<p>just send the money to your new wallet</p>

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2015-11-25T23:51:28.583Z
That such an easy solution. Can't believe I didn't think of it...
Paymahn Moghadasian
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2017-07-02T21:09:10.800Z
But then you're paying pointless transaction fees.
slang
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2015-11-22T00:16:19.247Z
2015-11-22T00:16:19.247Z
user30697
<p>You can't transfer the wallet, per se, but you can transfer the private keys. Here's how to do it:</p>

<ol>
<li>Run armory in offline mode (simply run <code>armory --offline</code>)</li>
<li>Click on your wallet and click "Backup This Wallet" and enter the password.</li>
<li>Select "Export Key Lists" and click the button at the bottom</li>
<li>Check "Private Key (Plain Base58)" from the checklist and nothing else.</li>
<li>Select "Omit spaces in key data", as these may cause an "Invalid private key encoding" during import</li>
<li>Take each private key listed in the window and import them into bitcoin by using this command: <code>bitcoin-cli importprivkey &lt;privkey&gt;</code></li>
</ol>

<p>Just out of curiosity, what aren't you happy about with Armory? I ask because I'm an Armory developer.</p>

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2015-11-26T00:45:02.793Z
Thanks for the info but I'm just gonna transfer the money. I'm not happy with Armory for the following reasons: 1) dependency on Bitcoin-Qt 2) Poor UX (eg: after sending money I have to wait for two screen changes and a potential popup before the transaction is done and none of this is messaged to the user) 3) Constant crashes 4) Bad update system (I was repeatedly prompted to update to 93 when it still wasn't available)
Paymahn Moghadasian
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2015-11-26T14:35:01.873Z
Sorry about that. FYI, there will be changes for all those things in the future.
Jimmy Song
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2015-11-30T22:30:50.190Z
No need to apologize :) you're providing software for free.
Paymahn Moghadasian
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2017-01-24T07:06:38.720Z
As bitcoin-cli might not be installed/available to import the private keys, you may also use the command tool, build into Bitcoin-qt by default (Help > Debug Window > Console), see http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/5944/45378
pixelbrackets
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2017-01-24T15:58:39.133Z
Jimmy Song
<p>I have a wallet with <a href="https://bitcoinarmory.com/" rel="nofollow">Armory</a> which I'm not happy with and I'd like to manage my wallet with <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/download" rel="nofollow">Bitcoin Core</a>. Is there way to "transfer" the wallet between the clients? I'm currently running OSX 10.11.1.</p>

<bitcoin-core><armory>
Transfer wallet from Armory to Bitcoin-Qt
Paymahn Moghadasian
# Transfer wallet from Armory to Bitcoin-Qt

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-11-21)

I have a wallet with [Armory](https://bitcoinarmory.com/) which I'm not happy with and I'd like to manage my wallet with [Bitcoin Core](https://bitcoin.org/en/download). Is there way to "transfer" the wallet between the clients? I'm currently running OSX 10.11.1.

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, armory


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-11-22. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

just send the money to your new wallet

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: That such an easy solution. Can't believe I didn't think of it...  
> **username_2**: But then you're paying pointless transaction fees.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2015-11-22. Score: 6

You can't transfer the wallet, per se, but you can transfer the private keys. Here's how to do it:

1. Run armory in offline mode (simply run `armory --offline`)
2. Click on your wallet and click "Backup This Wallet" and enter the password.
3. Select "Export Key Lists" and click the button at the bottom
4. Check "Private Key (Plain Base58)" from the checklist and nothing else.
5. Select "Omit spaces in key data", as these may cause an "Invalid private key encoding" during import
6. Take each private key listed in the window and import them into bitcoin by using this command: `bitcoin-cli importprivkey <privkey>`

Just out of curiosity, what aren't you happy about with Armory? I ask because I'm an Armory developer.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks for the info but I'm just gonna transfer the money. I'm not happy with Armory for the following reasons: 1) dependency on Bitcoin-Qt 2) Poor UX (eg: after sending money I have to wait for two screen changes and a potential popup before the transaction is done and none of this is messaged to the user) 3) Constant crashes 4) Bad update system (I was repeatedly prompted to update to 93 when it still wasn't available)  
> **username_3**: Sorry about that. FYI, there will be changes for all those things in the future.  
> **username_0**: No need to apologize :) you're providing software for free.  
> **username_4**: As bitcoin-cli might not be installed/available to import the private keys, you may also use the command tool, build into Bitcoin-qt by default (Help > Debug Window > Console), see http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/5944/45378  

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