<p>The primary purpose of any normal Bitcoin wallet is to store private keys.</p>
<p>By normal I mean non-custodial, the sort that Bitcoin's inventor intended us all to be using.</p>
<p>For me, it isn't possible for something be be a Bitcoin wallet and not store keys. The only exception would be a specialised watch-only wallet (so zero spendable balance) that doesn't automatically generate its own keys when first used.</p>

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A wallet is essentially software that manages private keys. It’s not clear to me what you are asking for when you are asking for a "wallet that doesn’t store private keys"? Are you asking about watch-only wallets? Or did you mean to ask about wallets that don’t store the entire blockchain?
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# Does Bitcoin Core store private keys

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-12-16)

As of 2024 does bitcoin core store private keys. List open source wallets that doesn't store private keys

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: A wallet is essentially software that manages private keys. It’s not clear to me what you are asking for when you are asking for a "wallet that doesn’t store private keys"? Are you asking about watch-only wallets? Or did you mean to ask about wallets that don’t store the entire blockchain?  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2024-12-17. Score: 1

The primary purpose of any normal Bitcoin wallet is to store private keys.

By normal I mean non-custodial, the sort that Bitcoin's inventor intended us all to be using.

For me, it isn't possible for something be be a Bitcoin wallet and not store keys. The only exception would be a specialised watch-only wallet (so zero spendable balance) that doesn't automatically generate its own keys when first used.


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