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My goal is to understand the bitcoin internals.
Here is what i have done:
I have downloaded, maked and installed bitcoin sourcecode from github.
I have launched the bitcoind daemon. Everything seems to work because i can generate addresses with bitcoin-cli.
My first question is: When and How my private/public key was generated ? I had nothing to do for that and i am wondering when this operation was done.
My second question is: I know this is not a good practice but if i only know my private/public key in clear format (not encrypted): Is there a way for me to "import" this public/private key into my bitcoin wallet. In other words, can i say if i know my public/private key, i know everything.
Thanks
Thanks a lot for your answer. Can you tell me what is the syntax or command that can import a private key into bitcoind ? – Bob5421 – 2019-08-23T14:47:50.460
this is a good reference I have never done such a thing, but I once read this reference, that users should never import (or export) private keys
– vincenzopalazzo – 2019-08-23T15:33:18.333