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Where is private key?

Open tt2105 opened this issue 5 years ago • 5 comments

Hello. Created a new wallet etс. How to view the private key? Help, please.

tt2105 avatar Aug 03 '20 05:08 tt2105

ver.2.2. This directory - C:\Users<username>\AppData\Roaming.emerald\mainnet\keystore - absent

tt2105 avatar Aug 03 '20 12:08 tt2105

Hi. Can you check C:\Users<username>\AppData\.emerald? aAl keys and wallets are stored as plain files now, no sub-directories per chain anymore

splix avatar Aug 03 '20 15:08 splix

Thanks for the answer. I have 4 wallets. 3 ported from Jaxx. 1 created a new one. Found 3 files of "key" type in the directory. Opened each one through wordpad, but there are no private keys in them. And most importantly, where is the 4th file of the "key" type? And where else can I see the private keys for wallets?

tt2105 avatar Aug 03 '20 16:08 tt2105

.key file is actual private key, for imported wallets. For standard wallets it uses only .seed file, so you don't see key files for standard wallets.

Did you migrate from previous version of the Emerald wallet, or have a fresh install?

splix avatar Aug 03 '20 17:08 splix

I have a fresh install v2.2

tt2105 avatar Aug 04 '20 07:08 tt2105