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get address from privateKey #473

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roccomuso opened this issue Jan 30, 2020 · 4 comments
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get address from privateKey #473

roccomuso opened this issue Jan 30, 2020 · 4 comments

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@roccomuso
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How to generate an address given a private Key with this lib?
is it documented?
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wehmoen commented Mar 13, 2020

You have to derive the public key from the given private key and use the "account_by_key" api: https://developers.steem.io/apidefinitions/account-by-key-api

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wehmoen commented Mar 13, 2020

Keep in mind there can be more than 1 account with the same keyset

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like a collision?

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wehmoen commented Mar 15, 2020

Keys aren't unique on Steem. You can use the same key for multiple accounts.

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