Gavin Andresen - 2011-02-20 22:49:17

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CSV file with the private key and block numbers is a good idea, although for it to be a valid CSV file then it needs to have a fixed number of columns.

I'd modify the design slightly to be just:
base58 encoded privkey,block number
... where block number is the block number of the earliest input (that'll save rescanning time-- you probably always want to rescan from the earliest block number, anyway, in case more payments were sent after you exported the key).

Also what do you mean by "export" -- write and then remove the keys from the wallet?  Write a newly generated key and generate a payment-to-that-key for a given amount of coins?

I think any code that removes keys from the wallet (or generates payments to keys that are never added to the wallet) needs to be structured as two distinct steps:
1. Write the keys to <destination>
2. Read <destination> to make sure it is valid, and, if it is, delete the corresponding keys from the wallet (or generate the send-to-self txn).