Exporting Private Key
It is important to store a backup of your Private Key so that your wallet.dat file can be regenerated in the event of a loss or data corruption.
Note: If you have multiple addresses in your 'Receive Coins' tab, you will need to export the private key for each address.
- Open your wallet
- Go to 'Recieve Coins' tab
- Copy the address you would like to export the private key for
- Open the console window by clicking Help→Debug Window→Console
- Type dumpprivkey <receive address>
- The return string is your private key. Copy/Paste and save your private key somewhere safe
- Repeat steps 2-6 for each address in the 'Receive Coins' tab of your wallet
- Close the debug window
Importing Private Key
Importing your private key is done to recover your wallet.dat file for a particular address
- Open your wallet
- Open the console window by clicking Help→Debug Window→Console
- Type importprivkey <private key>
- You should receive a message like below, with no error
- Close the wallet application
- Open the wallet again and allow it to sync
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