<p>You can't. Bitcoin Core currently does not support importing extended public keys.</p>

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2019-01-31T03:59:18.387Z
2019-01-31T03:59:18.387Z
Ava Chow
<p>Bitocin Core does not support importing xPub but it does support importing batches of addresses. You can generate a large set of addresses from the xpub (external, change etc.) and import them with one call <a href="https://bitcoincore.org/en/doc/0.20.0/rpc/wallet/importmulti/" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>importmulti</code></a></p>

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2020-11-01T20:53:11.143Z
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monokh
<p>You could set up an Electrum Personal Server and import the Master Public key to have a watch only wallet via Electrum and your full node.<a href="https://github.com/chris-belcher/electrum-personal-server" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Electrum Personal Server Git Hub</a></p>

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2019-01-31T20:03:11.623Z
2019-01-31T20:03:11.623Z
KiSBitcoin
<p>I am having trouble figuring out how to import my xPub from my Ledger Nano to a watch only Full node (Bitcoin Core 0.17.1) Could someone please explain how to do this? I am reading different things. Some people say its not possible on bitcoin core and others offer confusing explainations. </p>

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How do you import an xPub from a Ledger Nano to a watch only Bitcoin Core
Chance Hartley
# How do you import an xPub from a Ledger Nano to a watch only Bitcoin Core

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-01-31)

I am having trouble figuring out how to import my xPub from my Ledger Nano to a watch only Full node (Bitcoin Core 0.17.1) Could someone please explain how to do this? I am reading different things. Some people say its not possible on bitcoin core and others offer confusing explainations.

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, ledger-hardware-wallet


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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-01-31. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

You can't. Bitcoin Core currently does not support importing extended public keys.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-11-01. Score: 2

Bitocin Core does not support importing xPub but it does support importing batches of addresses. You can generate a large set of addresses from the xpub (external, change etc.) and import them with one call [`importmulti`](https://bitcoincore.org/en/doc/0.20.0/rpc/wallet/importmulti/)


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### Answer by username_3 on 2019-01-31. Score: 0

You could set up an Electrum Personal Server and import the Master Public key to have a watch only wallet via Electrum and your full node.[Electrum Personal Server Git Hub](https://github.com/chris-belcher/electrum-personal-server)


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