RangeError: private key length is invalid

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I am trying to sign a message using the following code:ethJsUtil.ecsign(ethJsUtil.sha256(msg),new Buffer('0x...'))

Where 0x... is my private key taken from MyEtherWallet. It gives the error in the title both with and without the 0x at the beginning

Joe · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-12 09:51:03Z

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ethJsUtil.ecsign(ethJsUtil.sha256(msg),ethJsUtil.toBuffer('0x...')) works. new Buffer was returning an empty buffer

answered Jul 12, 2017 at 9:51

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Mike Shultz · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-16 01:51:47Z

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Basically you pasted:

node ./keygen.js 0xdd0c9ec256a7e76a6693a0d2dea01a6de6b7dfeaf3afcaef7b95647758c79c1a

Instead of:

node ./keygen.js dd0c9ec256a7e76a6693a0d2dea01a6de6b7dfeaf3afcaef7b95647758c79c1a

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answered Jul 13, 2017 at 19:04

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Please explain the relevance of this answer. It's been flagged by two different users and I reluctantly will clean this up if it gets another flag.
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