Importing and Using Imported Address

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Quote from: legendster on May 03, 2019, 09:50:52 AM

And there lies my problem.

No matter what I do, whether import or sweep by address that gets imported does not reflect in the balance. I understand if I sweep an address it will not update the balance if the address receives a transaction after the sweep, but it should work for import, right? nope, not happening. My question is what am I doing wrong and how to find out where I am going wrong in this quest of mine.

If someone could point me to some documentation about importing addresses, that'd be of great help.

The wallet you have imported the key(s) into: I assume you have set the wallet owner to be "yours"? That'd only affect the transactions and overall balance, not the value next to the individual wallet.
If yes, then definitely provide log files as goatpig requested.

goatpig

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Need to see your logs then.

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Quote from: nc50lc on May 03, 2019, 12:40:24 AM

Import and Sweep are totally different features, maybe you misunderstood it?

When you Sweep, it will make a "Max/send-all" transaction using the address derived from the private key of that "imported address" and send it to an address within the wallet.
It (the input) will never be re-used nor saved to the wallet which why the balance from the later transactions didn't reflect to the wallet.

What you want is to Import the private key of the address, I believe that there's an option after pasting the private key: "1. Sweep and 2. Import".
Select the second option.

And there lies my problem.

No matter what I do, whether import or sweep by address that gets imported does not reflect in the balance. I understand if I sweep an address it will not update the balance if the address receives a transaction after the sweep, but it should work for import, right? nope, not happening. My question is what am I doing wrong and how to find out where I am going wrong in this quest of mine.

If someone could point me to some documentation about importing addresses, that'd be of great help.

Quote from: bob123 on May 03, 2019, 01:35:26 AM

you wan't to import the key, not sweep it.

I'm going to look beyond your snarky comment and assume you're here to help. So, no, neither importing nor sweeping is showing the balance.

However, I have tried importing the address into Electrum and it worked fine.

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Quote from: legendster on May 02, 2019, 11:22:27 PM

Like I said, the import only sweeps for funds, is there a way to use it the way a regular address would work? Much like how Electrum works?

As others have mentioned, you can both sweep and import in Armory. This is a "either or" option within the import dialog, represented by a radio button in the bottom section. The default is sweep, which is probably what you used. You'd have to explicitly pick import.

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Quote from: legendster on May 02, 2019, 11:22:27 PM

I think after nearly 7 years using crypto of all sorts I'd be able to tell if its a syncing issue.

I'd also think that after 7 years you'd be able to correctly speak whether you imported a private key or an address.. But unfortunately that's not the case either..

You might start off with telling what you exactly did. 'I tried importing' doesn't tell what and how you tried to accomplish it.

You can import private keys in the section: Wallet properties -> Import.

Also, as nc50lc already said, you wan't to import the key, not sweep it.

Note, that this private key will NOT be included in the backup you have of your armory wallet. It has to be backed up separately.

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Import and Sweep are totally different features, maybe you misunderstood it?

When you Sweep, it will make a "Max/send-all" transaction using the address derived from the private key of that "imported address" and send it to an address within the wallet.
It (the input) will never be re-used nor saved to the wallet which why the balance from the later transactions didn't reflect to the wallet.

What you want is to Import the private key of the address, I believe that there's an option after pasting the private key: "1. Sweep and 2. Import".
Select the second option.

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Quote from: bL4nkcode on May 02, 2019, 10:25:36 PM

Quote from: legendster on May 02, 2019, 09:53:06 PM

Quote from: djhomeschool on May 02, 2019, 12:23:28 PM

Did you try to import the address or the private key associated with the address?

How do you import an address without importing the keys first? Roll Eyes

I wasn't aware you can do that, the only way to import an address is by importing the keeps and sweeping. If I'm missing something let me know.

It's possible, only as watch only address, which bitcoins cannot be sent from that address.

This concern may be a syncing issue...

No, it's not a syncing issue. I think after nearly 7 years using crypto of all sorts I'd be able to tell if its a syncing issue.

The issue is adding imported address into Bitcoin Armory and using it as a regular address within the wallet.

Like I said, the import only sweeps for funds, is there a way to use it the way a regular address would work? Much like how Electrum works?

I would request people to refrain from making useless posts here.

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Quote from: legendster on May 02, 2019, 09:53:06 PM

Quote from: djhomeschool on May 02, 2019, 12:23:28 PM

Did you try to import the address or the private key associated with the address?

How do you import an address without importing the keys first? Roll Eyes

I wasn't aware you can do that, the only way to import an address is by importing the keeps and sweeping. If I'm missing something let me know.

It's possible, only as watch only address, which bitcoins cannot be sent from that address.

This concern may be a syncing issue...

goatpig

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Would need to see armorylog.txt to help you with this.

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Quote from: djhomeschool on May 02, 2019, 12:23:28 PM

Did you try to import the address or the private key associated with the address?

How do you import an address without importing the keys first? Roll Eyes

I wasn't aware you can do that, the only way to import an address is by importing the keeps and sweeping. If I'm missing something let me know.

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Quote from: legendster on May 02, 2019, 11:22:14 AM

I tried importing a wallet address to armory. While it imports the thing just fine, it does not let me use the address as a normal receiving address and does not update the balance when the imported address receives funds.

Does anyone know what I am doing wrong here? Or does armory does not allow this at all?

Did you try to import the address or the private key associated with the address?

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I tried importing a wallet address to armory. While it imports the thing just fine, it does not let me use the address as a normal receiving address and does not update the balance when the imported address receives funds.

Does anyone know what I am doing wrong here? Or does armory does not allow this at all?

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