Where can I find an instruction on how to backup my generated wallets?
Is private key got via z_exportkey enough? Or should I also backup wallet.dat file? Maybe something else?
I can’t even find a list of RPC commands for zcash_cli… list t_addresses, etc, etc… No docs at all.
Same, Do let us know about backing up wallet and keys.
Docs here (probably should be easier to find) → zcash/payment-api.md at master · zcash/zcash · GitHub
Use z_exportwallet to back up all your t and z address keys.
Oh cool, after backup up, killing zcash daemon process, and trying to recreating from backup - my wallet file and backup became 0 bytes. Super…
Good that I haven’t yet mined much. Fkng linuxes…
UPD: phew… found it in one more backup folder I accidentally drag&dropped it to. Lucky.
UPD2: Although wallet.dat didn’t help to recover z address. But luckily I also had some string via z_exportkey and managed to import it back via z_importkey. Holy crap that’s all messed up…
And to export z wallet I guess you should do z_exportwallet.
Anyways, now that all z wallets have bug, need to switch to t wallet, and there is even less documentation about t wallets…
That’s very worrying, thanks for sharing your experience
We really need a solid backup procedure that is well tested
zcash-cli z_exportwallet wallet.txt
running this command in another window after opening zcashd will export wallet info to a document in your home folder.
and how do I restore?
You can use backupwallet option to backup your wallet:
./src/zcash-cli backupwallet my_backed_up_wallet.dat
How often do we need to back it up? Like if we leave coins in there and lose the wallet thru a PC crash … are the coins since the last backup gone? Thanks
I probably didn’t spend enough time on it but it would be good to have a sort of backup best practices post. I was also wondering if there is a method to store our ZECs offline. Is this export method, and storing the data on a secure device the proper way to go? (excuse my ingenuity).
We plan to make some official documentation for this process as well. Stay tuned.
Folks
Inside the pass “~/.zcash” there is the file zcash.conf
Within zcash.conf there is the expression rpcurser
Then, before this expression exists the symbol “=”
And it will be before “=” that you describe which directory to save backup and private key.
Note to the following: It will only accept the name all together. Therefore, no bkp_data-from-today.dat, for example, nor privatekey_data-today.
I hope I have helped.
Paige, any official method documented here?
Backup instructions have been written & reviewed… they’ll be merged into 1.0.9 release docs but for now, you can read them here: zcash/wallet-backup.md at 4088ac68dbabb0216e1fb008c19cb81d6292abfd · ioptio/zcash · GitHub