One of the two pairs of private and public cryptographic keys that each account has, with the private spend key used to spend any funds in the account.
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If I saved my view key and spend key can I recover my wallet if my mnemonic seed is lost?
I accidentally deleted by my wallet file and mnemonic seed. Can I recover my wallet with my view key and spend key? If yes, then how do I do so?
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What are the "public" viewkeys and spendkeys?
If you create a paper wallet at www.moneroaddress.org or create a wallet with simplewallet, you are provided with private view and spend keys. If you create a paper wallet at https://xmr.llcoins.net/ you also are shown public view and spend keys in…
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private spend key versus mnemonic seed
What is the difference between a private spend key and mnemonic seed?
Can both be used to sign a transaction? Are there any things that I can derive from one but not the other?
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Can I retroactively add the spendkey to a watch only wallet?
If yes, how can this be done?
The reason being that I want to spend the balance, but I don't want to set the wallet up again and sync it as this takes a while. It's just a time saver I'm hoping for.
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Is the entropy for the mnemonic seed and the private spend key exactly the same?
Since one is just another representation of the other, is the entropy for the mnemonic seed and the private spend key exactly the same?
Are there any security benefits of using one over the other for wallet storage and recovery purposes?
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What significance does the wallet public spendkey and public viewkey have in a transaction?
I was just wondering what function does the public keys in a wallet address have in creating a transaction or receiving a transaction from someone?
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Can the import\export key images command can be used to check the balance of a paperwallet?
The import/export key images command can be used to check the balance of a view only wallet.
But is there a way to use it to check the balance of an already set up Paperwallet?
Is it possible to get a transaction key image from a Paperwallet without…
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Minimum amount of keys needed to recover funds?
Is it possible to recover all your xmr funds from providing only your private spend key? Or do you need the private view key too?
What is the minimum one needs to sweep all coins out from an address? And how can this be done in the cli if you only…
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In Monero can you sweep a wallet if you *ONLY* have the private spend key?
Monero has 4 keys associated with each address:
public view key
public spend key
private view key
private spend key
Can you sweep all coins from an address if you only have the private spend key?
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I have a private key for a monero address. Which application lets me load in a custom private key to spend from?
If I have a monero private key, how can I spend from it? Which program lets me import this key and spend from it?
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Do sub-addresses and disposable addresses have their own private viewkeys and spendkeys?
I was just wondering since disposable addresses and sub-addresses are derived from the main wallet address.
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Is there a javascript implementation to generate your Monero subaddresses without giving out your private-spend key?
I want to create an online widget where one can output their subaddresses without having to input their private-spend key and only use the other keys provided. Is there a javascript implementation of this?
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Is it possible to fake the date of arrival of funds?
Let's say I claim I've had X Monero for 1 year in my account and truth is I just received that amount X to my account yesterday. If I'm giving away all (private) keys to that person, he could see the date when my funds actually arrived, right? Could…
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How does inner key generation work?
As far as I know electrum-words generate private spend key.
private view key is Keccak_256(private spend key). So how is it possible that if I calculate library function Keccak_256 (Crypto++) on my private spend key, I get something different then…
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What is the the difference from spendkey vs the viewkey in Monero?
I'm using the monero cli and was wondering what is the difference from the spendkey and the view key. They both output a secret and public key. Do you give the public view and spend key to the person that is paying you?
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