Paper wallets are where you record a private key and corresponding bitcoin address as QR codes that are printed onto a piece of paper. They were very popular in the early days of bitcoin, when mnemonic phrases didn't exist. Stop using them. Learn why in this video.
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0:00 Paper wallets is not simply things that you record on paper
0:34 Single key paper wallets
0:59 Paper wallets was extremely popular back then
1:41 It's not okay anymore to use paper wallets
5:53 What is the best way to get funds out of a paper wallet and move it to a hardware wallet?
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