[#wallet-WalletBatch-WriteKey]
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Writes an unencrypted private key and its metadata.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<wallet/walletdb.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
bool
WriteKey(
    xref:CPubKey.adoc[CPubKey] const& vchPubKey,
    xref:CPrivKey.adoc[CPrivKey] const& vchPrivKey,
    xref:wallet/CKeyMetadata.adoc[CKeyMetadata] const& keyMeta);
----

== Return Value

true if the record was written.

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *vchPubKey*
| The public key.
| *vchPrivKey*
| The corresponding private key.
| *keyMeta*
| The key metadata to store.
|===


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