Topic: trouble retrieving private key (Read 281 times)
thank you. seems like i was working with bad instructions. worked fine this time
the only other thing i could see affecting things is that i'm offline when i try to get my private keys but i don't see how this would make a difference
You don't need to be online.
been trying to get my private keys from my bitcoin core wallet but 'dumpprivkey' always returns 'error-5'.
the only thing i can think of is that i'm using the wrong public key but i'm not sure where i'm going wrong. i tried 'getaddressbyaccount', 'getaccountaddress' and 'validateaddress' in combination with the receiving address i used for the transaction but none of them will give me a public key that works in 'dumpprivkey'
the only thing i can think of is that i'm using the wrong public key but i'm not sure where i'm going wrong. i tried 'getaddressbyaccount', 'getaccountaddress' and 'validateaddress' in combination with the receiving address i used for the transaction but none of them will give me a public key that works in 'dumpprivkey'
You shouldn't be using a public key. You should be using the bitcoin address that was generated by the wallet.
Code:
dumpprivkey 1YourBitcoinAddressGoesHere
Where: 1YourBitcoinAddressGoesHere is the bitcoin address generated for that wallet file for which you want the private key.
been trying to get my private keys from my bitcoin core wallet but 'dumpprivkey' always returns 'error-5'.
the only thing i can think of is that i'm using the wrong public key but i'm not sure where i'm going wrong. i tried 'getaddressbyaccount', 'getaccountaddress' and 'validateaddress' in combination with the receiving address i used for the transaction but none of them will give me a public key that works in 'dumpprivkey'
the only other thing i could see affecting things is that i'm offline when i try to get my private keys but i don't see how this would make a difference
at a total loss here so any help is appreciated
the only thing i can think of is that i'm using the wrong public key but i'm not sure where i'm going wrong. i tried 'getaddressbyaccount', 'getaccountaddress' and 'validateaddress' in combination with the receiving address i used for the transaction but none of them will give me a public key that works in 'dumpprivkey'
the only other thing i could see affecting things is that i'm offline when i try to get my private keys but i don't see how this would make a difference
at a total loss here so any help is appreciated
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