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Just the opposite of this question How to import a plain private key into geth or Mist? I would like to know how can I obtain the private keys of the accounts created with geth in this way:

$ geth --testnet account new

I've been looking for private key files on ~/.ethereum/keystore but there is only one file for coinbase account. No files for the rest of accounts created.

How can I obtain those missing files? Why are they missing? Thx!

I've already seen How can I import geth accounts into eth? but problem is in my system keystore files don't even exist for most of the geth accounts created, except coinbase.

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For test net, the folder you are looking for is ~/.ethereum/testnet/keystore/.

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  • Thx! Absolutely right.
    – Juan Ignacio Pérez Sacristán
    Sep 16, 2016 at 12:22
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    in case you will use windows check %AppData%\Roaming\Ethereum\testnet\keystore
    – Badr Bellaj ♦
    Sep 16, 2016 at 21:39
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    On Mac, it's ~/Library/Ethereum/testnet
    – Travis Reeder
    Jul 24, 2017 at 4:57
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    this answer is incorrect. JSON account file is not the private key. Private key is a 64 byte sequence encoded in HEX.To get this key you have to decrypt the JSON file first.
    – Nulik
    Oct 10, 2018 at 18:56
  • @Nulik and how do you do that?
    – Andyc
    Dec 6, 2021 at 14:43

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