I had a power failure and now my Raven core wallet won't open, it crashes according to the event viewer. I have a substantial amount of RVN's in it. I did a wallet back-up yesterday and have the wallet.dat file.
My question is how to move the wallet to a different computer and recover the RVN's. I have looked but there does not seem to be an explicit step by step instruction on how to do this. can anyone help?
A good time to repost this:
Backup wallet.dat.%appdata%/raven
Copy wallet.dat to a safe place
Always back it up if you create a new receive address and keep old copiesRestore:Install qt wallet
Replace the default %appdata%/raven/wallet.dat with your latest backup copy
Sync wallet.
Backup your private keys (Keepass noted below is a suggestion only - DYOR)
Open Raven Wallet
click on 'help' in the menu bar (top right)
click on 'debug window'
select the 'console' tab
type in commands
*List all your public keys
listaddressgroupings
*Unlock your wallet (number is the timeout in seconds)
walletpassphrase <you passphrase if used> 600
*Present private key for each stated public key.
dumpprivkey <public key #1>
dumpprivkey <public key #2>
dumpprivkey <public key #3>
...etc
Then
Copy into safe place - not a text file on your PC.
Try
https://keepass.info/ or cabled printed to hardcopy - laminated and placed in bomb\flood\dragon proof safe. - Some use safety deposit boxes at banks... ironic Undecided I suppose it gives banks a use in the future.
keep a backup of the keypass somewhere safe offline preferably - then keep that in a safe place - see above line Smiley.
Always create a new backup if you create a new address and keep old copiesNB. You can also attach your wallet.dat into keepass
Import Private KeySelect Help
Select Debug Window
Select Console
If you encrypted your wallet,
walletpassphrase <YourLongPassphrase> 600
importprivkey <privatekey>
NB. the private key must not have spaces, remove them if they are included in your backup