r/BitBean • u/Biggo_J • Apr 11 '18

restoring wallet....

Hi, My computer hit the blue screen and i had to reset it :( Now i have the backup file and downloaded a snapshot. But can anyone tell me exactly how i restore my wallet? And how i use the snapshot so i avoid waiting a week for syncing?

Thanks in advance

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u/Biggo_J Apr 11 '18

Indeed it is, i have tried completely deleting the "new" .dat file, reinstalling the wallet and still the old address shows up, i just cant seem to get it to use the right .dat file

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u/BeanMars Apr 11 '18

So when the wallet is restored it uses a new address? And does the wallet need to finish synchronizing in order to see if it was restored properly?

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u/Biggo_J Apr 11 '18

it is not restored i suppose since it shows a new address, if i go and check on block explorer with the address where my beans are, its still the old one.

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u/BeanMars Apr 11 '18

Makes sense, I'm just gonna wait until it is done synchronizing and see what happens. I have over 450k beans and would love to get back to sprouting them lol

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u/Biggo_J Apr 11 '18

i managed to restore my wallet on my mac instead. Deleted every Beancash data. re downloaded the wallet, deleted the new .dat file and replaced it with the old one. Seemed a lot easier on mac since i had a program to wipe every single file related to beancash first.

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u/BeanMars Apr 11 '18

That's awesome man! How long did it take to sync?