<p>You can import a private key into the Bitcoin Core wallet using the importprivkey <a href="https://bitcoincore.org/en/doc/0.18.0/rpc/wallet/importprivkey/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">RPC</a>. You can then send the funds associated with that private key to a new address controlled by whatever wallet client you are using.</p>

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Michael Folkson
<p>I have my private key, but when I put it into bitaddress.org, it gives me a legacy address (starting with &quot;1&quot;) and not the Bech32 address (starting with &quot;bc1&quot;) that I was expecting. My client has only Bech32 receiving addresses and I understandably don't want to lose my coin. How can I get the correct Bech32 receiving BTC address from the BTC private key that I already have?</p>

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Does this answer your question? [How to create a Bech32 address from a public key?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/70507/how-to-create-a-bech32-address-from-a-public-key)
RedGrittyBrick
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Bitaddress.org gives me legacy address instead of Bech32 address
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# Bitaddress.org gives me legacy address instead of Bech32 address

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-04-08)

I have my private key, but when I put it into bitaddress.org, it gives me a legacy address (starting with "1") and not the Bech32 address (starting with "bc1") that I was expecting. My client has only Bech32 receiving addresses and I understandably don't want to lose my coin. How can I get the correct Bech32 receiving BTC address from the BTC private key that I already have?

**Tags:** private-key, public-key, bitcoin-wallet-app, bech32-address

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> **username_1**: Does this answer your question? [How to create a Bech32 address from a public key?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/70507/how-to-create-a-bech32-address-from-a-public-key)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2022-04-08. Score: 1

You can import a private key into the Bitcoin Core wallet using the importprivkey [RPC](https://bitcoincore.org/en/doc/0.18.0/rpc/wallet/importprivkey/). You can then send the funds associated with that private key to a new address controlled by whatever wallet client you are using.


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