<p>I think is not possible. They are still working on it.</p>

<p><a href="https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/732" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/732</a></p>

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It looks like it's not possible with just lnd, but seems possible with [chantools](https://github.com/guggero/chantools)?
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<p>Is it possible to export keys from a Lightning Wallet, specifically lnd? I started opening my first channels, and most of what I'm reading says that you want to monitor your wallet balance (in the absence of watchtowers, which aren't implemented yet). I was looking to get the public key for my Lightning wallet so I can have a watching-only copy. I suppose I can do that by just having the address with some wallets, but it would also be nice to have the raw private keys for backup.</p>

<p>I know how to get the keys out of a normal bitcoin wallet, but not sure how to do that with lnd, since they're stored in <code>wallet.db</code>.</p>

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Lightning Wallet (lnd) - Export Private/Public Keys?
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# Lightning Wallet (lnd) - Export Private/Public Keys?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-04)

Is it possible to export keys from a Lightning Wallet, specifically lnd? I started opening my first channels, and most of what I'm reading says that you want to monitor your wallet balance (in the absence of watchtowers, which aren't implemented yet). I was looking to get the public key for my Lightning wallet so I can have a watching-only copy. I suppose I can do that by just having the address with some wallets, but it would also be nice to have the raw private keys for backup.

I know how to get the keys out of a normal bitcoin wallet, but not sure how to do that with lnd, since they're stored in `wallet.db`.

**Tags:** wallet, lightning-network-daemon


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-05-09. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

I think is not possible. They are still working on it.

<https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/732>

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: It looks like it's not possible with just lnd, but seems possible with [chantools](https://github.com/guggero/chantools)?  

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