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Bitcoin => Bitcoin Technical Support => Topic started by: esctun on August 27, 2022, 12:38:26 PM



Title: This private key for which wallet ?
Post by: esctun on August 27, 2022, 12:38:26 PM
Hi guys -

I like to know for which wallet this private key and where i can import it




https://i.ibb.co/51DDH68/Capture.png


Thanks.


Title: Re: This private key for which wallet ?
Post by: OmegaStarScream on August 27, 2022, 12:43:06 PM
This doesn't look like a bitcoin private key[1] and to answer your question, you can't tell to which wallet a private key belongs to. If it's a valid private key, you should be able to import it anywhere you want.

[1] https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Private_key


Title: Re: This private key for which wallet ?
Post by: esctun on August 27, 2022, 12:45:38 PM
I already checked this link before https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Private_key
But still can't found a clear answer.


Title: Re: This private key for which wallet ?
Post by: ABCbits on August 27, 2022, 12:46:42 PM
I use Linux as my daily driver and it looks like PGP or SSH private key rather than Bitcoin private key. For now, i only can recommend you to jog your memory about when or how you obtain that private key.


Title: Re: This private key for which wallet ?
Post by: esctun on August 27, 2022, 12:53:12 PM
I use Linux as my daily driver and it looks like PGP or SSH private key rather than Bitcoin private key. For now, i only can recommend you to jog your memory about when or how you obtain that private key.

Logic answer, Thank you :)


Title: Re: This private key for which wallet ?
Post by: epsi1on on September 01, 2022, 03:47:52 PM
AFAIK the bitcoin uses 32 byte private key, but this private key seems to be way more that 32 bytes, so I think it does not belong to a bitcoin address.

The store format seems to be PKCS8 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PKCS_8).