitcoin Unlimited wallet (which is a full Bitcoin client) you can import the private key.
To do so, simply follow these steps:
-Open the client and click on Help
-Select the Debug Window and click on the Console tab
-Type in the field “importprivkey <bitcoinprivkey>” (replace <bitcoinprivkey> with your private key and remove quotes)
-Hit enter to import the private key; this will require a rescan of the blockchain which may take a few minutes to sync
-Open the online wallet
-Click on Settings and then click on Addresses
-Click on Import Address
-Copy and paste the cold storage private key and click Import/transfer
-You can safely archive the old address and transfer the funds to your wallet
Quote:
Once you have successfully moved your cold storage funds online, they are ready to spend. Note: Never reuse cold storage wallets. (YOU MEAN I GOTTA DO THIS ***** PROCESS OVER AND OVER AGAIN????) Once you have redeemed them online, follow the process outlined above to create a new one when necessary.
Those amazon guys were real idiots, instead of patenting the buy with 1 click they should have just patented this SIMPLE 17 step process to safely buy and sell things!!!
Meanwhile my mother types in 'bing search engine' in google to go to her hotmail account.