<p>Unless you have your private key, you will not be able to access that address. </p>

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2016-10-25T19:31:25.387Z
2016-10-25T19:31:25.387Z
user2716556
<p>Yesterday someone transfer by accident some btc to my old address not used since 6 months. I knew i deleted all this, but last spent hour I was able to find my walltet. So I installed bitcoin core, few months before it looked different but ok, and replaced my walltet.dat , then when I launch it, it says : scanning, and then it starts but there is no any receiving address, can I somehow restore it ?</p>

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2014-05-04T07:48:48.763Z
With what did you replace your wallet.dat? If there is no private key or wallet left, it is gone. Don't you have a copy on a USB drive and forgot about it?
Mathias711
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2014-05-04T08:27:45.573Z
Go to the debug console in Bitcoin Core, and type 'validateaddress [address]'. If it says 'ismine : true', the wallet considers that address its own (which may be the case even without it being listed as a receive address).
Pieter Wuille
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Unable to recovery old btc address
user15615
# Unable to recovery old btc address

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-05-04)

Yesterday someone transfer by accident some btc to my old address not used since 6 months. I knew i deleted all this, but last spent hour I was able to find my walltet. So I installed bitcoin core, few months before it looked different but ok, and replaced my walltet.dat , then when I launch it, it says : scanning, and then it starts but there is no any receiving address, can I somehow restore it ?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: With what did you replace your wallet.dat? If there is no private key or wallet left, it is gone. Don't you have a copy on a USB drive and forgot about it?  
> **username_2**: Go to the debug console in Bitcoin Core, and type 'validateaddress [address]'. If it says 'ismine : true', the wallet considers that address its own (which may be the case even without it being listed as a receive address).  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2016-10-25. Score: -1

Unless you have your private key, you will not be able to access that address.


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