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I'm new. Sorry for the question. Please, help me to understand why I can't import a similar private key to metamask:

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEBAAEDCE8AF48A04CBFD47E8CB0366361 how I can fix this?

Cheers

Vincent
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  • Related: https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/1771/how-to-validate-a-private-key/ – eth Nov 30 '22 at 06:48

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Because it is not a valid secp256k1 private key.

From Secp256k1 the order of the generator G is

FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFE BAAEDCE6 AF48A03B BFD25E8C D0364141
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Which is smaller that the private key

FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFE BAAEDCE8 AF48A04C BFD47E8C B0366361 
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Ismael
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