<p>It's not possible in bitcoin core right now. You can use electrum and import your xpub as a watch-only wallet.</p>

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2018-07-25T08:39:14.967Z
2018-07-25T08:39:14.967Z
Mike D
<p>I exported an xpub key from a HW wallet and want to import it into my own node to keep track of changes to the balance. My node is running satoshi 0.16.1</p>

<p>Can someone help me find the right syntax for bitcoin-cli, or make a statement about whether it is possible at all to import extended public keys?</p>

<p>Edit: @aantonop seems to state in this video (<a href="https://youtu.be/8mpDcBfNA7g" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://youtu.be/8mpDcBfNA7g</a>) @ 16:55 that this is possible in bitcoin core though I may be getting it wrong and also he isn't omniscient.</p>

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How to import an extended public key into bitcoin core 0.16
Hare Brained Brian
# How to import an extended public key into bitcoin core 0.16

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-07-25)

I exported an xpub key from a HW wallet and want to import it into my own node to keep track of changes to the balance. My node is running satoshi 0.16.1

Can someone help me find the right syntax for bitcoin-cli, or make a statement about whether it is possible at all to import extended public keys?

Edit: @aantonop seems to state in this video (<https://youtu.be/8mpDcBfNA7g>) @ 16:55 that this is possible in bitcoin core though I may be getting it wrong and also he isn't omniscient.

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, public-key, import, xpub


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-07-25. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

It's not possible in bitcoin core right now. You can use electrum and import your xpub as a watch-only wallet.


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