Questions tagged [private-key]
This tag should be used for questions pertaining to private keys. Private keys are used for signing transactions and allow the holder of the private key to spend the Bitcoin associated with the address derived from the private key.
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Where do I find a private key in litewallet.io? [closed]
I have created this public key LUv2h4kHH21bJSmab2UAvBarLmSckWFASS in a mobile app called litewallet.io which can be found here https://litewallet.io/ but I do not see an option in litewallet to ...
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Will taproot change public key generation?
Does taproot change how private/public keys/addresses are generated, or just how the transactions are signed? Also, I'd appreciate if someone could recommend me where to look for official sources of ...
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How can i recover my specific wallet using the 12 word mnemonic?
I just can't understand how can i use the 12 words instead of writing all the numbers related to the address/private/public keys. When i go to iancoleman.io the output is several addresses, private ...
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Is this a good recommendation as secure way to generate paper wallet via iOS app for non-technical user?
I have suggested to a non-technical friend to use this as a way to generate a paper wallet using an iphone. I'm trying to see if there are any pitfalls. I have used the air-gapped PC method for myself ...
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My private key represents an integer. True or false? Shortening issue
The formula (I assume that just the 1 formula exists) to convert this:
WIF Private Key (5K5sohTSvd5nJ4oE9mxSVimT6Kfmz1LSaxHyxVsRVQyjJRXnfEK)
into this
Base64 Private Key pxhjsV/...
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bitcoin private key usage
My next question is how Private Key needed to spend coins. According to my understanding for transaction needed below steps:
A wants to send 10 coin to B
A make transaction example: from: A, to :B ...
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Best way to store private key from address
I make my own hot-wallet and wanted to know best way to store private key from address, because I need it for signing transactions.
I tried store private key in my bitcoin core node, but I realized ...
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how target walled address is secure to save received amount?
What about if I (as a hacker) change the amount from 5 to 1 for any transaction and put signature with my (as a hacker) Private Key and mine that block again. Yes, I lose 1 coin, At the same time isn'...
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How to generate BIP85 Child Key using Bitcoin Explorer?
I've playing with 2 tools:
Mnemonic Code Converter (site)
Bitcoin Explorer (CLI) - bx command
For the purpose of test I've used these tree BIP39 mnemonic words: client mixed great.
Using a site I've ...
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Is it possible to you convert privkey to BIP39 mnemonic (or entropy)?
I've generated a private key using vanitygen command by:
$ ./vanitygen 11
Difficulty: 256
Pattern: 11
Address: ...
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is bitcoin keyspace flawed?
guys need your expert guide
I was doing a research on Bitcoin key space and i have found a mysterious thing that the first public which is actually the generator point is same as the last public key, ...
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What do people mean when they say that Bitcoin are "unconfiscateable"? [duplicate]
So all my Bitcoin are on an encrypted wallet.dat inside a VeraCrypted USB memstick inside a fireproof safe.
While this might stop random a burglar, how does it stop the government from confiscating ...
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Why MakeNewKey in key.cpp isn't called when getnewaddress or generate
Hi I'm student studying bitcoin-core.
I tested bitcoin regtest mode, and I want to know when CKey::MakeNewKey() is called.
when I do this,
bitcoin-cli -regtest createwallet "wallet1"
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Signature doesn't prove that the owner of a Private Key produced a given message
Let's assume I am a developer of Bitcoin wallet.
If I create a private key without implementing a seed phrase methodology (not using the principles of BIP32 and BIP39), is there at least the slightest ...
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Is it doable to get the private keys from a Bisq wallet?
I do not mean getting the seed phrase - this I've already backed up. I do not see such a possibility from Bisq's GUI.
Is it doable to get the private key of a particular address of a Bisq wallet (much ...
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Generate BTC Private key from user string input
I am looking to generate a Bitcoin Address from an user input text (like the good old days Brainwallet).
User input a "Text string" and based on this text string generate the corresponding ...
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As a developer, what steps do I need to take to generate private-public keys?
When developing (I'm using Apple Swift), what steps are needed in order to independently create my own pair of private-public keys (with the ability to restore a private key from a mnemonic phrase)?
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Schnorr signature key storage
So everyone talks about Schnorr signatures and Taproot when talking about Bitcoin. I would like to know if there is any standard that they will use to store the keys used in this algorithm. And also I ...
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How to protect my private key from an unexpected new owner of the address that already belongs to me?
I understand that the situation I am describing is unlikely (because we have 1.46 Quindecillion possible Bitcoin addresses), but let's imagine that someone generated the same address as mine.
Is there ...
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How can I get transction destination address from raw transaction data?
I am writing a program that reads Bitcoin transactions from .blk files and performs some analysis on them. I would like to get transaction destination address (like in some transaction explorers: link....
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Obtaining private key from mnemonic keywords
A customer of us can't remember which wallet he has used before (in 2014), but he still knows his public wallet address and als the 12 words for recovery.
We have a choice of 3 different wallets which ...
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Finally found an old transaction from 2009
The file contains the addrStr
Balance
Amount sent (0)
And such and then 2 transactions
The address does show the 50 bitcoin.
One of the 2 transactions also show the same.
However I’m not sure how to ...
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`getdescriptorinfo` for private key
Public key:
bitcoin-cli getdescriptorinfo "wpkh(027fda10f37e6c637a1cfeba2cbada86de36f28e63d4ded9e1314117739f6419a9)"
{
"descriptor": "wpkh(...
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how to convert WIF key return to HEX format
any one knows how to convert WIF key return to hex format please also let me know if the private key is out side range of ecc then how to import it to some wallet ?
