Ok...I was supposedly paid by someone and they sent bitcoin to my blockchain account. The dollar amount shows up, but I cant send, transfer or spend any of them. It is an imported account and it says I need the private key. How do I get that? I will pay the first person who helps me .5 bitcoin.
Tim notsobrite
You were most likely scammed.
That's a watch only address.
You imported an Address, not a private key.
Anyone can import a bitcoin ADDRESS to watch the "balance" and transactions of the address, but unless you have the private key to that address, you can't spend from it.
So if the person gave you just a bitcoin address to import then he scammed you.
For example, this is Bitfinex's cold wallet Address: 3D2oetdNuZUqQHPJmcMDDHYoqkyNVsFk9r
It contains billions of dollars worth of bitcoin, everyone can see the amount and transactions, but only Bitfinex can spend from it because only they have the private key.
You can import that Address into your blockchain.info wallet to WATCH the address, but that DOES NOT mean you can spend from it.