<p>If you never had the private key for the bitcoin account you are trying to use, then you can't just recover or "find" it.
This is one-way algorithm: private key -> public key. You can get public from private, but not another way around.</p>

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Isn’t there sites where you pay like 0.03 and you can search any wallets address private key?? Or is that a total scam?
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It's a scam. If the site could find the private key for any account, they would be rich by guessing the keys for known accounts with a lot of bitcoins. It will take millions of years to brute-force it.
nochkin
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nochkin
<p>Trying to send some BTC payments and don’t know my private key. Can anyone help me and tell me it or tell me how to get it.</p>

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which wallet are you using?
Tailer
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Blockchain wallet
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Offering payment for answers is generally not okay on Stack Exchange.  https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/160944/how-to-handle-question-offering-payment
Nate Eldredge
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Possible duplicate of [I need to recover private key?,](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/84215/i-need-to-recover-private-key)
chytrik
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How to find my private key! Please help!
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# How to find my private key! Please help!

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-13)

Trying to send some username_0 payments and don’t know my private key. Can anyone help me and tell me it or tell me how to get it.

**Tags:** private-key, private-key-export

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: which wallet are you using?  
> **username_0**: Blockchain wallet  
> **username_2**: Offering payment for answers is generally not okay on Stack Exchange.  https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/160944/how-to-handle-question-offering-payment  
> **username_3**: Possible duplicate of [I need to recover private key?,](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/84215/i-need-to-recover-private-key)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2018-04-13. Score: 1

If you never had the private key for the bitcoin account you are trying to use, then you can't just recover or "find" it.
This is one-way algorithm: private key -> public key. You can get public from private, but not another way around.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Isn’t there sites where you pay like 0.03 and you can search any wallets address private key?? Or is that a total scam?  
> **username_4**: It's a scam. If the site could find the private key for any account, they would be rich by guessing the keys for known accounts with a lot of bitcoins. It will take millions of years to brute-force it.  

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