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Backup the Private Keys

GitMyCodeUp edited this page Nov 4, 2018 · 5 revisions

Private Keys are the ultimate backup to the coins in your wallet. wallet.dat can be secured with a password that does not allow restoring without that password. Private keys can be restored without a password. Each address generated will have a separate private key. This is all done through the debug console which can be found under "Tools" > "Debug Console".

As you have encrypted your wallet, you now need to unlock it from within the console to perform these additional tasks. To unlock the wallet go to "Settings" > "Unlock Wallet".

After the wallet is unlocked in type listaddressgroupings in the console.

This will list all the addresses associated with this SCRIV wallet. All SCRIV addresses will start with s.

While still in console type dumpprivkey. The console will now output your private key for that address. Repeat the process for all your addresses and store the private key somewhere safe (away from your computer on a couple of backups).

IMPORTANT!
DON'T SEND THIS PRIVATE KEYS TO ANYONE. HE CAN RECOVER YOUR WALLET AND SPEND YOUR SCRIV COINS!

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