Litecoin-qt import address

If you don’t have a copy of your wallet.dat file, but you have the private keys, you can follow this guide to get your Litecoins out of your paper/offline wallet and into a new wallet in Litecoin-Qt.

Note: After you do this, your paper/offline wallet will be empty. Any Litecoins you want to keep in a paper/offline must be sent to a different paper/offline address.

Step 1. Sync Litecoin-Qt

• Open Litecoin-Qt and wait for it to sync with the network (synchronize the blockchain on your computer with the current one on the network).

Step 2. Disconnect from the internet

• Disconnect your computer from the internet. This will ensure you are importing your private keys whilst your computer is offline.

Step 3. Open the debug window

• Open Litecoin-Qt.
• Go to Help > Debug Window > Console.

Step 4. Unlock the wallet (if encrypted)

• Type the following into the debug window:

  walletpassphrase "your-pass-phrase" 60

  use quotes if your pass-phrase contains spaces;
  the 60 represents how long the wallet will be unlocked for in seconds

Step 5. Import your private key(s)

• Type the following into the debug window:

• importprivkey your-private-key "new label"

use quotes if the label you want contains spaces

• Wait for the import to finish, this can take several minutes.

Step 6. Check your addresses were imported

• Close the debug window.
• Go to the ‘Addresses‘ tab and check that your imported Litecoin addresses are there.

Step 7. Backup your wallet!

• Your previous backups will not contain the private key(s) you just imported, so make sure you take a fresh backup.
• To be on the safe side, you should take the wallet offline again.