Private Key (Wallet Import Format)
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Best practices for safe use
- An OKCash wallet is as simple as a single
pairing of an OKCash address with its corresponding OKCash private
key. Such a wallet has been generated for you in your web browser and is
displayed above.
- To safeguard this wallet you must print or
otherwise record the OKCash address and private key. It is important
to make a backup copy of the private key and store it in a safe
location. This site does not have knowledge of your private key. If you
are familiar with PGP you can download this all-in-one HTML page and
check that you have an authentic version from the author of this site by
matching the SHA1 hash of this HTML with the SHA1 hash available in the
signed version history document linked on the footer of this site. If
you leave/refresh the site or press the "Generate New Address" button
then a new private key will be generated and the previously displayed
private key will not be retrievable. Your OKCash private key should
be kept a secret. Whomever you share the private key with has access to
spend all the bitcoins associated with that address. If you print your
wallet then store it in a zip lock bag to keep it safe from water. Treat
a paper wallet like cash.
- Add funds to this wallet by instructing others to send OK coins to your OKCash address.
- Check your balance by going to to http://paperwallets.okcash.co and entering your OKCash address.
- Spend your OKCash by downloading one of
the popular OKCash p2p clients and importing your private key to the
p2p client wallet. Keep in mind when you import your single key to a
OKCash p2p client and spend funds your key will be bundled with other
private keys in the p2p client wallet. When you perform a transaction
your change will be sent to another OKCash address within the p2p
client wallet. You must then backup the p2p client wallet and keep it
safe as your remaining OKCash will be stored there. Satoshi advised
that one should never delete a wallet.
Comma Separated Values: Index,Address,Private Key (WIF)
Why should I use a Bulk Wallet to accept OKCash on my website?
The traditional approach to accepting
OKCash on your website requires that you install the official
OKCash client daemon ("okcashd"). Many website hosting packages
don't support installing the OKCash daemon. Also, running the
OKCash daemon on your web server means your private keys are hosted
on the server and could get stolen if your web server is hacked. When
using a Bulk Wallet you can upload only the bitcoin addresses and not
the private keys to your web server. Then you don't have to worry about
your OKCash wallet being stolen if your web server is hacked.
How do I use a Bulk Wallet to accept OKCash on my website?
- Use the Bulk Wallet tab to pre-generate a large
number of OKCash addresses (10,000+). Copy and paste the generated
comma separated values (CSV) list to a secure text file on your
computer. Backup the file you just created to a secure location.
- Import the OKCash addresses into a database
table on your web server. (Don't put the wallet/private keys on your web
server, otherwise you risk hackers stealing your coins. Just the
bitcoin addresses as they will be shown to customers.)
- Provide an option on your website's shopping
cart for your customer to pay in OKCash. When the customer chooses to
pay in OKCash you will then display one of the addresses from your
database to the customer as his "payment address" and save it with his
shopping cart order.
- You now need to be notified when the payment
arrives. Google "OKCash payment notification" and subscribe to at
least one OKCash payment notification service. There are various
services that will notify you via Web Services, API, SMS, Email, etc.
Once you receive this notification, which could be programmatically
automated, you can process the customer's order. To manually check if a
payment has arrived you can use a Block Explorer. Replace
THEADDRESSGOESHERE with the bitcoin address you are checking. It could
take between 10 minutes to one hour for the transaction to be confirmed.
http://paperwallets.okcash.co/addresses/THEADDRESSGOESHERE
Unconfirmed transactions can be viewed at: http://paperwallets.okcash.co/
You should see the transaction there within 30 seconds.
- OKCash will safely pile up on the block chain. Use the original wallet file you generated in step 1 to spend them.
Private Key (Wallet Import Format):
Step 1 Public Key:
Copy and paste the above into the Your-Part-Public-Key field in the Vanity Pool Website.
Step 1 Private Key:
Copy and paste the
above Private Key field into a text file. Ideally save to an encrypted
drive. You will need this to retrieve the Bitcoin Private Key once the
Pool has found your prefix.
Step 2 - Calculate your Vanity Wallet
Vanity OKCash Address:
The above is your new address that should include your required prefix.
Vanity Public Key (HEX):
The above is the Public Key in hexadecimal format.
Vanity Private Key (WIF):
The above is the Private Key to load into your wallet.
Your OKCash Private Key is a unique
secret number that only you know. It can be encoded in a number of
different formats. Below we show the OKCash Address and Public Key
that corresponds to your Private Key as well as your Private Key in the
most popular encoding formats (WIF, WIFC, HEX, B64, MINI).
OKCash v0.6+ stores public keys in
compressed format. The client now also supports import and export of
private keys with importprivkey/dumpprivkey. The format of the exported
private key is determined by whether the address was generated in an old
or new wallet.
OKCash Address Compressed
Public Key (130 characters [0-9A-F]):
Public Key (compressed, 66 characters [0-9A-F]):
Private Key WIF
51 characters base58, starts with a '5'
Private Key WIF Compressed
52 characters base58, starts with a 'M'
Private Key Hexadecimal Format (64 characters [0-9A-F]):
Private Key Base64 (44 characters):
Private Key Mini Format (22, 26 or 30 characters, starts with an 'S'):
Private Key Base6 Format (99 characters [0-5]):
Private Key BIP38 Format (58 characters base58, starts with '6P'):
How do I make a wallet using dice? What is B6?
An important part of creating a
OKCash wallet is ensuring the random numbers used to create the
wallet are truly random. Physical randomness is better than computer
generated pseudo-randomness. The easiest way to generate physical
randomness is with dice. To create a OKCash private key you only need
one six sided die which you roll 99 times. Stopping each time to record
the value of the die. When recording the values follow these rules:
1=1, 2=2, 3=3, 4=4, 5=5, 6=0. By doing this you are recording the big
random number, your private key, in B6 or base 6 format. You can then
enter the 99 character base 6 private key into the text field above and
click View Details. You will then see the OKCash address associated
with your private key. You should also make note of your private key in
WIF format since it is more widely used.