Your private key is incorrect in some way. That is what that message means. You are probably missing a character somewhere, maybe forgot to copy one at the end.
This one, or try including label so:importprivkey yourPrivateKey "TheLabelThatYouWant"
Topic: Invalid encoding error when importing private key in Bitcoin core (Read 591 times)
importprivkey yourPrivateKey "TheLabelThatYouWant"
November 08, 2016, 11:17:28 AM
Your private key is incorrect in some way. That is what that message means. You are probably missing a character somewhere, maybe forgot to copy one at the end.
November 08, 2016, 10:53:12 AM
I tried to import private keys using the debug console in Bitcoin core client. I use the following command
and I get the following error message
Any idea what is wrong? A google search did not give me a hint.
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importprivkey 5K... MyNewAddress
and I get the following error message
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Invalid private key encoding (code -5)
Any idea what is wrong? A google search did not give me a hint.
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