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Wallet Import Format is how Bitcoin Core represents private keys outside of the client. Example: 5HueCGU8rMjxEXxiPuD5BDku4MkFqeZyd4dZ1jvhTVqvbTLvyTJ

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What does it mean when R, S values begin with zeroes?

I was hired to fix some typos in a WIF but I went into analyzing transactions instead then I found 3 R values that begin like this: 008505 008391 00a542 Then 2 S values begin like this: S: 00db19 S: ...
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importing WIF addresses into electrum creates new wallet instead of sweeping

I'm trying to use my WIF private key in electrum, tried sweeping and importing. When importing, the addresses are totally different from my public addresses, and when sweeping I get the following ...
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how does the blockchain addresses relate to the blockchain WIF?

I'm using block.io and experimenting with a testnet accounts given to me by the site. I can create addresses on the website and have thus far created 5 in total. However, I only have one WIF, also ...
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Wallet Import Format - Guessing missing characters

Is it possible to guess missing characters of a wif? Let's say there are 62 characters (lowercase + uppercase + digits) and the last 10 characters are missing. Is it possible to guess the WIF with ...
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Get Wallet balance from SeedPhrases

does anyone know how to get a Crypto wallet balance wit just SeedPhrase without having to log in to the account.
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What are the formats of a private key?

I copied my private key to a file and I can't remember what the string begins with. Can you help me by giving me the different types of private key: number of characters and and with which characters ...
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Storing entire seed from bip39 mnemonic using WIF

I'm using the bitcoinjs collection of libraries, specifically https://github.com/bitcoinjs/wif, https://github.com/bitcoinjs/bip32 and https://github.com/bitcoinjs/bip39 with nodejs. I have a mnemonic ...
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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 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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Retrieving a WIF bits private key

Suppose I have a Wif private key from Electrum 4.0.9: L2pt3eVopnxfBBvMwrJV2saZeAyQfF77UQSH5WGj5q9LBS6WWBmN ( this one or the other generated from the seed is non used of course ) with a corresponding ...
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I can't remember one of the words in my 24-word mnemonic phrase [duplicate]

I wanted to import my mnemonic phrase to my new phone but I can't remember one of the words being asked that I wrote down. Is there any way to get that one? I remember all the other words.
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How can I convert my private key from bitaddress.org to WIF without putting the key into a website or a programme?

Rule number 1 says: don't put your private key into any website or programme, unless you're performing a transfer. This way you won't be robbed. Then, I want to "sweep" my money off a paper ...
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What is the math behind a private key BASE58 (P2PKH)

Using this link I can understand something about a private key BASE58 (P2PKH): "such encodings will always yield a 51-character string that starts with '5', or more specifically, either '5H', '5J'...
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Private key to WIF process

I have a private key for a storage bitcoin wallet (there's not much in there I'm just testing methods) but it is in private key form and to import it to my main wallet I need to convert it into WIF. ...
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Why bitcoin private key WIF format always be started in K or L?

According to https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Wallet_import_format, the bitcoin private wif format key is create by below step. And it says that the compressed wif key always start with 'K' or 'L', this ...
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I need a few lines of python to make WIF addresses

I have code which generates WIF keys from hex keys. It just need a few more lines to generate WIF addresses. ------------------------ import binascii, hashlib, base58, sys def convert(z): ...
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Priv Key with 58 characters to WIF

I have an old paper wallet with Private Keys of 58 characters (all starting with a 6). These can be imported e.g. on blockchain.com, but since I still have BSV on this key, I have to import/sweep it ...
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When generate WIF private key , base58check('80'.decode('hex')) not prefix as '5'

i try to generate WIF private key with python. import base58 import hashlib def b58(hex): return base58.b58encode(hex) def sha256(hex): return hashlib.sha256(hex).digest() def main(): ...
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Convert EC PRIVATE KEY from .pem into WIF

I have a openssl generated private key in the following form: $ cat priv.pem -----BEGIN EC PARAMETERS----- BgUrgQQACg== -----END EC PARAMETERS----- -----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY----- ...
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Bip32 bitcoin core wallet `hdseed` format from xprv master key

I'm trying to use a mnemonic seed to generate a bitcoin-core wallet. I know core does not support bip39, but it does support bip32 and sethdseed should make it possible to use the seed generated by a ...
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Hierarchical Deterministic (HD) Importing Funds

I'm creating derived addresses from a HD private key. I have all data saved, such as the; seed, HD private key and derived addresses with their private keys, plus wif formats. I'm receiving funds in ...
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Converting WIF as Base58 string to byte array in bash

I want to convert wif as Base58 string to byte array. Private key to WIF printf 800C28FCA386C7A227600B2FE50B7CAE11EC86D3BF1FBE471BE89827E19D72AA1D507A5B8D | xxd -r -p | base58 ...
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What is the private key format?

