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Board Bitcoin Technical Support
Merits 3 from 3 users
Re: BTC address missing characters
by
LoyceV
on 14/02/2022, 15:23:29 UTC
⭐ Merited by Cookdata (1) ,ETFbitcoin (1) ,vapourminer (1)
Hi Guys i have 2 addresses not sure what the balance is, but i have the private key which begins with Letter K one has 49 characters and the other has 54 can anyone help?
A WIF private key starting with K is supposed to have 52 characters:
WIF (Wallet Import Format) (51 characters base58, starting with "5").
Example: 5KMWmYkn5YWkJnUDG4utD9L1HXQv3DBseqqCGsQXmthcEerbA7k

What's the story behind missing 3 and adding 2 characters? It's not too much to make brute-forcing impossible, but if for instance your handwriting is the cause of the mistakes, chances are there are more incorrect characters.