Does Bitcoin Core support watch-only wallets?

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Is it possible to use Bitcoin Core in a watch-only mode? I want to be able to generate new addresses in an online instance of Bitcoin Core, but keep the private keys separate on another local Bitcoin Core instance.

How would I be able to do that with Bitcoin Core? I don't want to use any third-party solutions, preferably only Bitcoin Core.

Otoma

Posted 2017-04-07T04:50:54.020

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2What do you mean with "Not with addresses, but with watch-only wallets."? What would you be watching if not an address?Murch 2017-04-07T14:37:46.933

@Murch. address. but, now in order to use a watch-only address, I have to generate it somewhere else, say, on my local computer, and then import it on a server by "importaddress". whereas I want to generate it on a server and have it watch-only right away. watch-only wallet has to able to do that.Otoma 2017-04-08T03:52:17.467

Hey, I've had another look at your question and edited to clarify what you want to do. I hope that the resulting post captures your intent, otherwise please feel free to further edit or amend it. Thanks.Murch 2017-04-10T11:45:16.887

It seems to be impossible: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/50247/77103

Chris Chen 2019-01-15T19:54:24.130

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It's possible if you use a fixed number of addresses. Take a look at https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/5z35nm/watchonly_wallet_in_bitcoin_core_qt/

borekon

Posted 2017-04-07T04:50:54.020

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