<p>You can import the private key, spend part of it, send the change back to the same address, and delete the key. This would leave a lesser amount in the same paper wallet, but is generally not a good practice (address reuse).</p>

<p>Also, if the address has multiple inputs, you can just spend X if Y distinct inputs with exact change and that will work too.</p>

<pre><code>litecoin-cli importprivkey 1LYourPrivateKeyThatIsWrittenOnThePaperThatYouWantToKeepForSomeReason
</code></pre>

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how do you send the change back to the same address with that command? or is it by default?
Patoshi パトシ
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Just use the GUI if that's available to you. Otherwise: 1) List all the unspent inputs for your address: `litecoin-cli listunspent 1 99999999 '''["paperWALLETpublicKEY"]''` then 2) do the math and create a raw transaction sending your spend amount to wherever and the change back to you: `litecoin-cli createrawtransaction '[{ "txid" : "<txid_of_selected_block>", "vout" : <vout>}]' '{"<recipient_address>": <amount_to_send>, "<sender_address>": <amount_change>}' ` then 3) sign it and send it to the blockchain.
Luke Mlsna
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Luke Mlsna
<p>I know mycellium has a feature for BTC where you can spend partial amounts from a Bitcoin cold paper wallet. Is there something like this for a LTC Litecoin cold paper wallet? I just want to spend a few ltc, but not sweep the entire paper wallet. </p>

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Method of spending LTC Litecoin from a paper cold wallet?
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# Method of spending LTC Litecoin from a paper cold wallet?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-17)

I know mycellium has a feature for BTC where you can spend partial amounts from a Bitcoin cold paper wallet. Is there something like this for a LTC Litecoin cold paper wallet? I just want to spend a few ltc, but not sweep the entire paper wallet.

**Tags:** litecoin, paper-wallet, coldstorage, sending, spending


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-10-18. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

You can import the private key, spend part of it, send the change back to the same address, and delete the key. This would leave a lesser amount in the same paper wallet, but is generally not a good practice (address reuse).

Also, if the address has multiple inputs, you can just spend X if Y distinct inputs with exact change and that will work too.

```
litecoin-cli importprivkey 1LYourPrivateKeyThatIsWrittenOnThePaperThatYouWantToKeepForSomeReason

```

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: how do you send the change back to the same address with that command? or is it by default?  
> **username_1**: Just use the GUI if that's available to you. Otherwise: 1) List all the unspent inputs for your address: `litecoin-cli listunspent 1 99999999 '''["paperWALLETpublicKEY"]''` then 2) do the math and create a raw transaction sending your spend amount to wherever and the change back to you: `litecoin-cli createrawtransaction '[{ "txid" : "<txid_of_selected_block>", "vout" : <vout>}]' '{"<recipient_address>": <amount_to_send>, "<sender_address>": <amount_change>}' ` then 3) sign it and send it to the blockchain.  

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