<p>You should write exactly</p>

<pre><code>walletpassphrase "yourPassword" howmanysecondswillthewalletstayunlocked
</code></pre>

<p>For example</p>

<pre><code>walletpassphrase "password33482" 6000
</code></pre>

<p>Then your wallet will stay unlocked for <code>6000</code> seconds.</p>

<p>(You can drop the quotes if your password doesn't have spaces, but it's always a great habit to use quotes.)</p>

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2017-11-13T07:16:08.887Z
i have tried that quiet a few times but i just get a error
Mark
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2017-11-13T08:01:42.367Z
@Mark what error do you get?
meshcollider
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2017-11-14T01:23:45.077Z
it has accepted my walletpassphase  now i cant get passed the next part i click dumpprivkey then it wants me to put in my address  Which address do i put in ?
Mark
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2017-11-14T05:47:39.220Z
@Mark It asks "Private key of which address do you want to dump?" `dumpprivkey 1ABC...` for example. If you want to dump all of them, `dumpwallet`
MCCCS
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2017-11-13T06:47:46.633Z
2017-11-13T06:47:46.633Z
MCCCS
<p>I can't get bitcoin core wallet to accept my wallet passphrase so I can get my private key out. The password is correct, as I have tried it to send out and it accepts it, but when I try on the debug it will not. Is it because of the way i write it in e.g. <code>walletpassphase(........)600</code> or is it 
<code>&lt;...........&gt;600</code> or is it some other way? Please help. It has come up with -32601 and parsing JSON and syntax.</p>

<bitcoin-core><json-rpc>
Error unlocking bitcoin core wallet with JSON RPC
Mark
# Error unlocking bitcoin core wallet with JSON RPC

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-11-13)

I can't get bitcoin core wallet to accept my wallet passphrase so I can get my private key out. The password is correct, as I have tried it to send out and it accepts it, but when I try on the debug it will not. Is it because of the way i write it in e.g. `walletpassphase(........)600` or is it
`<...........>600` or is it some other way? Please help. It has come up with -32601 and parsing JSON and syntax.

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, json-rpc


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-11-13. Score: 1

You should write exactly
walletpassphrase "yourPassword" howmanysecondswillthewalletstayunlocked

For example
walletpassphrase "password33482" 6000

Then your wallet will stay unlocked for 6000 seconds.
(You can drop the quotes if your password doesn't have spaces, but it's always a great habit to use quotes.)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: i have tried that quiet a few times but i just get a error  
> **username_2**: @username_0 what error do you get?  
> **username_0**: it has accepted my walletpassphase  now i cant get passed the next part i click dumpprivkey then it wants me to put in my address  Which address do i put in ?  
> **username_1**: @username_0 It asks "Private key of which address do you want to dump?" `dumpprivkey 1ABC...` for example. If you want to dump all of them, `dumpwallet`  

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