Gridcoin-research: Unable to import private keys!

Created on 19 Jun 2017 · 27Comments · Source: gridcoin-community/Gridcoin-Research

Hello, I am the user on steemit who previously claimed that they could not import private keys, this is shown in this screenshot http://ibb.co/nwqh8Q The issue was marked as closed, but clearly it does not work. I have updated to the latest client. Thank you.

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diorthotis

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You can also comment on closed issues to get them reopened: https://github.com/gridcoin/Gridcoin-Research/issues/388

Can you try creating a test wallet, exporting the key then importing it? If that doesn't work then something might be wrong, but it also could be that you've been provided an invalid private key.

grctest on 19 Jun 2017

You also shouldn't be showing anyone that picture, since it's plaintext and someone else could try using it?

grctest on 19 Jun 2017

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going to take a single wallets 50 grc from testnet. i send that to a seperate grc address for the example

whoops nevermind i read up ahha (tired) :) my bad. it only says it is an invalid key when its not a valid privatekey

bool fGood = vchSecret.SetString(strSecret);

if (!fGood) throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "Invalid private key");

also that picture shows the private key i used in my test. and that was on testnet. testnet has different addresses then production thus why that came back invalid

@diorthotis u'd have to use my privatekey on testnet for that to come back valid and have that 50 grc appear in ur wallet when its synced up and rescanned the chain

It is possible you have been given an incorrect key or perhaps ur missing a character . cant rule out human error.

iFoggz on 19 Jun 2017

@diorthotis How are you getting on with this? Did you successfully try a test export/import? If so and it succeeded, it's worth asking the website for your correct private key.

grctest on 20 Jun 2017

@diorthotis i agree with @grctest there has been some kind of disconnect regarding the correct privatekey. i have tested importprivkey on testnet and my wallet on production without a problem. it could be as simple as a missing character on the end or begin of the privatekey u have that can cause problems. cheers and i wish u the best.

iFoggz on 20 Jun 2017

There is still a chance that they are exporting private key from Gridcoin classis, which is incompatible.

tomasbrod on 20 Jun 2017

Are you certain that you are trying to import a private key not already in your wallet? If you simply dumpprivkey then importprivkey, the error does not show, but if you try importing a private key from a paper wallet or the coinomi recovery phrase site, then it gives "invalid private key".

diorthotis on 23 Jun 2017

yes. i dumped the private key and went onto a seperate wallet and imported it. on both testnet to testnet wallet and production wallet to production wallet. both cases worked as it should

edit: im not using any sites or other wallets then the gridcoin wallet 3.5.9.0. i also willl note i have printed keys of all my wallet grc address printed on a paper copy. i dont know why you have a wrong key but it if it was valid it would work as it should.

edit2: idk how coinomi works being a multi coin wallet.

iFoggz on 23 Jun 2017

Ok, but have you tried importing a coinomi recovery phrase generated private key? I think it will not work. This is stupid I don't care anymore don't fix the freakin wallet. Obviously it is not working. But I don't care to try and convince you anymore. The problem is obvious but you still refuse to even admit there is one. When you can see that the coinomi gridcoin generated private keys don't work, you will probably say then it is not your software problem, but an error with coinomi. So I am done caring, since this runaround is annoying.

diorthotis on 23 Jun 2017

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coinomi is coinomi. a multi coin wallet. its there system. have u tried importing coinomi to coinomi? btw which is it? coinvault as in the steemit post or coinomi as in this post?
you trusted your grc in a 3rd party wallet and u blame the 1st party. coinomi can modify whatever they want.

privatekeys are not recoverable if messed up. you expect us to recover the key for ur trust in a 3rd party. u should be contacting them.

and ive tried and tested our wallet. not coinomi. i wudnt trist my grc in another persons wallet.

iFoggz on 23 Jun 2017

@diorthotis Where do you generate the phrase to a key?

denravonska on 23 Jun 2017

Click the "generate random phrane" https://coinomi.com/recovery-phrase-tool.html

diorthotis on 23 Jun 2017

@diorthotis Cool, I'll try it out this evening.

denravonska on 23 Jun 2017

Ok, but have you tried importing a coinomi recovery phrase generated private key?

A Coinomi generated backup phase is not the same as a Gridcoin private key. You're inputting invalid data, the Gridcoin client is not at fault. Go raise an issue on the Coinomi GitHub repo if you have issues with the Coinomi wallet, nevermind the original coinvault issue.

grctest on 23 Jun 2017

@grctest You can generate a Gridcoin priv key on their site so either they generate invalid keys or our importer is broken.

denravonska on 23 Jun 2017

I don't think you understand. The gridcoin private keys generated using the mneumonic generator are not being accepted by the gridcoin core client. I think it is the beginning letter of the private key. The private keys generated from the core wallet all start with the same letter, while the mnemonic generated keys start with an L or a K. If you can't fix it just close the issue and forget about it.

diorthotis on 24 Jun 2017

Alright, now I've done some digging and it looks like Coinomi generates invalid keys. The version field inside the generated key should be either 128+62 for production network or 128+111 for testnet. The version in the Coinomi address is just 128. I think you have to file a bug report to Coinomi.

Edit: I've sent a mail to their support.