I imported a private key to a wallet that was confirmed (by me and a third party) to have some Bitcoins in there, so when I went to import the private key for that address, it worked because now in my wallet, Bitcoin QT, under the receive tab, the address that corresponds to the private key that I imported was there, but the bitcoins that are still in the address are not showing up in my wallet..
Any idea what is causing this to not show up?
Post the public address and I will tell you.
~BCX~
1LhtrS7bqh5qUeVb7rDJTwhiVKDDLPZzzg
That is my public address Express.....This was my very first time importing a key.....I mean, all it is going to do is add money into my wallet right? It won't delete the bitcoins I already have in my wallet, will it?
I assume it will just add the Bitcoins that are in the address that I just imported into my wallet that has bitcoins in it already.
Yes you assume correctly. Your wallet will never "delete bitcoins" (i.e, delete your password that gives you access to the bitcoins) unless you explicitly tell it to. Still, its generally a good idea to take a backup of your wallet once you finish importing your key.
There is 0.04240537 BTC in the address you provided, or about $28 worth. So long as you have the private key for that address, your Bitcoins are safe, so don't worry about that.
Here are some reasons why your BTC wouldn't be showing up in your wallet:
(1) You haven't finished synching with the blockchain. Are you using the Bitcoin-QT client? If so, does it say "synching" when you open it (and display a box saying X days/weeks remaining on the bottom of the window)?
(2) You haven't imported the private key correctly. Just try again.
(3) You need to -rescan the block chain (this is the process where your Bitcoin client re-checks for transactions to your address).