<p>I found another Android app called "Bitcoin Wallet" that let me "sweep" the paper wallet into another address. Everything is fine.</p>

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2017-04-02T22:50:50.060Z
2017-04-02T22:50:50.060Z
Walt Howard
<p>Well, if the private key was lost, then the whole wallet is lost forever, as no one can calculate the private key using part of it or using the public key.
The bitcoin address you sent using coinbase is just a hash from the public key, so no use.
But if your paper wallet provider generates the private key using the parent key, probably you can ask for their support, but there is little hope.</p>

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2017-07-02T16:54:28.600Z
I've downvoted this answer because "as no one can calculate the private key using part of it" is misleading. The private key is not calculated from anything. If there are just a few characters missing, it is trivial to find characters.
Murch
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2017-07-02T08:00:26.803Z
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Kosaka Honoka
<p>I created a paper wallet using bitaddress.org and spent bitcoins into it using the Coinbase mobile (Android App). I then noticed that the paper wallet cut off part of the private key during printing! They don't leave anough room for the entire private key. I need to get those bitcoins back out of that wallet/address using only the QR code. I can't figure out how to use the Coinbase mobile app to do that. It apparently can send to a QR code, but not receive from one. </p>

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How do I spend a paper wallet into my coinbase.com account using the Android Coinbase app and the paper wallet QR code?
Walt Howard
# How do I spend a paper wallet into my coinbase.com account using the Android Coinbase app and the paper wallet QR code?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-04-02)

I created a paper wallet using bitaddress.org and spent bitcoins into it using the Coinbase mobile (Android App). I then noticed that the paper wallet cut off part of the private key during printing! They don't leave anough room for the entire private key. I need to get those bitcoins back out of that wallet/address using only the QR code. I can't figure out how to use the Coinbase mobile app to do that. It apparently can send to a QR code, but not receive from one.

**Tags:** coinbase.com, paper-wallet, android, qrcode


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2017-04-02. Score: 1

I found another Android app called "Bitcoin Wallet" that let me "sweep" the paper wallet into another address. Everything is fine.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-07-02. Score: -2

Well, if the private key was lost, then the whole wallet is lost forever, as no one can calculate the private key using part of it or using the public key.
The bitcoin address you sent using coinbase is just a hash from the public key, so no use.
But if your paper wallet provider generates the private key using the parent key, probably you can ask for their support, but there is little hope.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: I've downvoted this answer because "as no one can calculate the private key using part of it" is misleading. The private key is not calculated from anything. If there are just a few characters missing, it is trivial to find characters.  

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