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Simple method to create a bitcoin wallet without internet

Step 1
Open https://bitaddress.org
Step 2
Right click and save as to your desktop
Save as a html file in your downloads folder or any other folder
Step 3
Disconnect Internet
Step 4
Double click and open the saved HTML file in your downloads folder in any internet browser like chrome or firefox
The address will be something like this
file:///Users/yourusername/Downloads/bitaddress.org.html
Step 5
Randomly move mouse and use some random keystrokes and generate a bitcoin address
Step 6
Take a printout of the private key and the public key with the QR codes
Step 7
Store the printout in multiple locations
Step 8
Use the QR of the Public key to accept bitcoin to your address which was never connected to internet at all
Step 9
Import the old private key to a wallet like Electrum wallet which allows to import private key
Spend from that wallet.
Repeat Step 1 to Step 8 to transfer the remaining bitcoin to a newly generated wallet.