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Board Beginners & Help
Re: beginners. Understanding bitcoin private key
by
nc50lc
on 09/01/2021, 03:14:40 UTC
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To clear the doubt, try to click "send", if it continues instead of a long watch-only note, then it's spendable.
Oh no!! You are right, it is a watch-only account!
Well I'm stuffed then. it says i need to import the corresponding private key. I don't have it.
Ah well, easy come, easy go.
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Note: If you decided to look for the private key, The common format WIF Private key should start with 5, L or K and is 51 or 52 characters long.
But there are other formats that you might need to look for, but those aren't commonly used.

If you have the time, read this: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Private_key#Base58_Wallet_Import_format

If your balance is up to date then you probably have recovered your wallet if not then you still have to either search for the right private key or make sure you follow the right procedure to recover the wallet properly.
The balance is correct but if you've read his last reply, it's a watch-only wallet that can't be spent; in other words, he wont be able to send the balance.