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Why can't bitcoin be stolen in the following manner? [duplicate]
Assume I'm a miner. I would have the complete UTXO set with me. Let us say I try generating random keys and hash the public keys generated and compare it with the utxo set until I find a match.
When I ...
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Are Satoshi's satoshis less secure than they should be?
So, Satoshi mined a bunch of BTC early on (but not in a "pre-mine" way), and has not moved them ever since.
Doesn't that mean that his coins thus uses the very earliest "format", ...
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If hacker get my 24-word-recovery-phrase in random order, how long will it take to get my private key?
I am considering splitting my private key into two parts. One is 24 words in random order, the other is a paper with order (numbers from 1 to 24). If someone gets the paper with 24 words writing on it ...
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Creating multiple bitcoin receipt wallet
Suppose I want to send 10 000 sats to 10 different "receipt" address so that I own the 10 private keys associated with these addresses and can distribute them, the fact that the receiver ...
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I have reinstalled my PC and lost BitcoinCore, still have the Private Key, can i get my Wallet back?
so i have reinstalled my PC a few years ago and lost my BitcoinCore Wallet, i still have the PrivateKey.. is there someway to get the Wallet back?
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How to sync AirGap Vault with its Wallet
How long does it take to sync AirGap Vault/Wallet together and does the syncing process require internet?
And is it possible to sync Airgap Vault with electrum wallet?
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Am I being scammed from Forex-Billionaires.com? [duplicate]
Has anyone used Forex-Billionaires.com? I invested in BTC and am now trying to get a withdrawal. I gave them my CashApp wallet address but now they are saying I have to let them generate a private key ...
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Why does a WIF include the network?
When creating a WIF from a private key, you have to insert a special byte at the beginning of the hex string, before starting hashing and adding the checksum:
0x80 for the MainNet or
0xef for the ...
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Is it possible to find additional key pairs resulting in the same address that I already control?
I'm not really well versed in the necessary terminology to get the answer I need from searching.
As I understand, there are 2^160 possible addresses, and 2^256 possible private keys, so each address ...
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What exactly is "privatekeys.pw"?
Today, I stumbled upon this bizarre website: https://privatekeys.pw/
Bitcoin Private Keys Directory
The FAQ makes no sense at all and doesn't explain what it is about whatsoever.
What could they be ...
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How do I get my Bitcoin private keys from app.thorswap.finance which is a native BTC cross chain swapping system?
I'm testing out app.thorswap.finance for native bitcoin. Supposedly Thorchain is a cross chain swapping service with no centralized parties. Going to the app, I generated a keystore file and it comes ...
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Can you get the seed phrase of a HD wallet from the private key of one of the wallets?
Let us say I have a HD wallet. Can I get it’s seed phrase from the private key of one of its wallets?
Also are seed phrases just easy to remember private keys? If so does that mean that from the seed ...
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How do you generate a Bitcoin wallet by hand?
I am interested in the exact process for generating the various components of a Bitcoin wallet by hand. Specifically, the components I'm interested in are:
Private Key
Public Key
Public Key Hash
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public key from private key math
Please guide me if following is the actual math to drive public key from a private key then how would this apply to generate public key from private key 1 please guide me step by step
Private keys and ...
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How many bytes of entropy are recommended for seeding a mnemonic phrase?
If I wanted to generate a 12 word mnemonic, how many additional bytes of entropy is recommended I use?
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Python Code - import error : cannot import name "privtopub" from 'bitcoin'
Hello everyone when I start this code on PYCHARM looks like no
problem. But when I turned this code from python to exe and exe
don't start and it says: import error: cannot import name
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how to see my private key bye decrypted wallet.dat [closed]
How to decrypted my wallet.dat (Yes, I know the password) so i can see my private key? if anyone can help there is 1 LTC for them
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how do i brute force my wallet.dat to get my private key
i am not really a computer programmer, but i want to get my private key from my wallet.dat, i have just the wallet.dat file and the public address where the bitcion was send. From my previous ...
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I bought bitcoin years ago and now the website that I bought from is unavailable!
I bought bitcoin years ago and now the website that I bought from is unavailable!
I only have a key that I don't even know whether it's a public key or a private key or some useless key generated by ...
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How do nodes contribute to security when the power comes from mining and what is the chain of transaction validation?
Blockchain security comes from the decentralisation of hashing power by miners. They append transactions to a block, perform PoW and add them to the blockchain when that validate blocks. How do nodes ...
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Private key of 44 chars? (old Blockchain.info wallet)
I'm trying to sweep some coins from an old (blockchain.info) wallet.
I decoded the wallet I have and it gave a private key as a 44 char alphanumeric string starting with 9.
This doesn't seem to be a ...
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Safe way to create a mnemonic and address in golang
I have been looking over internet in the different repos of btcsuite but had no luck in finding a way to generate a 12 word mnemonic and convert this to an address using the go language. It needs also ...
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How do I restore the public key?
Let say, I create wallet and have two public key and one private key.
And I remove the first public key from the wallet.
Can I restore and use my first key again? Or it's removed at all.
Sorry for the ...
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Is brute forcing a private key with unspent coins getting easier?
Is the likelihood of correctly guessing a private key with unspent coins increasing due to:
More addresses being used resulting in more private keys with unspent coins (i.e. higher chance that a ...
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Can Bitcoin be recovered from a child key alone?
I have a question regarding BIP-32 and keys.
Imagine a scenario in which a user creates a new Bitcoin wallet with a seed phrase. He then generates a new address and sends 1 BTC to this address.
Under ...
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Is it possible that malicious bitcoin wallet providers provide pre-generated private-keys for users?
We trust wallets like Ledger, Trezor, and etc. We believe the math that the randomly generated private keys are safe. But could it be possible that the private keys you thought are “generated” are ...