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How to import a plain private key into geth or Mist?
Paste the key into a text file, save it to disk and use the path to that file with geth account import. Here are some example Windows instructions that might help:
Open Notepad
Paste key into notepad ...
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How to import a plain private key into geth or Mist?
Use the following command in the geth console
web3.personal.importRawKey("<Private Key>","<New Password>")
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"SyntaxError: Unexpected token import" on truffle test
All it needed was to add a package.json file to the project directory with some babel dependencies and doing an 'npm install'. Also, adding a '.babelrc' file to the truffle project directory. Finally, ...
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geth import vs copying chaindata
geth saves its internal states for the main network in the chaindata directory. You can find it in the directory:
~/.ethereum on linux
~/Library/Ethereum on OS X
~/AppData/Roaming/Ethereum
It uses ...
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How to import a plain private key into geth or Mist?
Mist has no way to import via GUI, so you need to import using command line (geth). It will show up in your Mist immediately.
For Mac:
Open TextEdit
Paste key into TextEdit without any extra ...
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How should we set a import path in solidity?
Files and paths are explained in detail here: http://solidity.readthedocs.org/en/latest/layout-of-source-files.html
Key points:
Paths
In import "filename";, filename is always treated as a path ...
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geth import vs copying chaindata
Copying the .ethereum/chaindata folder is a good idea. I've done that on my Rpi2 and everything worked fine. Also, if it's not fully synced on the original machine, the RPi2 will just start syncing ...
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How to import a plain private key into geth or Mist?
For Linux:
when you download the mist wallet, you'll get a folder. Inside the folder is where the mist wallet is. After you run the mist wallet, you need to get on cli.
Go to /...
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"SyntaxError: Unexpected token import" on truffle test
I tried i_robot's solution, and it almost* worked, I had to add:
require('babel-register')({
ignore: /node_modules\/(?!zeppelin-solidity)/
});
require('babel-polyfill');
at the top of my truffle....
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Importing private key: Why is it so fast?
I guess the speed comparison is against importing a Bitcoin private key. If so, the cause of the difference is due to
Bitcoin is based on unspent transaction outputs (UTXO). Each bitcoin transaction ...
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Add existing wallet to geth with address and password
You won't be able to access your account without the private key which is not the same as the password.
Your private key is stored in the keystore directory within the Ethereum data directory (per ...
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How to import a plain private key into Parity?
In addition to stone.212's answer, here is another way:
Simply follow the instructions to import a private key into Geth, and then copy your keystore file into Parity's keys folder.
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How do I import from / install OpenZeppelin properly?
Here are the full steps starting from a blank truffle project. You could replace truffle init with truffle unbox <package> if you want to start from a Truffle box.
Create a new directory
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Can I test different OS and combine the keystore folder later?
Answer
The short answer to your question is yes you can test your keys/wallets on different OS's.
Important Note:
KEEP MULTIPLE BACKUPS OF YOUR KEYS IN SECURE/SEPARATE PLACES
Other Comments
If ...
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Possible to Import wallet from keystore folder?
Copy the "Keystore" folder into the .ethereum (Hidden folder in Ubuntu) then run geth -updatedb to syncronize
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Migration from Geth to Parity: Is there anything to copy/export?
No, you cannot import/export blockchain between geth and parity. However you can import/export wallets between clients.
To import to geth you can actually try the --fast command with geth. If it is ...
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Is there a way to manually import a private key into Mist?
Copy your private key into a file, eg privatekey.txt
In Linux or Mac, from your Ethereum Wallet (Mist) subdirectory, type
./resources/node/geth/geth account import privatekey.txt
In Windows, from ...
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geth import vs copying chaindata
I exported the full blockchain on 1.088.000 Blocks in 13 min. (1.00 GB)
To import it on a Ubuntu 14.04 machine and not bad Hardware it tooks over 8 Hours! So import or fully synch from scratch is not ...
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How to import solidity libraries in mix?
So it turns out there is an issue in the current release...they have been notified.
The work around is to use the full path.
I also didn't realize that the full path is case sensitive.
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How to import solidity libraries in mix?
You can't import Truffle libraries to any contract in Mix. The thing is that Truffle use your imports to build an only .sol file, so the compiler doesn't import anything. If you want to debug your ...
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solc not importing from github
According to this, solc does not allow to import from github directly. You need to clone the repo and remap the directory path to be able to use them like in browser-solidity.
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Solidity: accessing a library constant in a contract that imports the library
Try
pragma solidity ^0.4.7;
library lib {
bytes1 public constant flag = 0x01;
function g() constant returns (bytes1){
return flag;
}
}
contract test {
bytes1 x = lib.g();
}
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How to import an account in parity using CLI?
here is how to do it(Ubuntu):
mv ~/.local/share/io.parity.ethereum/keys/DevelopmentChain ~/someFolder
cd ~/someFolder/DevelopmentChain
parity account import . --chain dev
Caveat: if you don't ...
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How to import a plain private key into Parity?
I seem to remember just copying them into .local/share/io...../keys. The keys I had were generated on myetherwallet though, not geth. Or depending on how you installed, it might be ~/.parity/keys.
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How can import one contract functions in solidity
You can do this by putting this contract in your directory and importing it in your main contract and inherit it. You can import any file by using this syntax on the top of your file:
import <...
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"onlyOwner" Function restrict the call from child contract
Sammu Sundar.
It happens because your Logic contract is not an owner/creator of the Storage contract (from what I understood).
In this case, it would be better to introduce an additional access ...
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What happens if GitHub path for import changes?
I see where your doubt is coming from.
Remix allows imports directly from github for quick development.
But development environments such as truffle & hardhat do not support HTTP/HTTPS imports. ...
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How to use contracts from project dependencies in Brownie scripts?
You're close.
The dependencies section identifies where you want to download. You've correctly placed that part using github syntax. You want to download organization OpenZeppelin with repo ...
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Migration from Geth to Parity: Is there anything to copy/export?
This is documented at https://wiki.parity.io/Importing-a-Chain-from-Geth.html
In essence, you can create a fifo using mkfifo, and then run
geth export /tmp/yourfifo
Put that in the background, and ...
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Migration from Geth to Parity: Is there anything to copy/export?
Nothing special needs to be done. Private keys will be imported automatically.
On a typical machine, it will take around 1 hour to sync with the network.
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