This is such a basic question, but I can not figure out how to import a plain, unencrypted private key into geth or mist?
I tried geth account import 7[......]bla
but it seems this command is always looking for an unencrypted keyfile.
Any ideas?
go-ethereumimportprivate-key
This is such a basic question, but I can not figure out how to import a plain, unencrypted private key into geth or mist?
I tried geth account import 7[......]bla
but it seems this command is always looking for an unencrypted keyfile.
Any ideas?
Best Answer
Paste the key into a text file, save it to disk and use the path to that file with
geth account import
. Here are some example Windows instructions that might help:nothing_special_delete_me.txt
atC:\
geth account import C:\nothing_special_delete_me.txt
C:\nothing_special_delete_me.txt
If you do not have geth installed already, do the following steps after step 3, and the continue to step 4:
cd c:\Ethereum-Wallet-win64-0-7-3\resources\node\geth
(insert your correct path there)