Question regarding encrypted private key

[jamesny]

I have an encrypted  (was encrypted by MultiBit) private key file my_private_key.key.

I am trying to decrypt it but i'm not sure i am using the correct password.

The command:

openssl enc -d -p -aes-256-cbc -a -in my_private_key.key -out decoded.key -pass pass:<MY PASSWORD>

exists with status 0.

Does that indicates that I've used the correct password for decryption?

When trying to import/sweep it i get that it's invalid, so i guess something is not right...

Any help?

Thanks.

[mocacinno]

I have an encrypted  (was encrypted by MultiBit) private key file my_private_key.key.

I am trying to decrypt it but i'm not sure i am using the correct password.

The command:

openssl enc -d -p -aes-256-cbc -a -in my_private_key.key -out decoded.key -pass pass:<MY PASSWORD>

exists with status 0.

Does that indicates that I've used the correct password for decryption?

When trying to import/sweep it i get that it's invalid, so i guess something is not right...

Any help?

Thanks.

have you followed this tutorial:
https://github.com/keepkey/multibit/wiki/Export%20and%20limited%20import%20of%20private%20keys
?

exit code 0 usually means successfull..

[HCP]

How exactly are you trying to import it?

The key file is simply a text file, you should be able to open it in a text editor like notepad and read the key. So your decode.key file should look something like like this:

# KEEP YOUR PRIVATE KEYS SAFE !
# Anyone who can read this file can spend your bitcoin.
#
# Format:
#   <Base58 encoded private key>[<whitespace>[<key createdAt>]]
#
#   The Base58 encoded private keys are the same format as
#   produced by the Satoshi client/ sipa dumpprivkey utility.
#
#   Key createdAt is in UTC format as specified by ISO 8601
#   e.g: 2011-12-31T16:42:00Z . The century, 'T' and 'Z' are mandatory
#
KyRmhgasglarh389hskhqkhrkhakhskfafsfsdfsfhf3hhhsfkjhszhjfT 2009-10-27T22:04:57Z
# End of private keys

if however you see something like:

U2FsdGVkX1+F2I5kp4D+8Hf1xUzasfh39rf13hfhkjsahkjkdsafsdg32eVYkNy5hJD+pCu0qxY3
kTGafssafsafasfsafsyM//sPCejwafsdsdgsfsn+gu3tgsdghsfdfdA

Then the file is still encrypted.

[HI-TEC99]

Can you find a file called decoded.key after you run the quoted command? If you can find it, and open it in notepad it should look like the example HCP posted.

If you can't find decoded.key then try this command instead of the one you were using, but swap 111111111111111 for your password.

openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -a -in my_private_key.key -pass pass:111111111111111 > decoded.key

If a file called decoded.key appears in the openssl folder after you run it then it worked.