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Can Electrum only import private keys of P2PKH addresses?
Can Electrum only import private keys of P2PKH addresses (e.g., "17VZNX1SN5NtKa8UQFxwQbFeFc3iqRYhem")?
Whenever I import private keys of P2SH addresses ("...
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Selling bitcoin from a paper wallet
I'm looking to sell bitcoin from a paper wallet into fiat.
So far my research is suggesting that a good way of doing this may be to transfer the paper wallet to LocalBitcoins wallet and sell from ...
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Private Key has no fund
I tried to import my private key from the BTC Core Wallet into another wallet because it doesn't work anymore, it says that there is no fund, even if it is 100%, as I can see on the Explorer.
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Script to import multiple priv keys in Electrum
DuckDuckGo turns up nothing of interest. How to import multiple priv keys in Electrum from a file using Electrum console or shell script, for all derivable valid BTC addresses? (1,3,bc1)
Eventually I ...
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How do I import a wallet into Bitcoin core? [duplicate]
I have the public address, and the private key of a BTC wallet. How can I import this into bitcoin core so that I can use it to sign messages?
I need to be able to sign a message to show that I ...
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Does `importprivkey` need a rescan even in a txindex=1 node?
Documentation for importprivkey RPC command has an optional boolean argument called "rescan" which hints that the user may want to rescan the blockchain to be able to see previous deposits to this ...
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Why doc says importing private keys is so dangerous?
There are a lot of applications when someone would like to import a private key. However in wiki documentation they say it is very dangerous: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/How_to_import_private_keys
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Why so many warnings about importing private keys?
Blockchain.info and other products make you read dire (but vague) warnings that "you must be an expert" before you can import private keys. What's that all about?
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