# How to import?

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/how-to-import/3378>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 8, 2017, 6:54am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-to-import/3378 "2017-11-08T06:54:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![hanson](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/hanson/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@hanson](https://bisq.community/u/hanson)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 6:54am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-to-import/3378/1 "2017-11-08T06:54:57Z")

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Hi guys, I mine ZEC and I use Zcash4mac to store my coins. Recently I’m encountering problems sending out my coins. I am experiencing a lot of errors. What I only have now is the wallet.dat and the private key that is visible through the platform.

I’ve been searching for another wallet service for me to input my private key or import the wallet.dat so I can access them and finally transfer out to a hardware wallet. Does BISQ allow this? If so, how can I do it?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Nolaan](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/nolaan/32/1100_2.png) [@Nolaan](https://bisq.community/u/Nolaan)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 7:43am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-to-import/3378/2 "2017-11-08T07:43:02Z")

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Hi,  
Unfortunately Bisq only manages a BTC wallet, that’s all. And you can only send BTC to this address.

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**Author:** ![hanson](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/hanson/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@hanson](https://bisq.community/u/hanson)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 7:44am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-to-import/3378/3 "2017-11-08T07:44:55Z")

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oh… i thought ZEC was an option?

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**Author:** ![Nolaan](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/nolaan/32/1100_2.png) [@Nolaan](https://bisq.community/u/Nolaan)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-to-import/3378/4 "2017-11-08T14:04:57Z")

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You can still trade ZEC and all the listed cryptos inside the software, but the base currency of the platform is BTC. All the rest is solely managed by the user and only a BTC wallet is used to handle the deposit swiftly although you can do it with an external BTC wallet too.