Localethereum - wallet export problem

[josephdd1]

I heard about this Localethereum from this signature campaign that was conducted here. So I try their platform. Pretty good. I love the fact that i can export my own wallet addresses and even the main wallet but I discovered a little bug maybe some of you experts can help decipher this.

Well through account settings they give you option to export your wallet json file. But when I try to use MyCrypto wallet to import that Json file it asks for password but I have no password.
Again when I try to import that wallet to myetherwallet it does not work and asks for a password on the new version of myetherwallet on the old version it says invalid file. Can anyone tell me what I do wrong here? I prefer local wallet opening solution that is on my laptop not on browser.

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[Docnaster]

Yup I was part of that campaign. legendster conducted it, I see he is offline for a few days else I would have asked him.

I just tried this myself and I was able to export the json and import it into MyCrypto but I cheated a little bit.
I opened the file with a text pad and copied the only private key in there that is titled "chain_private_key" I only saw a single address pop up in MyCrypto so I am not sure if it actually imported the entire chain or just the "first address" listed in there. I'll keep digging and if I find anything I will tell you here.

[josephdd1]

okay thank you for trying to help me. If someone knows the official representatives of localethereum maybe ask them? They have a telegram group.
I will log in and ask there as well, maybe I will get some answers.
it is more like wallet import problem than export problem...

[zhekinsp]

Localethereum offers separate wallet for each user? How is it possible because they even collecting less fee compared to local bitcoin as far as I know.You can ask their customer support to resolve this issue on both sides but I suggest you to simply move the funds rather than importing because we cannot sure that our private keys are only know to us.

[ronaldo40]

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why you don't just use metamask?
because right now i use metamask to register in the localethereum and it went smoothly

[BigBoy89]

okay thank you for trying to help me. If someone knows the official representatives of localethereum maybe ask them? They have a telegram group.
I will log in and ask there as well, maybe I will get some answers.
it is more like wallet import problem than export problem...

As per my knowledge, Localethereum doesn't have a local representative.

You could try to ask them through their contact form: https://localethereum.com/contact

It's a strange problem and I'm also curious about the reason.

[josephdd1]

Localethereum offers separate wallet for each user? How is it possible because they even collecting less fee compared to local bitcoin as far as I know.You can ask their customer support to resolve this issue on both sides but I suggest you to simply move the funds rather than importing because we cannot sure that our private keys are only know to us.

Don't ask stupid questions just to fulfill your signature campaign quota.

why you don't just use metamask?
because right now i use metamask to register in the localethereum and it went smoothly

None of your business. Why I use or not use is my preference. Does that mean I can't ask question about thing that is n not working the way it is supposed to?

As per my knowledge, Localethereum doesn't have a local representative.
You could try to ask them through their contact form: https://localethereum.com/contact
It's a strange problem and I'm also curious about the reason.

Can you guys please quit being so stupid? with stupid replies. If you don't know answer be quiet please. Dont pollute my thread.

[Docnaster]

You will not be that lucky to get rid of idiotic signature campaign posters like that.

I found some information for you, according to https://whitepaper.localethereum.com

RATCHETING ADDRESSES
Each address in a LocalEthereum wallet contains an assigned index number beginning from zero. This index number is known colloquially as n. There can’t be any skipped indices.

Each LocalEthereum wallet begins with a random 32‐byte seed known as the zero‐index chain key (chainKey0). The seed can be used to determine the private key for the wallet’s first address (address0) and any subsequent addresses, making the system a deterministic wallet.

The private key for addressn can be determined from chainKeyn, and chainKeyn can be determined from chainKeyn‐1. Hence, if you know chainKeyn then you can determine addressm, where m is any number between n and infinity.

For this simple ratcheting algorithm, we use a common one‐way hashing function called HMAC‐SHA256. The calculations are as follows for every n-index chain key:

The n-index address private key (addressn) is HMAC‐SHA256(chainKeyn, 0x0001).
The next chain key (chainKeyn+1) is HMAC‐SHA256(chainKeyn, 0x02).

The page goes on to explain how the lowest chain key is backed up and not your older addresses, but I don't think there is any information on how to import this chain key or where to import it. I will search more and let you know here if I find anything.

[josephdd1]

I did not see this page before. Thank you I will give it good read.
What I am trying to achieve is a simple offline wallet to serve as my cold wallet as well as my localethereum linked wallet that I can connect and sell any time I want. I don't like the idea of having to link metamask which is browser based and since I travel to a lot of places. I want a simple laptop to serve as my wallet.