How to generate an EOS key pair safely OFFLINE. (make a new private key and public address)

STEPS TO GENERATING AN EOS KEY PAIR OFFLINE

• 1. Download key generator page to your computer or a flash drive:
(Use at your own risk and discretion)

Put it somewhere easily accessible when you boot into Linux, such as C:\eos-key\ or on a separate flash drive. I recommend not putting it on your desktop, nor in your "Documents folder", nor in a deeply nested folder.

• 2. Download Ubuntu operating system (to be installed on a flash drive):

• 3. Follow the instructions for your operating system:

A. (Windows users) If you are using Windows, follow these instructions:

B. (Mac users) If you are using Mac, follow these instructions:

C. (Ubuntu users) If you are already using Ubuntu, follow these instructions:

• 4. Disconnect your Internet cable

• 5. Reboot your machine. Boot straight into Ubuntu using your flash drive (if it doesn't automatically boot using your flash drive, you may have to configure your boot drive options in BIOS by pressing "DEL" at startup screen when you first turn on your computer)

• 6. When the Ubuntu operating system has finished booting, load the saved webpage for generating your keypair (Where you saved it in Step 1 above). Click "Generate EOS key".

• 7. Print or write down your new key pair (EOS public address and private keys)

Important Note: If you write it by hand, write the private key multiple times and triple check it. You can always derive the public address from the private key later if you need to. You cannot derive the private key. If that is lost, you will have lost your entire account and all associated funds.

Note: To print from Ubuntu, you may need to have the drivers for your printer if Ubuntu does not recognize your printer model.

• 8. (Optional step) See my other video on how to use the Greymass wallet to use your newly generated keypair for your "owner" or "active" permission levels:

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Disclaimer: The views expressed in this video are strictly my own and are not to be construed as trading advice. Do not buy, sell or otherwise trade cryptocurrency based on the content of this video. I am merely sharing what I have done and what I would do in various situations as an educational tool only.

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⚡Colin Talks Crypto⚡ addresses/wallets:

💜 EOS donation address/account name: colintcrypto
💜 Ethereum (ETH) address: 0x5b90414Aeb115f910698304E63C2C3092739c9c0
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[stinger]

Amazing Video
What was the required memory to store Ubuntu on a memory stick?
Thanks

[phillipcourtnier]

Thanks, crypto theft will be one of the biggest problems in the future. Good video for beginners!

[wəntruth]

Hey Colin, thanks for the video.
I followed your instructions and got everything working except the Key Generator won't generate offline.
Any idea on what I may need to do different? I'm on a mac.
Thank you!

[kriptovvalutov]

Thanks for tutorial! Do you trust scatter key generation?

[Afclogic]

I just don´t get can this Key pair be related to my personal EOS account name and my actual amount of EOS? And why is it so difficult to do by the Genesis i did not receive any private Key. just my account name and the public key. why did nobody talk about it before? i mean, with allother crypto i own, there is basicly a private key.
Is there anybody who can answer this questions?

[ericroland]

I notice when you look at permissions in apps like MyEOSkit and such that it will display the active and owner keys. I take it that even though you are connected on line when viewing them, there is not much of a risk of a malicious program accessing them?

[conanking]

What if Ubanto have already generated the private keys as part of the program lol am so skeptical.

[richwillard]

This is going to be difficult for a lot of people Colin. Why don't you get an owner and active public key with the private key?

[abhiorig]

I think cleos can be used for offline key generation.

[lherfel]

Colin - anyway you could provide a hash of the website so I know I actually got the correct one, and it was not substituted?

like a sha256 checksum of the code used?

I am not a programmer, so I cant look at the code I downloaded, but I can have my computer do a sha256 check and make sure its the same one you get.

Thanks