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The problem I'm facing is as follows;

I had a lot of money in paysafecard, which I turned into bitcoins on virwox.com. From that website I sent 0.0032 btc to a newly generated address on Bitcoin core - 3J2tCijTKQLd6jtf3nk8QTtLa73xkVhgfk. (https://blockchain.info/address/3J2tCijTKQLd6jtf3nk8QTtLa73xkVhgfk).

Now, what I didn't notice before sending to Bitcoin Core was the long syncing time, and I didn't have any space on my harddrive to download all the shit. Therefore, I went into the Bitcoin Core console:

- dumpprivkey 3J2tCijTKQLd6jtf3nk8QTtLa73xkVhgfk (didn't encrypt the wallet so I could type that command straight)

- got the private key

- tried to sweep it into electrum

- got error "No inputs found. Note that inputs need to be confirmed".

The private key was " Private Key WIF Compressed 52 characters base58, starts with a 'K' or 'L'", so I tried to convert it to an uncompressed WIF key, starting with 5K via bitaddress.org.

When I tried to sweep the btc to electrum with the new, uncompressed address, I got the same input error. Now, what's wierd is that when I check the address it does indeed have 0.0027 bitcoins on it. I double checked the privatekey many times through the Bitcoin Core console, and it's correct.

NOW, the issue I'm facing is that I uninstalled the Bitcoin Core client by mistake, and lost the address containing the bitcoins on the client. I do, however, still have the privatekey. Therefore, finishing Bitcoin Core syncing isn't an option.

Also, when I enter the privatekey into a wallet and get the address which it belongs to, I don't get the the same address that shows in bitcoin core - 3J2tCijTKQLd6jtf3nk8QTtLa73xkVhgfk.

VIDEO showing the issue here: https://i.gyazo.com/040dc198efe8ff43d53b41d8a9a3cb9e.mp4

When in Bitcoin Core, I generated a new address - 3CtkTu3Um53F2xriKGZn6wLcAHUuCoZQKD, got the privkey from the console, entered it into a wallet, and when the address corresponding to the privkey came up, it was a different one from the starting 3CtkTu3Um53F2xriKGZn6wLcAHUuCoZQKD. The new address was 1PNVUnBPv4E23Eh8MKTnoNbBV7qCkka9x4.

I suspect this is the same issue that I had with the original address.

Any suggestions as to what I can do in order to retrieve my bitcoins to electrum or any other wallet for that matter?

There's 0.0027BTC in that address (I assume Virwox took 0.0005BTC in fee).

You're using a SegWit address. The private key is still the same, but you'll need another approach.

The easiest is to follow this [GUIDE] Importing Electrum Segwit Private Key Into Bitcoin Core (And Vice Versa) (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3383265.0):

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I will......, thanks so much holy shit. I've spent like literally 20 hours + just trying to find a solution to this and it was this fucking simple all along. HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT.

You're welcome:)

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