<p>You cannot. You need the wallet.dat file, unfortunately. Without a backup there is way to recover the funds.</p>

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2020-04-10T04:28:45.657Z
Yeah. Unfortunately, you're out of luck. If you didn't save the private key and didn't save the `wallet.dat` file, there is no way to perform a transaction. Your passphrase is useless without the `wallet.dat` file.
David Schwartz
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Pieter Wuille
<p>I generated a BTC address in "Bitcoin Core" before 2 years ago, but my HDD is burnet and I lost everything. </p>

<p>Unfortunately I don't saved file "wallet.dat" and I don't have "private key", but I have "passphrase". 
I install diferent versins on "Bitcoin Core", but I can only add BTC address and don't can make transaction.
I added my wallet address in "blockchain.com", but to make a transaction I need a "private key"
How can I get a "private key"?</p>

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I need а private key
Svetlin
# I need а private key

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-04-09)

I generated a BTC address in "Bitcoin Core" before 2 years ago, but my HDD is burnet and I lost everything.

Unfortunately I don't saved file "wallet.dat" and I don't have "private key", but I have "passphrase".
I install diferent versins on "Bitcoin Core", but I can only add BTC address and don't can make transaction.
I added my wallet address in "blockchain.com", but to make a transaction I need a "private key"
How can I get a "private key"?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, private-key


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-04-09. Score: 3

You cannot. You need the wallet.dat file, unfortunately. Without a backup there is way to recover the funds.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Yeah. Unfortunately, you're out of luck. If you didn't save the private key and didn't save the `wallet.dat` file, there is no way to perform a transaction. Your passphrase is useless without the `wallet.dat` file.  

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