where the fuck can i enter my private key and see my balance. why does every fucking site want me to enter my email and shit. i just want to enter my bitcoin private key and unlock my fucking wallet.
somebody give me a site that does this right fucking now. jesus fucking christ.
will this shit wallet let me enter my private key and see the resulting bitcoin address?
this is in non-hex format 6583645390246129625234757418636474088900976031448194536254326620352381760545
it actually doesnt have any balance in it but i need to verify that the ecc key i generated and the resulting pub key matches that of the standard secp256k1 curve (because the rust lib im using is still fairly new idk if i can trust it). but there are no fucking online tools to do this. and every javascript and python fucking piece of shit library only generates pubkeys from randomized buffers. JESUS FUCKING CHRIST> WHY THE FUCK ARE THERE NO BITCOIN WALLETS THAT LET YOU JUST CONVERT PRIVATE -> PUBLIC KEY:> FICKCKCKCKCK.
i thought the whole poijt of this shit ecosysstem is that you are your own fucking bank and have your own priv key. fuck you
Carter Rivera
fuck you this doesnt work. fucking kys. it wants it in WIF format. im not downloading another fucking bitcoin js library just to convert the private key to wif. somebody give me a wallet right fucking now where i can just enter my private key and unlock it.
FUCKING KYS. 9 replies later and not a single one of you has given me a fucking wallet were i just enter my private key. fuck crypto. this whole thing is a fucking scam. whats the point of having a FUCKING PRIVATE KEY IF YOU CANT EVEN ENTER IT ANYWHERE
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid point encoding 0x30 at org.bouncycastle.math.ec.ECCurve.decodePoint(Unknown Source) at org.bouncycastle.jce.ECPointUtil.decodePoint(Unknown Source) at Wallet.Wallet.setPublic(Wallet.java:125)
What am I doing wrong? Is there a better/easier way to do this?
EDIT: I've managed to get some code to compile, but it does not work correctly:
Also, get a hardware wallet. You are not made for this. The chance of a hardware backdoor is minimal and the chance you will get keylogged and raped out if your coins is astronomical.
>sincerely hoping this is bait
Bentley Reyes
Private key management should be an important industry by now. OP is rather correct in his outrage.
Juan Torres
Exactly. This shit is a complete joke. You think normys will do this shit? Lol
>I'll use a non-standard data format! >WTF nothing supports my non-standard format! That said, reading this thread was painful. I don't like being reminded that this place is full of idiots.
John Young
you can uncomment the last line too and pk.address() will spit out the address corresponding to your private or public key as well.
Jackson Clark
how is the private key in raw format non-standard? its literally the most standard you can get... literally just multiply the base point by the private key...
thanks i already solved the problem tho. you can just use an eth address and the standard ecrecover will tell you if the pub key matches
Benjamin Jones
Because bitcoin is a mash of bitcoin-specific data standards. Base58Check, WIF, BIP39, etc. You're trying to turn it into a bitcoin-specific address, so the input expected is bitcoin-specific WIF. Glad you found a workaround though. It's good to see someone actually writing code in this wasteland.
Nathan Hill
thinking my next project will be to fully explain the technical workings of bitcoin so anons can code their own stuff from scratch. I absolutely hate plugging my shit into websites. It's like a minefield of, 'who's gonna steal my keys today?'
Easton Fisher
There's actually a few sites like that already. I just found this while looking for an online WIF converter for you: learnmeabitcoin.com/glossary/wif There's also the bitcoin wiki of course and the bitcoin core developer documentation. bitcoin.org/en/developer-documentation I'm sure there's others. It's probably just the nature of the space for there to be scattered and redundant documentation and explanations.
Tyler Watson
Try Atomic Wallet. You can create a wallet there, and import your private keys to it. Best part is, it'll give you a 12 word seed phrase that you can memorize to get back access to your wallet at any time, even if you wipe your computer.
Adrian Davis
I spent just about half the day learning about my cold wallet and its mechanics, even had to email tech support to ask a bunch of questions that were answered in the FAQ. I understand OP's sentiments. It's not an easy thing to digest, there's A LOT to learn.