What is Keystore File?

What is Keystore File?

A Keystore file is an encrypted version of your private key in JSON format (although it does not have a JSON extension). It is an encryption of your private key that is protected by a password of your choosing. A Keystore file (or string) is safer than a private key because you need a password to access it.
For Tokenpocket users you can open this file and retrieve the content (the keystore string) to import a wallet into Tokenpocket. The string typically looks like this:

{“version”:3,”id”:”aa811d53-fe9a-44a2-bd1c-e737007b5591”,”address”:”06a85356dcb5b307096726fb86a78c59d38e08ee”,”Crypto”:{“ciphertext”:”f5a7cc8d4b8cf93510b0d0d057f3a52ac79fd48e619e0638c4ffd978ca180248”,”cipherparams”:{“iv”:”975ab00192e2dd74170e91ca59c0b0bd”},”cipher”:”aes-128-ctr”,”kdf”:”scrypt”,”kdfparams”:{“dklen”:32,”salt”:”0210f0d0b99e440dfbceb36373304638bac093a367ee7da6411cd165f7aa907a”,”n”:1024,”r”:8,”p”:1},”mac”:”8197a747a3855a10546a2ff939c36470daed78e393b670efa0c12fe3b23dd7e3”}}