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waxwing (OP)
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May 10, 2013, 09:34:08 AM |
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How can I check that restoring from the seed would work, without disrupting my currently existing wallet? Assuming I only have one computer to work with (although of course I have USB drives available).
Sorry if it's a stupid question, but I couldn't find a direct reference to it anywhere.
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Tuxavant
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May 10, 2013, 01:57:06 PM |
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Overview:
sign a message with your existing copy of your wallet. keep this text file handy.
restore your wallet to a new wallet file.
using the restored wallet, verify the message signature.
If you're using linux, I can provide you a script.
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Tachikoma
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May 13, 2013, 10:32:03 AM |
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You can restore the same seed in a different wallet by using the -w flag. On linux: electrum -w ~/.electrum/newwallet.dat
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waxwing (OP)
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May 14, 2013, 05:29:56 PM |
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Thanks for the suggestions. I will try it out tonight.
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waxwing (OP)
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May 14, 2013, 05:56:21 PM |
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Finding it difficult..
In the GUI I can see a list of commands on the console (using help()), but I can't find any documentation on how to use those commands. So for example I see a command signmessage, but I have no idea what its arguments should be (apparently there should be 3).
Also I'm not sure how to get a command line version of Electrum to work on my Windows machine. If I cd to the electrum exe it just opens the GUI or fails silently when I try to pass it arguments.
Should I just go to the source on github to look for documentation? The main website seems to just have a few brief descriptions of certain actions.
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Tuxavant
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May 14, 2013, 06:02:22 PM |
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I just recently updated the help output with more details on the usage. It has not yet been pushed to a new release, so you'll have to pull down the current master to make use of it.
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waxwing (OP)
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May 14, 2013, 06:07:02 PM |
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OK thanks. Just quick question though, what address should I use as the first argument to signmessage? Edit: it's OK I figured out how sign and verify works by looking at the source  Now on to the next bit.. |
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Tuxavant
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May 14, 2013, 06:08:26 PM |
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$ ./electrum help signmessage
Sign a message with a key
Syntax: signmessage <address> <message>
If you want to lead or end a message with spaces, or want double spaces inside the message make sure you quote the string. I.e. " Hello This is a weird String "
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waxwing (OP)
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May 14, 2013, 06:28:44 PM |
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Right, thanks. In the console (the console inside the GUI, not the command line) I find the restore command doesn't work - it's not recognised even though it's listed under help().
I'm trying to create a new wallet from seed. I'll try the -w flag recommended above.
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waxwing (OP)
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May 14, 2013, 06:34:43 PM |
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Yes, using electrum -w newwallet.dat worked well. Thanks to both of you - I feel a bit safer and I also learned something |
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