importpubkey (25.0.0 RPC) blockchain getbestblockhash getblock getblockchaininfo getblockcount getblockfilter getblockfrompeer getblockhash getblockheader getblockstats getchaintips getchaintxstats getdeploymentinfo getdifficulty getmempoolancestors getmempooldescendants getmempoolentry getmempoolinfo getrawmempool gettxout gettxoutproof gettxoutsetinfo gettxspendingprevout preciousblock pruneblockchain savemempool scanblocks scantxoutset verifychain verifytxoutproof control getmemoryinfo getrpcinfo help logging stop uptime mining getblocktemplate getmininginfo getnetworkhashps prioritisetransaction submitblock submitheader network addnode clearbanned disconnectnode getaddednodeinfo getconnectioncount getnettotals getnetworkinfo getnodeaddresses getpeerinfo listbanned ping setban setnetworkactive rawtransactions analyzepsbt combinepsbt combinerawtransaction converttopsbt createpsbt createrawtransaction decodepsbt decoderawtransaction decodescript finalizepsbt fundrawtransaction getrawtransaction joinpsbts sendrawtransaction signrawtransactionwithkey testmempoolaccept utxoupdatepsbt signer enumeratesigners util createmultisig deriveaddresses estimatesmartfee getdescriptorinfo getindexinfo signmessagewithprivkey validateaddress verifymessage wallet abandontransaction abortrescan addmultisigaddress backupwallet bumpfee createwallet dumpprivkey dumpwallet encryptwallet getaddressesbylabel getaddressinfo getbalance getbalances getnewaddress getrawchangeaddress getreceivedbyaddress getreceivedbylabel gettransaction getunconfirmedbalance getwalletinfo importaddress importdescriptors importmulti importprivkey importprunedfunds importpubkey importwallet keypoolrefill listaddressgroupings listdescriptors listlabels listlockunspent listreceivedbyaddress listreceivedbylabel listsinceblock listtransactions listunspent listwalletdir listwallets loadwallet lockunspent migratewallet newkeypool psbtbumpfee removeprunedfunds rescanblockchain restorewallet send sendall sendmany sendtoaddress sethdseed setlabel settxfee setwalletflag signmessage signrawtransactionwithwallet simulaterawtransaction unloadwallet upgradewallet walletcreatefundedpsbt walletdisplayaddress walletlock walletpassphrase walletpassphrasechange walletprocesspsbt zmq getzmqnotifications 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. Hint: use importmulti to import more than one public key. Note: This call can take over an hour 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. The rescan parameter can be set to false if the key was never used to create transactions. If it is set to false, but the key was used to create transactions, rescanblockchain needs to be called with the appropriate block range. Note: Use "getwalletinfo" to query the scanning progress. Arguments: 1. pubkey (string, required) The hex-encoded public key 2. label (string, optional, default="") An optional label 3. rescan (boolean, optional, default=true) Scan the chain and mempool for wallet transactions. Result: null (json null) 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/