Bitcoin Client Redeam private key? - page 2.

Stephen Gornick

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Quote from: Spekulatius on August 13, 2012, 02:30:10 PM

Could someone pls run me through it in the fewest possible steps? Im a complete noob and have no idea how to do even the first thing described above. Shocked

Step 1. Back up your wallet. You are messing with your wallet here, ... and it is easy to do things you might not have intended.

Run Bitcoin as a server, e.g.,

$ ./bitcoin-qt -server

then launch another shell / terminal window.

If you've encrypted your wallet you'll need to open it for RPC

$ ./bitcoind walletpassphrase [passphrase] 1000

then

$ ./bitcoind importprivkey [label]

then close bitcoin-qt.

then

$ ./bitcoind -rescan

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Quote from: Raoul Duke on July 07, 2012, 08:17:28 AM

Insert the following into your bitcoin.conf

Code:

server=1

and start your bitcoin-qt.

Open a command line and write

Code:

bitcoind importprivkey [label]

and press enter. The label is optional, but I would advise you to use it so you can recognize the address later.
Your private key is imported.

Could someone pls run me through it in the fewest possible steps? Im a complete noob and have no idea how to do even the first thing described above. Shocked

I have redeemed a private key successfully with blockchain.info already, but would like to learn how to do it without any thirdparty application also. So if bad gets worse, I can still retrieve my pressious bitcoins using only the original bitcoin client.

Thx

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Quote from: adamstgBit on July 07, 2012, 07:39:41 AM

is their a Bitcoin that can Client Redeam private key?

Also, Mt. Gox will redeem a key and create a sweep transaction to add that amount to your account balance. It will then also monitor that address and if any funds arrive at a later point in time, automatically sweep them at that time as well.

This can be done from the website as well as Mt. Gox mobile app (which can be used to scan the QR code).

This allows Bitcoin Checks or BitAddress.org paper wallets to be redeemed by a merchant, for instance.

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It might be better though to have a seperate "watchlist" for private keys that others could potentially know as well which regularly get scanned + any balance is transferred asap to a private key that only you know.

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Insert the following into your bitcoin.conf

Code:

server=1

and start your bitcoin-qt.

Open a command line and write

Code:

bitcoind importprivkey [label]

and press enter. The label is optional, but I would advise you to use it so you can recognize the address later.
Your private key is imported.

jim618

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If you look at flatfly's excellent bitcoin client comparison you can see that all the desktop clients have some import private key capability:
http://dre.tx0.org/compare.htm

blockchain.info I think also has the option to import a key on the Import/ Export page (speaking from memory).

For MultiBit you can import the sipa private key format (the ones starting with '5').
The easiest way to do it is:
1) create a wallet
2) do a private key export WITHOUT encryption
3) have a look at the file generated - there is a whole load of commenting as to the format.
4) add in your private key and the date it is first used (explained in the comment)
5) import it back in.
6) it then has to sync the blockchain from the date you entered.

I think Armory you can just type in the key directly so that, or blockchain.info, are probably the easiest.

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I think The Armoury can.

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