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dumpprivkey
===========

``dumpprivkey "address"``

Reveals the private key corresponding to 'address'.

Then the importprivkey can be used with this output

Argument #1 - address
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Type:** string, required

The bitcoin address for the private key

Result
~~~~~~

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Name
     - Type
     - Description
   * - key
     - string
     - The private key

Examples
~~~~~~~~


.. highlight:: shell

::

  bitcoin-cli dumpprivkey "myaddress"

::

  bitcoin-cli importprivkey "mykey"

::

  curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "dumpprivkey", "params": ["myaddress"] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/