<p>I think it's possible but importing private keys would work better.</p>

<p>All you need to import an address to a new wallet is the private key. Get the private keys of your addresses from the QT client and import them into Multibit.</p>

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Emre K.
<p>I know you can make a transaction across the blockchain to move your Bitcoins from say <a href="http://bitcoin.org/en/download">Bitcoin-QT</a> to <a href="https://multibit.org/">Multibit</a>, but is it possible to import my wallet.dat file from Bitcoin-QT to another desktop wallet without preforming a transaction?</p>

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Are desktop wallets transferable?
Chad Whitaker
# Are desktop wallets transferable?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-07-22)

I know you can make a transaction across the blockchain to move your Bitcoins from say [Bitcoin-QT](http://bitcoin.org/en/download) to [Multibit](https://multibit.org/), but is it possible to import my wallet.dat file from Bitcoin-QT to another desktop wallet without preforming a transaction?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, wallet, multibit, wallet.dat, wallet-import


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### Answer by username_1 on 2013-07-23. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

I think it's possible but importing private keys would work better.

All you need to import an address to a new wallet is the private key. Get the private keys of your addresses from the QT client and import them into Multibit.


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