<p>No, private keys are randomly picked from the space of 256-bit numbers. A private key cannot be recovered from the address, otherwise anyone could take any other user's funds at will. If your friend doesn't have additional information such as e.g. a set of seed words, or a backup, it is infeasible to rediscover the private key.</p>

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<p>My friend lost his PRIVATE Keys. Any way we can still retrieve the BTC Wallet? No other info can be provided only BTC Address.</p>

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Bernard Tanchoco
# Not able to open BTC Wallet

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-24)

My friend lost his PRIVATE Keys. Any way we can still retrieve the BTC Wallet? No other info can be provided only BTC Address.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-04-24. Score: 3

No, private keys are randomly picked from the space of 256-bit numbers. A private key cannot be recovered from the address, otherwise anyone could take any other user's funds at will. If your friend doesn't have additional information such as e.g. a set of seed words, or a backup, it is infeasible to rediscover the private key.


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