<p>Impossible unless you have the private key belonging to the adress.</p>

<p>Your friend didn't import a few "wallets", he imported a few adresses, which makes his wallet a "<a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/glossary/watch-only-address" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Watch-Only</a> wallet" (for the adresses that were imported.)</p>

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  <p>Is there any way i can retrieve them via finding the private keys for them to make the btc coins spendable again?</p>
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<p>Again, if you only have a public key, master public key, or adress format, the answer is no. </p>

<p>If you have a seed / private key from which the (imported) address xpub/public key was originally derived from, then yes, you could recover his funds.</p>

<p>Edit: I feel like we're missing a whole lot of context here: Did your friend buy these "wallets"? If so- he most likely got scammed.</p>

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Jan Janssen
<p>Good day.</p>

<p>I have a slight issue! A friend of mine has imported a few wallets to his main wallet. All the imported wallets has "Non Spendable Bitcoin" in them ranging from $2-$45k respectively. Is there any way i can retrieve them via finding the private keys for them to make the btc coins spendable again? Any help or advice will be highly appreciated.</p>

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You can’t, as far as the system is concerned the money isn’t yours.
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People reporting problems with "non-[spendable](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/search?q=spendable+is%3Aq) Bitcoin" (or "[watch-only](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/search?q=watch-only+is%3Aq)" addresses/wallets) on this website and also seeking private-keys are, so far as I know, invariably victims of fraud.
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# imported non spendable btc

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-03-17)

Good day.

I have a slight issue! A friend of mine has imported a few wallets to his main wallet. All the imported wallets has "Non Spendable Bitcoin" in them ranging from $2-$45k respectively. Is there any way i can retrieve them via finding the private keys for them to make the btc coins spendable again? Any help or advice will be highly appreciated.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You can’t, as far as the system is concerned the money isn’t yours.  
> **username_2**: People reporting problems with "non-[spendable](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/search?q=spendable+is%3Aq) Bitcoin" (or "[watch-only](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/search?q=watch-only+is%3Aq)" addresses/wallets) on this website and also seeking private-keys are, so far as I know, invariably victims of fraud.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-03-17. Score: 2

Impossible unless you have the private key belonging to the adress.

Your friend didn't import a few "wallets", he imported a few adresses, which makes his wallet a "[Watch-Only](https://bitcoin.org/en/glossary/watch-only-address) wallet" (for the adresses that were imported.)

> Is there any way i can retrieve them via finding the private keys for them to make the btc coins spendable again?

Again, if you only have a public key, master public key, or adress format, the answer is no.

If you have a seed / private key from which the (imported) address xpub/public key was originally derived from, then yes, you could recover his funds.

Edit: I feel like we're missing a whole lot of context here: Did your friend buy these "wallets"? If so- he most likely got scammed.


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