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I cannot find anything in menu to import my existing private key in new Blockchain.info wallet ui. Cannot revert back to the Legacy wallet as well. Now I checked coinbase.com and it also removed the option to import private key some time ago.
Is it a move from these companies to push people to store their wallet s online or am I missing something?

you can import private keys from Settings => Addresses => Imported Addresses | Manage Addresses => Import Address. though moving to desktop wallets are always recommended.

and here's (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1489504.0) a reason to stop using bc.i. don't wait till it happen to you.

Thank you, this worked!

As to the thread you pointed to I looked at this guys account and it seems like his transaction is now ok. Though I didn't understand what the issue was and how using the desktop client would save him from this.

the issue in that thread hasn't been fixed yet as far as I know. and the actual issue is not the transaction.
it appears bc.i wallet generated an address which doesn't belong to any xpub of your wallet accounts. as a result, the OP of that thread can't spend the bitcoins. and he can't export the private key it too.

the address in question is this one (https://blockchain.info/address/1HkJKLwAiDDBAZFWoftaZoJXQMryHewUUe). the bitcoins haven't been moved.

The OP said that someone sent him some bitcoins, like "someone send me funds to my blockchain there are 105 conformations now and still there is 0 balance in my wallet". So it looks to me like he got his btc from someone to his address 1HkJKLwAiDDBAZFWoftaZoJXQMryHewUUe

I suppose that xpub is something along the lines of public key? Then if he has private key, he can restore his public key with private? Sorry for the stupid questions though.


PS. Anyhow, I suppose it's better to use bitaddress.org to generate new wallet.

xpub is public key. in this case it's the master public key of your generated wallets (means that all new address should be generated from the xpub.).

he can send his bitcoins to another address if he get the private key, but that's not possible because the new bc.i wallet doesn't have the UI to show the private keys of the newly generated addresses.
only way to get the private keys of the newly generated (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1489504.msg15007401#msg15007401) addresses is completely reliant to the xpub (but the address is not generated from any xpub.).


that's true, I guess.

Yes it seems bc.i only shows private keys for imported keys, even those generated on legacy wallet before.

I am using blockchain.info wallet from starting and i haven't any problem with my wallet till now except some occassional bug in blockchain but they used to fix it as soon as possible. But i have started using electrum as i have found some review about electrum being quite more secure than blockchain and other web wallet.

Yeah the new wallet doesn't seem an improvement to me. It's not possible to sign messages from your old wallets (imported) wallets.
The new interface looks good (better), but what's the deal on disable features people are used too?

just sugestion, sorry if you not interesting.
i think better we use vanity address (offline mode using cmd) it's more secure for creat paper wallet.
not stored at any online wallet. so we can save our bitcoin at safety place.

It does accept paper wallets you just need to import it and than it will go well, I also had this first when I looked at the dashboard.

You can get access to all of your private keys on New Blockchain Wallet (https://blockchain.info/wallet/#/login) although it's a bit
of a hassle. See a thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1488375.msg14997535#msg14997535) I started some time ago on this forum.
Hope it helps.