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Re: Found a Private Key but the lenght dont looks right
by
LoyceV
on 06/03/2021, 18:01:46 UTC
4fb5hhxi75abc2cbd48TZi875XY123456abcdefghBCA15iWCo8i --- the Problem

(53 Characters, i read everywhere it has to be 51 for Base58)
You've posted 52 characters. I hope you didn't post the real key though!

These are my records on private key length:
Bitcoin private keys (this section is largely based on data from bitaddress.org)
  • WIF (Wallet Import Format) (51 characters base58, starting with "5").
    Example: 5KMWmYkn5YWkJnUDG4utD9L1HXQv3DBseqqCGsQXmthcEerbA7k
  • WIF Compressed (52 characters base58, starting with "K" or "L").
    Example: L41YPdADy46J9Vh77WGR2bktFwEZ6knza2Xim3Urq9CEWynkkLgn
    Note: both WIF and WIF Compressed are derived from the same private key, but result in different Bitcoin addresses.
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