Recovering the private key from a blockchain wallet address

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One of my friends used my wallet to import a funded blockchain wallet to my wallet id. First this wallet is watch-only and I can't spend the bitcoins inside this wallet because I need the private key. Is it possible to recover private key from the address of this imported wallet ?

Onams

Posted 2018-03-21T17:43:00.573

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If it was possible to recover the private key from just an address, think about the implications that would that have for every wallet out there. Addresses are public knowledge: If private keys could be derived, no account would be secure. – abelenky – 2018-05-11T13:41:55.907

Possible duplicate of I need to recover private key?,

– chytrik – 2019-02-10T23:51:58.350

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Is it possible to recover private key from the address of this imported wallet ?

No. You don't have the private key(s) for the wallet and you do not have enough information to get them. The Bitcoin isn't yours anyways.

Andrew Chow

Posted 2018-03-21T17:43:00.573

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