raise error on compressed key format

13 years ago · c35d48459f
1 changed files with 2 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/lib/wallet.py
+++ b/lib/wallet.py
@ -332,7 +332,8 @@ class Wallet:
        if address in self.all_addresses():
            raise BaseException('Address already in wallet')
        b = ASecretToSecret( key )
-        if not b: return False
+        if not b: 
+            raise BaseException('Unsupported key format')
        secexp = int( b.encode('hex'), 16)
        private_key = ecdsa.SigningKey.from_secret_exponent( secexp, curve=SECP256k1 )
        # sanity check