How to: Export / Extract your Private key

Player7o
2 min readJan 23, 2020

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This is a short overview and link collection, which should answer most of your questions regarding “Where the hell is my private key”

- Core wallet

1) Click on “help” menu, then “debug window”, then the “console” tab

2) Type: walletpassphrase [your wallet password] 600 (do not include the [ ] brackets, just your wallet password)

3) Write: dumpprivkey [address where you have the coins] (do not include the [ ] brackets, just your public address)

4) You will be shown your private key for this address.

- Electrum wallet

1) Click on: Wallet / Private Keys / Export — (you’ll need to enter your wallet password)

2) Save the CSV file and open it in a spreadsheet viewer (do not use a cloud-based viewer like Google Docs) You can copy the keys in text form directly, or use the QR code as explained next.

4) Open https://www.bitaddress.org / Wallet Details

5) Copy/Paste the private keys from the spreadsheet to Bitaddress webpage

- Magnum wallet

See https://medium.com/@davecube.com/how-to-extract-the-private-key-from-your-magnum-wallet-95453dccacd4

- Coinomi private key export tool:

https://coinomi.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/29000009717-what-is-the-recovery-tool-and-how-do-i-export-my-private-keys-

- Additional useful information about forks and reward claims

https://coinomi.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/29000018129-all-about-forks

https://coinomi.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/29000016813-claiming-your-forked-coins

This was created in association to the release of the newest and first 4way fork

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Player7o
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Written by Player7o

Electron Microscopy tech. specialist, Company owner, Car-fanatic, Crypto Hodler, out of the box thinker, NOT your financial adviser — but a honest business-punk

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