I'd like to convert my Blockchain.info wallet to a local Bitcoin-qt wallet. How can I do that? (I am fine with using command line tools.)
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The way I go about it is as follows:
- Login to Blockchain.info and choose export
- Export data as BITCOIN QT
- Note the private key in the form 5Hxxxx or 5Kxxxx or 5Lxxxxx. Copy and paste this string (or hand write it to be safer; it's case sensitive and has no 0/O, l/I)
- Open Bitcoin QT; click help>Console
- Type importprivkey PRIVKEY NAME where PRIVKEY is what was copied and pasted and name is the name for the address eg MAIN1
- If wallet.dat is encrypted you'll need to type: walletpassphrase PASSWORD 180
- Be sure to encrypt your wallet again
- Move funds from Blockchain wallets to a new address in case you're concerned about malware monitoring copy/paste
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Be sure to encrypt your wallet again
What do you mean? It will automatically re-lock after 180 seconds. Jan 4, 2015 at 18:01 -
The above doesn't work; Multibit doesn't accept the json file format. Blockchain.info does though (the website).– user22844Jan 9, 2015 at 20:39