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importprivkey

Adds a private key (as returned by dumpprivkey) to your wallet. Requires a new wallet backup. Only for legacy wallets.

Parameters

privkeystringREQUIRED
The private key (WIF format)
labelstringoptional
Label. Default: current label or ""
rescanbooleanoptional
Rescan the blockchain. Default: true

Returns

nullnull on success

Code Examples

curl --user myuser --data-binary '{"jsonrpc":"1.0","id":"1","method":"importprivkey","params":["privkey","label",false]}' -H 'content-type:text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/

Example Response

null
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