I'm new. Sorry for the question. Please, help me to understand why I can't import a similar private key to metamask:
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEBAAEDCE8AF48A04CBFD47E8CB0366361 how I can fix this?
Cheers
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Sign up to join this communityI'm new. Sorry for the question. Please, help me to understand why I can't import a similar private key to metamask:
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEBAAEDCE8AF48A04CBFD47E8CB0366361 how I can fix this?
Cheers
Because it is not a valid secp256k1 private key.
From Secp256k1 the order of the generator G is
FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFE BAAEDCE6 AF48A03B BFD25E8C D0364141
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Which is smaller that the private key
FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFE BAAEDCE8 AF48A04C BFD47E8C B0366361
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