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Daniel Liu
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How to export private key from keystore

#export #private #keystore #privatekey

The best solution is use command ethkey from XDC, the format is:

./ethkey inspect --private <KEYSTORE_FILENAME>
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eg:

./ethkey inspect --private \
${HOME}/.XDC/keystore/UTC--2023-03-30T10-33-35.502212159Z--xdc292e37DF073E885EA3C173173cCE40A6A532be9f
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To avoid entering a password, we can pass the password by using the --passwordfile flag, the format is:

./ethkey inspect --private --passwordfile <PASSWORD_FILENAME> <KEYSTORE_FILENAME>
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eg:

./ethkey inspect --private --passwordfile pw.txt \
${HOME}/.XDC/keystore/UTC--2023-03-30T10-33-35.502212159Z--xdc292e37DF073E885EA3C173173cCE40A6A532be9f
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Here the file pw.txt contains the password of keystore.

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Sean •

which program are we expected to run this command in?

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Daniel Liu Author •

If you created an account with command XDC account new and you need private key of this account.

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