How to Send Bitcoin from a Paper Wallet

Last Updated: February 16, 2022

Sending or transferring bitcoins from a paper wallet is easy with the right app. All you need to do is carefully transfer your bitcoins to a software wallet. Then they are ready to send. Read on to learn how to send bitcoins anywhere in the world quickly.

Steps

1
Download BlueWallet or any bitcoin wallet app that supports importing paper wallets to your mobile phone.
- For the sake of clarity, this article will use BlueWallet, although the techniques will be similar on each app.
- Other mobile apps that support importing a private key from a paper wallet include:
  - BRD Wallet
  - Mycelium
2
Open the app and start creating a new wallet. To import your paper wallet into BlueWallet, tap the "Add now" button on the "Add a wallet" menu option. Then tap "Import wallet."

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3
Import your wallet by scanning your QR code, entering your public key, or your seed phrase.
- If required, you may need to enter your wallet's password.
- BlueWallet will attempt to import the wallet. If successful, you'll see the contents of the paper wallet on your phone.
4
Congrats! You now have all the contents of your paper wallet on your phone. From here, you can easily send any portion of your bitcoin to any bitcoin address in the world. If you want to send bitcoin to another location, tap send from your app and send the coin to any address you would like.

Community Q&A

Question

How can I create a paper wallet?

Community Answer

Most bitcoin-related websites have user friendly interfaces for creating these.
Question

I'm having trouble transferring a paper wallet transaction into my blockchain wallet. What can I do?

Community Answer

Use Electrum or any other app where you can have the private keys. Do not use blockchain wallet, as of 20 January 2021, there is no way to keep nor even see your private keys; not your keys, not your BTC, so beware.
Question

I lost my private key. Is possible to deposit and and get the private key which I lost?

Community Answer

The private key is the only way to get access to your bitcoins. Either you have the 12 words passphrase to restore, or impossible. Bitcoin encryption is known for being extremely robust.