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No need of going through long process which may not even be recoverable as it was in 2011, there should have been a lot of changes, but private key importation never changed, you can still use private key to recover it on wallets like Electrum as hosseinimr93 pointed out. For ease, I will also recommend the user to make use of Electrum for the recovery. @Txfire06, if you have downloaded Electrum according to what hosseinimr93 posted, click on the wallet to open, name your wallet if you desire to and click on next -> import bitcoin addresses or private keys. Your address should be legacy address, which means you can just paste your private key directly or use this format:
Code:
p2pkh:KxEkaCCw1yhYteYHbHXsNPtkUT7kYDUdoSrn9tsgtWmweU7CZcr7 - legacy, address that start from 1
In case for other bitcoin addresses:
Code:
p2wpkh-p2sh:KxEkaCCw1yhYteYHbHXsNPtkUT7kYDUdoSrn9tsgtWmweU7CZcr7 - for nested segwit, address that start from 3
p2wpkh:KxEkaCCw1yhYteYHbHXsNPtkUT7kYDUdoSrn9tsgtWmweU7CZcr7 - native segwit, address that starts from bc1
Note: never reveal your private key to anyone for your coin not to be stolen.
So do I need to enter the p2pkh:? I have been trying but every time I enter my key, my address/wallet will be in full form and then change to "watching only" I have done both address and Private, it switches to watch only with private key too...? I tried transferring some to CoinBase and it looked like it started and then came back with unpaid...
