<p>Unless you have the private key or seed words leading to that address saved somewhere, there is no feasible way to recreate it.</p>

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2018-05-10T13:28:10.417Z
Thank you. Excuse my ignorance, what is seed words?
S Jones
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2018-05-10T13:33:48.060Z
Seed words are a set of words that can recreate all addresses in your wallet; depending on how old your wallet was, it may predate this process, in which case you would need 1 private key for each address
Raghav Sood
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2018-05-10T13:26:59.093Z
2018-05-10T13:26:59.093Z
Raghav Sood
<p>I'm new to this site. A few years ago I got a bitcoin wallet address but honestly never did anything after that but think there is a few dollars 

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Can a bitcoin address be duplicated?
S Jones
# Can a bitcoin address be duplicated?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-10)

I'm new to this site. A few years ago I got a bitcoin wallet address but honestly never did anything after that but think there is a few dollars

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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-05-10. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

Unless you have the private key or seed words leading to that address saved somewhere, there is no feasible way to recreate it.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you. Excuse my ignorance, what is seed words?  
> **username_1**: Seed words are a set of words that can recreate all addresses in your wallet; depending on how old your wallet was, it may predate this process, in which case you would need 1 private key for each address  

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