second-state/buidl

Import Accounts Broken

joesixpack opened this issue · 3 comments

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Metamask does not provide private keys for individual accounts (anymore?), only a mnemonic phrase that covers all possible generated accounts.

Regardless, it did not recognize a secret key generated in MEW when I tried importing. Directions should be included to add 0x to it.

In MetaMask, just click on the 3 vertical dots and then select "Account details".

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Then click the "Export private key" button.

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The private key that MetaMask gives you does not start with the text 0x. You need to add a 0x to the start of the private key; then it will be imported into BUIDL.

Remember to add the 0x when you paste it into BUIDL :)

Ah, thanks, thats totally nonintuitive.