Importmulti cannot import bare private keys #9694

For some reason, unclear to me, importmulti requires a redeemscript when just importing a basic private key.

#7551 (comment) ?

This is a bit redundant and less convenient (it always requires specifying a script or address, and either keys), but I think it allows for very accurate error messages whenever the behaviour wouldn't match the user's expectations. It also makes it obvious where the current codebase's restrictions are (you can't make a non-standard scriptPubKey non-internal, only individual keys can be assigned a birth time, ...), which can be loosened in future iterations if those restrictions are solved.

I'm not really sure this is an issue, should this remain open?

Closing for lack of activity. We can reopen if there is more conversation to be had around importmulti requiring a redeemscript and not importing bare private keys.