<p>This is normal - importing an address does not produce any output, and you will see <code>null</code> in the debug console.</p>

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2020-01-19T07:25:23.803Z
ok fine, except that nothing gets imported
cuibono
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2020-01-19T07:51:42.713Z
If you don't rescan, you won't see any transactions relating to that address - your posted command also seems to be missing the actual address, but I assumed you had redacted that for privacy
Raghav Sood
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2020-01-19T07:57:33.740Z
I have a pruned chain, how long will a rescan take ?
cuibono
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2020-01-19T08:26:17.050Z
With a pruned chain, you'll only see transactions for the blocks that haven't been pruned yet even after a rescan - there is no way to do a complete history on a pruned node (you will, however, always get an accurate result for the currently spendable balance even with a pruned node) - a full rescan on my nodes tends to take about 40-80 minutes, depending on what else is running. Should be less for a pruned node
Raghav Sood
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2020-01-19T20:33:02.453Z
when I try importaddress with rescan=true I get: Rescan is disabled when blocks are pruned (code -4). So it seems "importaddress" never works when in pruned mode
cuibono
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2020-01-19T06:25:44.767Z
2020-01-19T06:25:44.767Z
Raghav Sood
<p>using bitcoin-qt 0.19.0.1 on mac, I type this in console:
importaddress someaddress "" false
After I hit enter, the output is "null". What's wrong ? </p>

<importaddress>
bitcoin-qt importaddress not working
cuibono
# bitcoin-qt importaddress not working

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-01-19)

using bitcoin-qt 0.19.0.1 on mac, I type this in console:
importaddress someaddress "" false
After I hit enter, the output is "null". What's wrong ?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-01-19. Score: 1

This is normal - importing an address does not produce any output, and you will see `null` in the debug console.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: ok fine, except that nothing gets imported  
> **username_1**: If you don't rescan, you won't see any transactions relating to that address - your posted command also seems to be missing the actual address, but I assumed you had redacted that for privacy  
> **username_0**: I have a pruned chain, how long will a rescan take ?  
> **username_1**: With a pruned chain, you'll only see transactions for the blocks that haven't been pruned yet even after a rescan - there is no way to do a complete history on a pruned node (you will, however, always get an accurate result for the currently spendable balance even with a pruned node) - a full rescan on my nodes tends to take about 40-80 minutes, depending on what else is running. Should be less for a pruned node  
> **username_0**: when I try importaddress with rescan=true I get: Rescan is disabled when blocks are pruned (code -4). So it seems "importaddress" never works when in pruned mode  

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