How to import say 1million bitcoin privkeys in bitcoind / bitcoin-qt?

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I was wondering if there are ways to automate / mass private key import into the bitcoin client. Anyone knows of a command or has a script or an idea to share?

thanks.

huahua

Posted 2014-03-27T12:50:45.297

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Export the keys from your current client (which should be just a few) and then replace your wallet.dat with the same file from the wallet that hold the 1 million private keys, then import your original keys and you're all set. – George Kimionis – 2014-05-02T19:23:15.550

Use the importwallet command. Try dumpwallet to see thr file format. – Pieter Wuille – 2014-06-02T07:40:37.047

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Well...
You could automate it using the JSON RPC and slowly work through the keys, however this will be kinda slow. If you actually need to work with 1 million keys, you may need to consider an alternative option.

What is it you need to do with the keys?

Zach Mertes

Posted 2014-03-27T12:50:45.297

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