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@miohtama miohtama commented Mar 5, 2022

How to manage private keys using environment variable, how to generate them, and some security warnings.

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Managing local private keys w/current best practices was not well explained.

How was it fixed?

Added a new section in the docs with a code example and warnings.

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miohtama added 2 commits March 5, 2022 14:41
How to manage private keys using environment variable, how to generate them, and some security warnings.
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Important context! Thanks for submitting 🤝
I'll add a newsfragment and any nits then pull it in.

@wolovim wolovim merged commit 5cf1fb7 into ethereum:master Mar 9, 2022
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