GREAT -- thanks so much Mike
Pleasure. If you need more help just pm me.
First he never said it was his key, only a key,
First, stop trying to look intelligent by play semantic games... it's very tiresome and doesn't assist the OP in anyway.Quote
next blockchain no longer allows import from key,
Next, that's inccorect. I see this in my old blockchain.com wallet:https://i.imgur.com/1MS8q66.png
so the ability to import from key is still available within blockchain.com wallets.
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thirdly, you can use an opendime to do such a thing I suppose, and there may be other ways to do something similar these days.
Why would you want to use an opendime to convert BTC to fiat? That seems like a long winded (and expensive) way to achieve the stated goal. One would have to order an opendime... at an advertised minimum cost of US$39.94 for a set of 3 (+ taxes + shipping)... wait for them to arrive, then send the bitcoin to the opendime deposit address... then try and find someone to buy the opendime from you. 
Or you could do as suggested by others and simply import/sweep the BTC from the private key to a web wallet (like blockchain.com) or an SPV wallet like Electrum. Then you can send the BTC to an exchange that supports fiat withdrawals in your location or you could use localbitcoins and find someone in your local area to trade the BTC for cash.
Thanks for standing up for me I don't know what this guys issue is. Newbie telling a hero what to do lol.
I second using eletrum. I dont actually use blockchain.com anymore I use a ledger. For hotwallets its ok.
I do recommend that the OP doesnt sell the btc and use it directly. I buy everything with btc expluding food and petrol and rent. Everything else is btc. Even a car. ^^
Converting to cash is sacrilege. Infact 100% of my funds are in btc because I am a believer and put my money where my mouth is ^^
I only ever use cash where it needs to be used like going out and to markets and stuff. They only take cash not even cards so yeah.
Never use KYC exchanges. There is no reason they need to know who you are. If you know you not a criminal then there is no reason to let a stranger know who you are. You have no idea what they do with this info regardless of what they say. KYC= your family safety. Protect it. Crypto is ment to be decetralized to KYC is against everything crypto stands for. Besides KYC wont stop crime anyway. Obviously no criminal will launder through an exchange its far to obvious. So please never give your KYC to anyone ever. KYC has nothing to do with how legit a place is.
As a matter of fact. I was scammed by plaes that want KYC and i was never scammed by plaves that dont ask KYC.
OKEX that Chinese piece of shit stole almost $200 from me. I did as I always do. Deposit my coins sold them for btc and oops when I want to withdraw they tell me suspicious activity is going on in my account and the lock it and ask KYC for ransom. It is disgusting. KYC is a tool that masquerades as protection but is actually a tool for criminals to fuck you over. DO NOT TRUST KYC EXCHANGES!!!
I use a so called safe exchange and I get scammed first time around.
Mike Mayor -- u were kind enough to tell me to pm u with other questions -- when I tried I got the following message
User 'Mike Mayor' has not chosen to allow messages from newbies. You should post in their relevant thread to remind them to enable this setting.
Please enable the setting if you don't mind --- thanks so much -- otherwise help me with what to do to get questions to you.
