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setPrivateKey

Set a private key used with the TronWeb instance, used for obtaining the address, signing transactions, and getting balances.

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WARNING

Do not use this with any web/user facing TronWeb instances. This will leak the private key.

Usage

tronWeb.setPrivateKey('da146...f0d0');

Parameters
String

Returns
No return value

Example

>tronWeb.setPrivateKey('AD71C52E0FC0AB0DFB13B3B911624D4C1AB7BDEFAD93F36B6EF97DC955577509');
undefined
> tronWeb.defaultPrivateKey
'AD71C52E0FC0AB0DFB13B3B911624D4C1AB7BDEFAD93F36B6EF97DC955577509'

Note: Currently the tronweb injected by the tronlink chrome extension does not support this interface.