I wasn't aware of a private key format, however numerous stackoverflow posts hint towards a formatting of some kind Format of private key Which private key format is this? What encoding or format ...
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recover wallet in electrum from hex mpk

I´m trying to recover a wallet from which the Master Private Key (mpk) in hex format and the number of used addresses is known. Till now I could manage to convert the hex mpk to the wif format and ...
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Converting from Private Key to WIF, what am i missing?

They say a image speaks louder then 1000 words so: As you can see from the image above, this should work ? What am i missing here? This is my encode function, http://cryptocoinjs.com/modules/...
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Private key to WIF compressed: which one is correct?

This is how we can find the WIF from a private key: private_key = '000102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f101112131415161718191a1b1c1d1e1f' decoded_private_key = bitcoin.decode_privkey(private_key, 'hex') ...
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Why do we need two different formats of WIF (wallet import format)?

I know that a public key can be compressed. However, a public key and its compressed one have the same private key. Then why do we need two different Wallet import formats for each compressed and ...
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Java: way to convert a 256-bit private key to WIF?

I have a question concerning Java and sha-256. I try to do these steps discribed here to create a WIF key: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Wallet_import_format step: String string = "...
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litecoin constants and prefixes

Is there any list of litecoin constants available? Something like Bitcoin list of address prefixes
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Convert WIF to private key

I am aware how to convert the private key into WIF format in python, now I am trying to reverse this process and convert a WIF formatted private key back into a 256-bit private key, following this ...
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API to send bitcoins from paper/cold wallet?

I am making a program which will take a .wif private key, and send all funds from the wallet represented by the key to a certain address. I need this to be fully automated, but I can't seem to find ...
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Why does this code keeping giving me this error? I am just trying to understand the raw bitcoin protocol

import random def privateCeiToWif(Cei_hex) : return utils.base58CheckEncode(0x80, Cei_hex.decode('hex')) def privateCeiTopublicCei(s) : # secp256k1 : Standards for Efficient Cryptography (SEC)(...
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What is the significance of the last 5 digits of Base 58 WIF?

I'm trying to understand the Base 58 WIF number. While messing around with importing on blockchain I noticed that if you change the last five (or so) digits, it doesn't appear to affect which address ...
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Format of private key

On this website, we can see that the the private key 1 is written in this format. 5HpHagT65TZzG1PH3CSu63k8DbpvD8s5ip4nEB3kEsreAnchuDf I would like to know what is this format.
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Correct way to convert a 256-bit private key to WIF?

On the Bitcoin wiki it has steps to convert a private key to WIF. So I tried following these steps in attempt to get the same result. So I took the private key. ...
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Why are compressed private keys typically longer than their uncompressed counterpart?

From what I understood, compressed private keys are supposed to represent the same secret key, stored more efficiently thus taking up less space. I assume 'more efficiently' has to do with secp256k1 ...
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private key to wif - need help converting to base58encode (step 6 to step 7)

I am trying to learn more about how bitcoin addresses are created. I am following along with the tutorial at https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Wallet_import_format I undertsand how they do the first six ...
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php private key to wallet import format (wip)

I have been writing a php file intended to create a bitcoin private key and change it to wallet import format. The issue is when I try a command in a gnome-terminal such as: bitcoin-cli importprivkey ...
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How to import a HD wallet from an extended private key

I'd like to export a derived private key from my Electrum HD wallet, and use it as a HD wallet master key in a Mycelium wallet. I used bx to get the key like this (m/2'/0) (where m is the unencrypted ...
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What roles of WIF(Wallet Import Format)?

I am reading "Mastering Bitcoin" written by Andreas and I found this explanation about "WIF(Wallet Import Format)" Key Formats Both private and public keys can be represented in a number of ...
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WIF Format and Storing Private Keys

I'm writing an Android app which will be storing private keys for Bitcoin and a few Altcoins in an SQLite database. To store my private keys, I was initially using the WIF. When I take them out of the ...
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Private key to WIF

Based on the following link: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Wallet_import_format , a private key of 256 bits gets transformed into a WIF address that is stored in the wallet. However, my question here ...
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