<p>I found <a href="https://github.com/sour-is/bip38tool" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/sour-is/bip38tool</a> on github and after a little bit of struggle with the unfamilar golang ecosystem got it installed. </p>

<p>Once installed, the instructions for use are as follows:</p>

<pre><code>export BIP38_PASS=&lt;PASSWORD&gt;
cd /usr/local/go/src/bip38tool
./bip38tool decrypt &lt;KEY&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>This produces your entire decrypted wallet including the plaintext private key which you can import into electrum or any other wallet application.</p>

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2014-02-28T23:07:40.770Z
"Do not use, broken" warning
Adam Grant
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2014-03-03T23:45:39.527Z
The problem has been fixed... https://github.com/sour-is/bip38tool/issues/1
rplevy
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2013-12-05T09:24:57.283Z
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rplevy
<p>Enter the encrypted private key in the "Wallet Details" tab. It will prompt you for a password then.</p>

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2014-03-06T20:20:32.033Z
In case I wasn't the only one confused by this, You'll find the "Wallet Details" tab at bitaddress.org. Do the entropy creation step, and you'll see a tab for this.
Adam Grant
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2013-11-25T07:49:26.173Z
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v_y
<p>Services like bitaddress.org allow you to password encrypt a paper wallet. How would I decrypt it?</p>

<paper-wallet>
How do I decrypt a password protected, BIP0038 address?
mabd
# How do I decrypt a password protected, BIP0038 address?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-11-18)

Services like bitaddress.org allow you to password encrypt a paper wallet. How would I decrypt it?

**Tags:** paper-wallet


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-12-05. Score: 3

I found <https://github.com/sour-is/bip38tool> on github and after a little bit of struggle with the unfamilar golang ecosystem got it installed.

Once installed, the instructions for use are as follows:

```
export BIP38_PASS=<PASSWORD>
cd /usr/local/go/src/bip38tool
./bip38tool decrypt <KEY>

```

This produces your entire decrypted wallet including the plaintext private key which you can import into electrum or any other wallet application.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: "Do not use, broken" warning  
> **username_1**: The problem has been fixed... https://github.com/sour-is/bip38tool/issues/1  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2013-11-25. Score: 0

Enter the encrypted private key in the "Wallet Details" tab. It will prompt you for a password then.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: In case I wasn't the only one confused by this, You'll find the "Wallet Details" tab at bitaddress.org. Do the entropy creation step, and you'll see a tab for this.  

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