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jackjack

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Quote from: UNOE on April 24, 2013, 03:02:38 AM

I can't seem to import the private key. I made a private key awhile back and sent a good amount of namecoin to a private key now I can't seem to import the key. I googled quit a bit you guys are the only ones even talking about importing namecoin private keys.

It's exactly like importing Bitcoin private keys
I don't know if NMC has an importprivatekey option, but pywallet can do it
It's not exactly the topic here though, so consider opening a new thread and/or PMing me if you want

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I can't seem to import the private key. I made a private key awhile back and sent a good amount of namecoin to a private key now I can't seem to import the key. I googled quit a bit you guys are the only ones even talking about importing namecoin private keys.

carpetbagger

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Cassini, that's what I did, although I haven't tried step 4 yet.

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Quote from: carpetbagger on March 31, 2013, 08:50:03 PM

You can use vanitygen with the -N option.

Did I get this right:
1.) get vanitygen from https://github.com/samr7/vanitygen or https://github.com/downloads/samr7/vanitygen/vanitygen-0.20-win.zip
2.) create a new pair of public/private keys using vanitygen -N
3.) send some namecoins to the newly generated public key (i.e. public NMC address)
4.) import the public/private keys to namecoind as soon as you want to use the namecoins
(or import the keys instantly, if you prefer)
You need namecoind V3.50, of course, as importprivkey and dumpprivkey didn't exist before.

Has anyone tried this? Did it work?

carpetbagger

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You can use vanitygen with the -N option.

jackjack

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You can still use pywallet with your wallet

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Quote from: cbeast on March 29, 2013, 11:12:46 AM

The namecoind dumpprivkey Nxxx command returns "Method not found"

You are using an old version of namecoind.

dumpprivkey didn't exist in 0.3.24.66 and before (try namecoind getinfo and look for the "version" field).

cbeast

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Quote from: Atruk on March 29, 2013, 10:29:25 AM

The same way you would for any other coin works.

I tried running namecoind in wallet, server, and mining mode. The [namecoind dumpprivkey Nxxx] command returns "Method not found" or "Server not found" every time.

Atruk

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The same way you would for any other coin works.

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Is there a way to make a paper wallet for NMC addresses?

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