A long string of characters generated by a wallet that grants access to bitcoin available at the paired bitcoin address. A private key is generated when a bitcoin address is created. Private keys should be kept private because anyone that has it can spend the bitcoin it has access to.<br>
Bitcoin Address Example: 35JZ72myPm2HUNLHq2ozA6Z2dvbmSCFV3W<br>
Paired Private Key To Above Bitcoin Address Example: 5Kb8kLf9zgWQnogidDA76MzPL6TsZZY36hWXMssSzNydYXYB9KF
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