Watch keys
Watch keys or xpubs are useful to display your balance in case of Bisq wallet corruption without exposing private keys to an external wallet estimated by the Bisq wallet. Go to Account - Wallet Info to find your watch keys. Xpub is used to watch segwit (P2WPKH) addresses, and P2PKH or zpub is for legacy and BSQ addresses.
Full-size historical file recovered from the 14 October 2026 archive. Provenance catalogue.
Importing watch key to external wallet.
Import the watch keys one by one to Electrum or Sentinel to display your balance safely. At Electrum, create a new Standard wallet through Use Master Key and paste the xpub or zpub, which is a string similar to xpub6CUGRUonZSQ4TWtTMmzXdrXDtypWKiKrhko4egpiMZbpiaQL2jkwSB1icqYh2cfDfVxdx4df189oLKnC5fSwqPfgyP3hooxujYzAu3fDVmz. Similar steps are required for Sentinel.
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- Original page
- Watch keys
- Revision
- 2264 · 26 May 2021
- Last recorded editor
- MwithM (not a complete author list)
- Snapshot
- 18 October 2026
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- Original wikitext · Revision metadata
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- 1 recovered, 0 missing · Media catalogue
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