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So, I'm not super familiar with crypto/blockchain beyond reading a couple academic papers but... how can you use it "offline"? I saw someone in the parent comm
by dontbenebby 8y ago
So, I'm not super familiar with crypto/blockchain beyond reading a couple academic papers but... how can you use it "offline"?
I saw someone in the parent comments mention that using your phrase on a machine connected to the internet can be risky... how can you make use of those coins then? Do you download some onto a usb to manually transfer over?
- hackinthebochs 8y agoYou identify yourself to the network as the legitimate owner of an address by signing a transaction with a private key for that address. So using your coins offline involves signing your transaction using a computer that is air-gapped and then manually transferring the signed transaction to the online computer to be pushed to the network. There are user friendly ways of doing this using QR codes and similar things.
- dontbenebby 8y agoThanks for the explanation.