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    Comment #45044078

    Wufoo.com -> Demo -> Form Settings -> Pasting the key in the description caused the preview to show the key. This was sort of finicky to do, I'm not sure how reproducible it is? I …

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    Comment #45033029

    That explains why the validator error looked entirely different when I tried to reproduce it locally -- I was wondering about that. And yeah, it's a CTF, gotta hold onto issues unt…

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    Comment #45032838

    Got it :) Pasted the private key into the email address field on the Wufoo signup page, and the validator helpfully told me my "email" was invalid, with the whole key included.

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    Comment #45029875

    Launch Electrum, create a new wallet, "Import Bitcoin addresses or private keys", paste in the recovered key. If you just paste the raw key, Electrum uses a legacy format, and none…

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    Comment #45029717

    I found the key as well, also used Electrum, and also was (seemingly) unable to do anything with it. Turns out, you have to prefix the private key with "p2wpkh:", or else it import…

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    Comment #45029263

    fwiw I was able to get a private key out of the system, but there's no BTC/transactions associated with it. Dunno if that's an error on my part (although the key has a valid checks…