monadplus/keys_format.md

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Keys formats

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Key formats in bitcoin

There are (at least) two ways to import private keys:

WIF it's just the secKey with the checksum, compression flag and nothing else.

BIP32 also contains the derivation info: pubkey, depth, derivation-index, chain-code, parent fingerprint.