Re: [ANN] SpreadCoin | Decentralize Everything (decentralized blockexplorer coming)
So I've accidentally sent Spreadcoin to a Stratis address.
Yes, embarrassing.
I've tried importing the Stratis privkey for that address into the Spreadcoin wallet but I get the error message "Invalid private key (code -5)"
Any suggestions as to how I might go about recovering my lost Spreadcoin?
Yes, embarrassing.
I've tried importing the Stratis privkey for that address into the Spreadcoin wallet but I get the error message "Invalid private key (code -5)"
Any suggestions as to how I might go about recovering my lost Spreadcoin?
Spreadcoin and Stratis addresses look exactly the same.
Both use Networkbyte (address prefix) of 63.
Except that Spreadcoin uses compressed public addresses.
So in a way that's a similar situation we had earlier with the guy who burned his paperwallet SPR because of a mistake.
You are in the same situation.
There is no way you can recover the SPR you sent to that Stratis-Address, because your transaction was indeed valid (there is a SPR address that looks exactly like your Stratis address).
This transaction has now long been confirmed by the blockchain,
but you don't own the actual private key of that SPR address (that looks like your Stratis address), since it would need to resolve to a compressed public address not an uncompressed.
Well.... nobody will ever own that private key to be more exact.
