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Get the private keys of the Address with hard hat

during the node start (hard hat) I'm able to read the accounts and private keys.

I don't understand how can I retrieve it again with hard hat console

npx hardhat console

I injected even web3 library but I'm able to retrieve only the addresses.

web3: await web3.eth.getAccounts()

ethers.js

[owner, addr1] = await ethers.getSigners()

Solution

  • Private keys, even of unlocked accounts, are not shared over the JSON-RPC API.

    Which means, you are not able to retrieve them using web3js, ethers.js, or any other wrapper of the API.