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Title: Private keys format Post by: Brunt, FCA on December 19, 2013, 09:34:28 AM I have dumped 2 private keys from my Bitcoin-QT wallet, and they are in L**** format.
How can I get these keys in 5**** format, so that I can import them into an Electrum wallet? I can't really transfer the funds, as they are mostly bitdust, plus I want to keep the same addresses in Electrum. Title: Re: Private keys format Post by: Abdussamad on December 19, 2013, 01:32:30 PM Those are compressed keys and you can import them as is using Electrum 1.9 or higher. You can't use them at all with older versions of electrum.
Title: Re: Private keys format Post by: Wilhelm on December 19, 2013, 02:18:11 PM Some options:
bitaddress.org has some tools to change the format blockchain.info import Title: Re: Private keys format Post by: xeroc on December 19, 2013, 02:36:18 PM you may use the converter provided at brainwallet.org
Title: Re: Private keys format Post by: Brunt, FCA on December 19, 2013, 03:37:30 PM OK, thanks for the information.
I figured out what I was doing wrong. I was trying to use Electrum's built-in console. When I used the menu Wallet>Private keys>import then it accepted the keys in L**** format correctly. [SOLVED] Title: Re: Private keys format Post by: Abdussamad on December 19, 2013, 03:46:30 PM Some options: bitaddress.org has some tools to change the format blockchain.info import you may use the converter provided at brainwallet.org The address for a compressed key is different from that of an uncompressed key. So you have to import the compressed key or you won't be able to access your coins. Title: Re: Private keys format Post by: jackjack on December 19, 2013, 04:11:53 PM Some options: Yeah good luck converting a compressed key into an uncompressed keybitaddress.org has some tools to change the format Title: Re: Private keys format Post by: bitpop on December 21, 2013, 07:09:08 PM Brain wallet calculator
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