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Title: Public -> Private -> Public doesn't give same address? Post by: utdrmac on January 06, 2017, 05:52:14 PM Hello,
I've got several addresses in my blockchain.info account. I decided to import them into Electrum. I used the private key from bc.i for address 1xxxx.... but when I imported it, the resulting address showed 1yyyy... It was completely different! I even re-imported the same private key back into bc.i and it too imported a completely different address (same address that Electrum showed). What the heck happened? Can I no longer use those older addresses? Some are vanity with custom prefix that I'd like to keep using. Yes, they are all at least 2-4 years old. Did some calculation standard change recently? Thanks! Title: Re: Public -> Private -> Public doesn't give same address? Post by: longbob72 on January 06, 2017, 06:03:51 PM When getting the private keys of imported addresses in blockchain.info, you'll get completely different private keys instead. Follow the instructions here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1600645.msg16079990#msg16079990) to convert it.
Title: Re: Public -> Private -> Public doesn't give same address? Post by: utdrmac on January 06, 2017, 07:54:37 PM When getting the private keys of imported addresses in blockchain.info, you'll get completely different private keys instead. Follow the instructions here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1600645.msg16079990#msg16079990) to convert it. Awesome! Thank you! Had to bust out a windows vm for this but it was painless otherwise. |