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Of course directory.io is a joke :) A private key IS a number : https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Private_key https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Private_key The one you shown

by palkeo 13y ago

Of course directory.io is a joke :) A private key IS a number : https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Private_key https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Private_key The one you shown was just encoded in base58 !

LyndsySimon 13y ago
To be really precise, it's encoded base58check.