importpubkey (0.16.3 RPC) blockchain getbestblockhash getblock getblockchaininfo getblockcount getblockhash getblockheader getchaintips getchaintxstats getdifficulty getmempoolancestors getmempooldescendants getmempoolentry getmempoolinfo getrawmempool gettxout gettxoutproof gettxoutsetinfo preciousblock pruneblockchain savemempool verifychain verifytxoutproof control getmemoryinfo help logging stop uptime generating generate generatetoaddress mining getblocktemplate getmininginfo getnetworkhashps prioritisetransaction submitblock network addnode clearbanned disconnectnode getaddednodeinfo getconnectioncount getnettotals getnetworkinfo getpeerinfo listbanned ping setban setnetworkactive rawtransactions combinerawtransaction createrawtransaction decoderawtransaction decodescript fundrawtransaction getrawtransaction sendrawtransaction signrawtransaction util createmultisig estimatefee estimatesmartfee signmessagewithprivkey validateaddress verifymessage wallet abandontransaction abortrescan addmultisigaddress backupwallet bumpfee dumpprivkey dumpwallet encryptwallet getaccount getaccountaddress getaddressesbyaccount getbalance getnewaddress getrawchangeaddress getreceivedbyaccount getreceivedbyaddress gettransaction getunconfirmedbalance getwalletinfo importaddress importmulti importprivkey importprunedfunds importpubkey importwallet keypoolrefill listaccounts listaddressgroupings listlockunspent listreceivedbyaccount listreceivedbyaddress listsinceblock listtransactions listunspent listwallets lockunspent move removeprunedfunds rescanblockchain sendfrom sendmany sendtoaddress setaccount settxfee signmessage walletlock walletpassphrase walletpassphrasechange importpubkey "pubkey" ( "label" rescan ) Adds a public key (in hex) that can be watched as if it were in your wallet but cannot be used to spend. Requires a new wallet backup. Arguments: 1. "pubkey" (string, required) The hex-encoded public key 2. "label" (string, optional, default="") An optional label 3. rescan (boolean, optional, default=true) Rescan the wallet for transactions Note: This call can take minutes to complete if rescan is true, during that time, other rpc calls may report that the imported pubkey exists but related transactions are still missing, leading to temporarily incorrect/bogus balances and unspent outputs until rescan completes. Examples: Import a public key with rescan > bitcoin-cli importpubkey "mypubkey" Import using a label without rescan > bitcoin-cli importpubkey "mypubkey" "testing" false As a JSON-RPC call > curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "importpubkey", "params": ["mypubkey", "testing", false] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/ Share on Twitter Facebook Google+