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Questions tagged [watch-only]

refers to observing the balance of addresses only by address not by public key.

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Monitor paper wallet balance without importing private key?

I generated a paper wallet offline and running from fresh OS, and I'm not going to ever type that private key into a computer until it's time to spend the coins. But I will send coins to this address as a 'piggy bank' My question: can the Qt client…
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Add a Watch-only Wallet in Bitcoind

When running bitcoind under OSX/Linux, how can we add a watch-only wallet using the JSON RPC? Do we need the public key or is the bitcoin address sufficient?
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Watch Only Wallets

I don't understand the point of a Watch Only Wallet. I've seen posts that state these wallets don’t contain any private keys, which means they can’t be used to spend coins they receive. In which case how do you use the coins in the wallet. In other…
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Delete watch-only imported address bitcoin-core

Is it possible to delete imported watch-only address? I know it's not possible using RPC commands. Any suggestions?
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How to make ImportMulti function like ImportAddress for watch-only addresses placed into Accounts?

My question is: I want to use ImportMulti to import a long list of watch-only addresses. However, unlike ImportAddress, I don't see any way to place these addresses into specific "accounts". Is this even possible? UPDATE: After more research, it…
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Does Bitcoin Core support watch-only wallets?

Is it possible to use Bitcoin Core in a watch-only mode? I want to be able to generate new addresses in an online instance of Bitcoin Core, but keep the private keys separate on another local Bitcoin Core instance. How would I be able to do that…
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How can I watch all addresses under HD wallet?

Is there any way to watch all addresses under HD wallet? I'd like to notify users when any of addresses in a HD wallet receive BTC. It looks like bitcoind (walletnotify) doesn't support HD wallet. You have to add many addresses into a wallet to…
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Using Armory Watch-Only wallet in Electrum?

Is it possible to import a Watch-Only wallet that was made in Armory into Electrum? I like to use Armory for cold storage but like Electrum more for hot wallets because it's lightweight and you never have to sync. Is there a way I can import my cold…
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List imported watch-only adresses

I can import addresses without private key just to track incoming transactions as it is provided in RPC calls : https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.10.0#watch-only-wallet-support But how can i see my previously imported addresses? (With or without…
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How can I watch an address on Windows and Android?

I want to be informed of transactions of my Bitcoin address on the Windows and the Android app. Can I use the same Bitcoin address on both? If yes, how can I backup the address on Windows and restore it on Android?
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Setting up to create PSBTs using Bitcoin Core from 10 year old non-deterministic wallet

I have an old wallet from 10+ years ago. It was created using an old version of Bitcoin Core before deterministic wallets were a thing. I have it now on an offline computer that has Bitcoin Core 21.0.0 on it. I installed Core 21 and synced the…
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Can't spend Watch-Only coins, have I been scammed?

Inspired by Murch's format of Why is there no such thing as a redirected, forged, or fake transaction? to create one question that is well-worded and accessible through search engines. Recently, I've imported an address to my wallet that contains…
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How to delete wallet without deleting blockchain

I am registering some addresses as watch only addresses and I would like the ability to reset my wallet without having to sync again. Can I just delete my wallet.dat? I use Bitcoin Core version 16.1. This wallet does not handle any private keys with…
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how to create Watching Address from available xPub key

Watch-only wallet can only receive payments but not spend the available coins. I am using bitcoinj (in Java). Can anyone please tell me that How to create watching addresses from available xPub key? where wallet can receive payments? and how to…
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bcoin watch only address

Can anyone tell me how to set up a watch-only address using bcoin? while using the command: bcoin wallet create myNewWallet this will always be a "watchOnly": false wallet by default. Is there any documentation for these commands?
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