Questions tagged [private-key-import]
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bitcoin address was given to sender - it was converted to bitcoin cash address and was sent to my bitcoin Coinbase wallet
So, the address bitcoin cash was sent to - when converted is my bitcoin address - anyway to retrieve? Please help - willing to pay $$
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Getting "Public key is neither compressed or uncompressed" after trying to send with imported key
I still have a private key from an old Bitcoin wallet (circa 2012), and I have a private key. I downloaded the bitWallet app for iOS, entered my private key there and my wallet with balance and all ...
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Partial private key recovery
I had the pleasure of setting up a Bitcoin wallet using the Blue Wallet app and diligently noted down the 52 characters of my private key on a piece of paper for backup purposes.
Upon revisiting the ...
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How to import addresses into Bitcoin client
1,"1DdDMWFX3h6fkjktDBsKuUN91vVz8KpMnB","L33oVzrKNfwWHxPubNc9MGuYLxGmJFCQdgibV1oFCEq3tPPQapvz"
2,"15o6KpFLdFkVGkoZLEJPcZt7AaWLR5ZAsm","...
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How do I use descriptors to put an ancient priv-key into a newly created wallet.dat file?
Running bitcoin core 26.0 on debian 12. I want to put an ancient priv-key into a newly created wallet.dat file. First, I'll do a test run:
$ bitcoin-cli createwallet test
$ bitcoin-cli loadwallet /...
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Gradual deprecation of importprivkey call?
I'm running bitcoin core 26.0 on debian 12.
$ /usr/local/bin/bitcoin-26.0/bin/bitcoin-cli importprivkey "5-rest-of-priv-key"
error code: -4
error message:
Only legacy wallets are supported ...
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sweep 52 Character private key beginning with L
I'm trying to sweep an unencrypted private key, created with bitaddress.org 4 years ago into, Electrum. I also gave these to family with small amounts on, so need to figure this out before I go down ...
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Bitcoin node : importprivkey does not import all getnewaddress previously created
I have a problem with my bitcoin wallet recovery process.
I have a wallet with thousand of address attached created with RPC method 'getnewaddress'.
I would like to have a recovery process for this ...
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Broadcast transactions through bitcoind without importing private key
My question has already been asked before, and some answers were also already given
the question, however, it's not clear to me why I get some behaviour when implementing it. Here are the details:
I ...
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Converting compressed WIF to uncompressed WIF so it works with bitcoinaddress Python library
I'm trying to convert a compressed WIF generated by bitcoinaddress python Library but I couldn't find a function to do the task so I collected one. I would like someone to review my code and maybe ...
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HD Wallet convert WIF from list to Public Address
I'm trying to convert a txt of WIF to Public Address but only convert the last line, if someone knows another way to do, i really appreciate
from hdwallet import HDWallet
from hdwallet.symbols import ...
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convert Bitcoin Core' xprv to Electrum zprv
Goal: after creating a descriptor wallet in Bitcoin Core for automated e-commerce order processing, setup a backup Electrum wallet for the market owner with the ability to sign.
Steps:
Create a new ...
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Bitcoin Core v.23 import private key question
Bitcoin Core v.23 import private key question
Hello.
I have a private key which I have imported (importprivkey in console) into bitcoin core v.0.17.1. Balance for example 1 bitcoin
Made a transaction ...
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how do I import a private key corresponding to bech32 address to bitcoin-core?
Example address
bc1q69wqlexdn250purgskahfj9pg2f3ylg82vgy9m
private key (WIF)
KyVWvid6fC5WXHrV35ZkxqXgXsYrE9mPxMpusWBFiF771y2AYZrz
How can I import this into an existing wallet (Bitcoin-qt)?
I tried ...
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Electrum private key sweep
I'm trying to sweep private keys in Electrum but it asks to input: p2pkh:, p2wpkh: or p2wpkh-p2sh before the keys based on the address. I only have the keys but no address, how can I proceed with this ...
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