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Scraped on 26/06/2025, 04:13:26 UTC
Ok, I think it's clear. So, it's much better and more accurate to say compressed public key and uncompressed public key without the word "master" when there's only one private key.

I feel that the terms "master" private key" and "master public key" were poorly chosen, because they are not keys. The traditional "master key" is a key that can open a series of locks, and that is not what a "master private key" or "master public key" does. I think more appropriate terms would be "private key master" and "public key master" because they area "key master" is used to create the keys, but it is too late for that now.
Original archived Re: Please, I need help for converting a very old btc private key to WIF.
Scraped on 26/06/2025, 04:08:34 UTC
Ok, I think it's clear. So, it's much better and more accurate to say compressed public key and uncompressed public key without the word "master" when there's only one private key.

I feel that the terms "master" private and public key were poorly chosen, because they are not keys. The traditional "master key" is a key that can open a series of locks, and that is not what a "master private key" does. I think more appropriate terms would be "private and public key master" because they are used to create the keys, but it is too late for that now.