Import transparent address private key

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I have a private key for a transparent address that I need to move some coins out of.

All the wallets I can find seem to only allow importing seed phrases or z address private keys. Is there any wallet that lets me import t address private keys or is my only option to run fullnode? I currently have zcashd syncing on my laptop, but might be over a week until it fully syncs, so I would rather find another solution.

The coinomi app has a zcash sweep feature that would work, but seems like that app still cannot connect to zcash network at the moment.

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Exodus desktop supports transparent pk import/move fund

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Thanks, worked!

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Hey guys, trying to do the same thing in 2026 but exodus doesn’t have this ability any more. I have a t address private key, none of the new wallets allow to import,. any ideas ?

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Ywallet/ Zkool lets you import private keys.

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I’ve tried this and it doesn’t work, are you referring to the sweep function?

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I have installed the Zkool wallet on my android device (/play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cc.methyl.zkool) but when I go to “Restore account” → and insert my private key (5J…) format in the “Key (seed phrase, private key,or viewing key)” input box it says invalid key, ive tried other private keys with this type of format and still gives the same output.

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You may need to use the desktop version instead of the Android app for full functionality.

CC @Autotunafish probably knows more than I if you get stuck

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Do you remember what wallet was used to create the key?

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yes, it was “WalletGenerator.com - Universal Paper wallet generator for Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies”, its an old uncompressed transparent WIF key type (starts with 5J or 5K etc) , ive had 3 other private keys in this format in the past and they worked fine with the old exodus wallet, but now they dont have the import feature anymore on their app.

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There have been other users with the same issue. The key format was never fully supported and to my knowledge, the only solution is to import the key into Coinomi so you could try that.

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what about zcashd importprivkey method?

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You could attempt that. Syncing the node usually takes a long time but you can start it in offline mode I believe with

zcashd -daemon -connect=0 -dnsseed=0

and try to import the key. I don’t remember this working for anybody with the WIF key, but I could be mistaken.

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Only compressed private keys are supported by zkool.

Edit: Now it supports uncompressed keys too.

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That’s great news, how does it support uncompressed private keys now, did you just update it? Also to be able to use the feature do i have to update the zkool app? or run it some other way?

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Update from github releases (not from app stores)

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Sorry but i’m not too familiar with github, do I have to compile the source code? I see the .exe also but is that safe to run?

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The releases page (where the .exe is) contains prebuilt binaries, so you do not have to compile from source. Windows smart screen will warn about the app by default because it wasn’t produced by or with Microsoft but it will work fine.