34 sats \ 3 replies \ @chris42 15 Nov \ on: Factors (besides seed phrase) which cause you to not be able to recover wallet? bitcoin
Bitcoin core qt now uses descriptor wallets. If you've just backed up a private key it's hard to import it. You need to create a legacy wallet and migrate it.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @bren 15 Nov
What does descriptor wallet mean? A seed phrase instead of a private key?
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34 sats \ 1 reply \ @_b_o_n_e_s_ 15 Nov
my understanding is that its basically a codified way of asking this OPs question , so if need to import a wallet into new software that new software can access the funds and you can spend from it
https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/99540/what-are-output-descriptors
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @bren 15 Nov
Thanks, that makes sense. It stores the derivation path and script types in the key.
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