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Quote from: goatpig on December 25, 2017, 03:01:52 PM

wow necro... go through the changelogs.

I tried today again to import a compressed private key, but same error. After your last reply i thought something must have changed, but after i gone through the changelogs again, i found nothing new?!? So the answer to my question

Quote from: uZer86 on December 25, 2017, 07:28:04 AM

Nothing new?

Could be "not yet." or did i miss something?
Its on your to-do-list, right?

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ahh ok.. just tried to import an private key (export with bitcoin-core-0.15.1) in Armory-0.96.399.

but https://picload.org/view/dddgggga/apk.png.html

Googled and found this Thread..

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wow necro... go through the changelogs.

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Nothing new?

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Thanks for clearing this up.
Too bad.. Sad

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Quote from: david123 on August 30, 2015, 06:42:54 AM

I just bumped into this old thread when I tried to import a (compressed, for sure) privkey
from multibit to armory. Is it really possible that armory *still* does not support importing
compressed private keys? Huh

New wallet format is not yet available in Armory, so sadly not. Nope, no idea when.

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I just bumped into this old thread when I tried to import a (compressed, for sure) privkey
from multibit to armory. Is it really possible that armory *still* does not support importing
compressed private keys? Huh

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Quote from: etotheipi on August 10, 2014, 07:12:22 PM

As mentioned above, the new wallet format is coming soon and Armory will finally understand compressed keys and know what to do with them.

That's good to know. I check in here occasionally to see what're the latest developments. Thanks for the good work you put into this!

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Quote from: haploid23 on August 10, 2014, 04:41:27 PM

I want to import some private keys from the Bitcoin-Qt. I used the dumpprivkey command to get the keys, but it seems like it can't be imported to Armory because these are compressed keys.

Is there any way to dump non-compresses keys from Qt so that I can use the same addresses on Armory?

Unfortunately not. Compressed and uncompressed keys have different addresses. Even if you get the uncompressed version from Bitcoin Core and import it into Armory, it will show a different address and no balance.

As mentioned above, the new wallet format is coming soon and Armory will finally understand compressed keys and know what to do with them.

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I want to import some private keys from the Bitcoin-Qt. I used the dumpprivkey command to get the keys, but it seems like it can't be imported to Armory because these are compressed keys.

Is there any way to dump non-compresses keys from Qt so that I can use the same addresses on Armory?

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Quote from: Ente on August 09, 2014, 02:23:45 PM

Quote from: Dabs on August 08, 2014, 10:41:16 AM

Updates? Also, since MS quit on XP, does that mean you (or Goat Pig) will stop making it work for XP?

(Believe it or not, I still use XP today.)

XP? *shudders*
:-P

Compressed keys will be supported with the new (BIP0032 compatible) wallet format.
That is one of the next bigger projects, so it'll be here eventually. As I understand it.

Ente

Yes. I usually use the previous 2 or 3 generations of older software while they still work on the latest hardware (or because I tend to get old hardware for free or very cheap.)

Good to know that compressed keys will be supported. I think it's way overdue.

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Quote from: Dabs on August 08, 2014, 10:41:16 AM

Updates? Also, since MS quit on XP, does that mean you (or Goat Pig) will stop making it work for XP?

(Believe it or not, I still use XP today.)

XP? *shudders*
:-P

Compressed keys will be supported with the new (BIP0032 compatible) wallet format.
That is one of the next bigger projects, so it'll be here eventually. As I understand it.

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Updates? Also, since MS quit on XP, does that mean you (or Goat Pig) will stop making it work for XP?

(Believe it or not, I still use XP today.)

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Quote from: runeks on June 08, 2014, 03:39:05 AM

So what's the status on Armory supporting compressed public keys?

I have a "compressed private key" that I'd really like to sweep into my Armory wallet.

We're trying hard to get these multi-sig features ironed out, tested, etc. Once we do that, I'll finish the new wallets, which are like 80% done already. Then there will be proper compressed key support.

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So what's the status on Armory supporting compressed public keys?

I have a "compressed private key" that I'd really like to sweep into my Armory wallet.

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Quote from: dserrano5 on September 18, 2013, 11:23:09 AM

Quote from: Ente on September 18, 2013, 10:44:27 AM

As long as all programs recognize both compressed and uncompressed adresses, it's all good.
If, for some reason, a firstbits service only looks through the compressed or uncompressed adresses […]

Ok now I'm sure you're serious

. A firstbits service doesn't need to look at this, it looks at the address and nothing else. Two different addresses can't map to the same fb, period.

I'm serious, but I'm wrong ;-)
Yes, thinking about it, what's in the blockchain is safe. Or something.

So, when eventually all programs know both formats, and may even watch both formats for a given privkey, all is fine.

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Quote from: Ente on September 18, 2013, 10:44:27 AM

As long as all programs recognize both compressed and uncompressed adresses, it's all good.
If, for some reason, a firstbits service only looks through the compressed or uncompressed adresses […]

Ok now I'm sure you're serious

. A firstbits service doesn't need to look at this, it looks at the address and nothing else. Two different addresses can't map to the same fb, period.

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Quote from: dserrano5 on September 18, 2013, 07:29:22 AM

Quote from: Ente on September 18, 2013, 06:49:11 AM

Then we have compressed and uncompressed firstbits.

Not sure if serious. firstbits is a mapping to an address, whether it comes from a compressed key or not. My 12345 happens to be an uncompressed one—another address that starts with 12345 and comes from a compressed key will have different firstbits due to the need to disambiguate the prefix, not because of the underlying key.

As long as all programs recognize both compressed and uncompressed adresses, it's all good.
If, for some reason, a firstbits service only looks through the compressed or uncompressed adresses, or converts all of them to compressed or uncompressed adresses, people are mapping different adresses to the same firstbits.
This probably won't happen.
But then, I tried to import a compressed adress in Armory, didn't work. So I converted it to uncompressed, Armory importet that. But didn't show the balance after rescanning the blockchain..

I now expect unexpected behavior at every corner. Importing/exporting between clients? Blockexplorer? Firstbits? Try to explain that sht to a non-techie..

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Well, firstbits is not really part of the bitcoin protocol. It's just, what are the first parts of your bitcoin address, which is first-come-first-serve in the blockchain or when your address first appears.

Don't give the firstbigs address UNTIL you have seen your FULL address being used.

I use compressed keys almost exclusively now. No reason for me to use any uncompressed keys, except old addresses that are still getting coins sent to them.

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Quote from: Ente on September 18, 2013, 06:49:11 AM

Then we have compressed and uncompressed firstbits.

Not sure if serious. firstbits is a mapping to an address, whether it comes from a compressed key or not. My 12345 happens to be an uncompressed one—another address that starts with 12345 and comes from a compressed key will have different firstbits due to the need to disambiguate the prefix, not because of the underlying key.

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