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July 04, 2017, 11:36:41 AM
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Ok so I stupidly added all my coins to a watch address now I cant seem to find the private key for them.. I still have the wallet.dat file and password but the coins seem to be stuck now in this watch address.   Please help..   $500,000 of coins now stuck....

Is there any way to recover the key??

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July 04, 2017, 12:49:53 PM
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If you don't have the private key for that address from the start, it is IMPOSSIBLE for you to get the private key at any point of time.

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July 04, 2017, 12:56:10 PM
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Ok so I stupidly added all my coins to a watch address now I cant seem to find the private key for them.. I still have the wallet.dat file and password but the coins seem to be stuck now in this watch address.   Please help..   $500,000 of coins now stuck....

Is there any way to recover the key??


Where did you get this watch address?

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July 04, 2017, 01:07:23 PM
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Since private key its the important things for this matter, so you should start step from beginning.
where is your watch source? from web wallet or desktop?
hopes there is any support from those wallet.
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July 04, 2017, 10:31:54 PM
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Is there any way to recover the key??
Theoretically, yes... realistically, No.

Given the keyspace is finite, then by trying every combination you would eventually find it. However, given the keyspace is so large, the sun is likely to have died and all life on Earth extinguished before you can test them all.

How did you originally generate this "watching only" address? Did you originally have the private key held in a different wallet.dat file that has now been lost?

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July 05, 2017, 10:33:18 AM
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Ok so I stupidly added all my coins to a watch address now I cant seem to find the private key for them.. I still have the wallet.dat file and password but the coins seem to be stuck now in this watch address.   Please help..   $500,000 of coins now stuck....

Is there any way to recover the key??




Is this true? $500k? You sent half a million dollars to an address without carefully checking and double-checking?

Your only chance is if you know who owns that watch address.

If.

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July 05, 2017, 01:36:35 PM
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What a surprising gift you have sent to a stranger! If you do not own the watch only address , unfortunately there os no way to get your money back.  forget about it and move forward!

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