<p>Yes, you can create a wallet with your key and will have access to the coins at the key's address.
Since a wallet typically contains many keys (=bitcoin addresses), however, you will not be able to reconstruct the whole wallet file.</p>

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<p>If I lose my wallet (let's say it is hosted with a company that went bust) can I recreate that same wallet with another provider using only the private/public key pair I had with my original wallet?</p>

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Can I recreate a wallet using on my priv/pub keys only?
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# Can I recreate a wallet using on my priv/pub keys only?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-12-24)

If I lose my wallet (let's say it is hosted with a company that went bust) can I recreate that same wallet with another provider using only the private/public key pair I had with my original wallet?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2013-12-24. Score: 2

Yes, you can create a wallet with your key and will have access to the coins at the key's address.
Since a wallet typically contains many keys (=bitcoin addresses), however, you will not be able to reconstruct the whole wallet file.


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