Cannot get private key of address on my wallet.

[ehmdjii]

hello,

i try to extract the private key of an address in my wallet, however i am getting an error:


dumpprivkey 1DcdQWLVGjBz12B3FM1Db27ukZo4WeUD9o
Private key for address 1DcdQWLVGjBz12B3FM1Db27ukZo4WeUD9o is not known (code -4)

any way to still get the private key or at least get the remaining funds out of it without any fees?

i am using official 0.8.1 client with an encrypted wallet, all other addresses work fine. it is just this one.

[dserrano5]

You need to run walletpassphrase first.

[ehmdjii]

You need to run walletpassphrase first.

i did. the wallet is unlocked. and as i said, i can dump the private keys of all my other addresses fine. it is just this one where it gives the error.

[dserrano5]

and as i said, i can dump the private keys of all my other addresses fine. it is just this one where it gives the error.

D'oh, sorry :/.

[jackjack]

The following questions sound stupid but are you sure your wallet contains this address? How can you know?

[odolvlobo]

Perhaps your wallet has been corrupted. You have a backup, of course.

Perhaps you really don't own the address. There are two set of addresses that a wallet tracks -- addresses for receiving bitcoins (you own these), and addresses that you send to (you don't own these).