Import Private Key

[tuaris]

Is it okay to import and use my private key into two wallets at the same time on different computers?

[Xch4ng3]

I see no issues with this unless I've misunderstood how Bitcoin works. You can have your private key on any number of wallets you want and the Blockchain should adjust itself and your balances on each computer accordingly.

[michagogo]

No. This is a bad thing, because it means that you will have two wallets, each assuming that they and only they control these bitcoins. While it's not impossible, it's not a good thing to do, because when you spend bitcoins that were sent to that key's corresponding address, the other wallet will just see those being spent out from under it -- and in some cases, such as if you try to spend bitcoins from both wallets around the same time, you'll end up with both wallets trying to spend the same bitcoins. Needless to say, this is not a good thing. In general, a good practice is to only ever have one wallet containing any given private key.

[lnternet]

not a problem at all, although hardly useful.

[YourNerdyJoe]

I've done this myself and it works. Don't worry about both wallets spending the same bitcoins b/c you're probably not clicking send from both computers at the same time.