Add account type selector in polkadot account import (experimental)

[mariopino]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

To provide better compatibility with already created polkadot accounts we can add an account type selector (with Schnorrkel sr25519 or Edwards ed25519 options) in account import.

As @faboweb suggested we can add this under experimental flag, as this is only intended for power users.

[jbibla]

does polkadot js let you pick? and why would someone pick one over the over?

[mariopino]

does polkadot js let you pick? and why would someone pick one over the over?

Yep, Polkadot JS UI allows you to pick the type under "advanced creation options".

You need a ed25519 account type for signing blocks (validator role) so it's the main use case, but you can select ed25519 type for standard use, like I did when I created Lunie kusama accounts.

[faboweb]

currently it would only be for us to use our vanity accounts, but we can just wire our tokens to another sr25519 account

[jbibla]

this seems like an advanced feature that we should not even be implementing or thinking about.

[mariopino]

oki, I'll close it then.