Sorry man. I know I probably sound retarded.
It's a tricky paradigm to get your head around for sure. There is nothing for you to do right now. Your private keys are not your public addresses.
There are a couple ways to go about it. Here is the high level run down. I'll explain it in detail, hope it doesn't seem condescending .
1 ) Launch the new DAC. This will create the directory structure it uses to store your wallet, blockchain etc.
2 ) Encrypt the new wallet and let the client relaunch.
2 ) Copy and paste the Receive address to your notepad and shut down the client.
3 ) Make a copy (or a hundred) of the now Encrypted wallet.dat file. Call it something like dns_wallet.dat.
4 ) Copy your BitShares-PTS wallet.dat file to the working directory of the new DAC
5 ) Launch the client and let it sync. You'll notice you have a cubic a**load of tokens.
6 ) Send the entire balance to the address you copied in step 2.
7 ) Shutdown the client, delete the wallet.dat (this would be the Bitshares-pts wallet you copied in)
8 ) Put the dns_wallet.dat back as wallet.dat
9) Launch the client and enjoy all your coins!
Alternate method for advanced users:
1) In the console screen of your BitShares-PTS wallet export all your private keys (don't forget change addresses!)
2) Import those private keys via the console in the new DAC wallet.
3) Enjoy all your coins!
Hi Riverhead,
First I'll start with a little explanation of what I did and then will come the question, it's not directly linked to DNS, but direclty related to the key importing part. I'm kind of a newbie, so it might really be an easy one for you.
I had an issue with LTS client and "lost" my wallet when I updated to the new client version (I mean I wasn't seeing my coins but I didn't erase the wallet so I thought it must still be somewhere) and here's what I did to recover my LTS shares:
- Made a couple of backups of the LTS wallet
- Took a copy of my PTS wallet and replaced the LTS wallet in the LTS folder
- Started the LTS client
Now I see in the "unconfirmed" part my number of PTS and in the "immature" part my LTS... From the description you gave, I understand I've done something wrong, since I haven't sent the coins to the LTS wallet.
Here comes the question: If I put back my LTS wallet in place of the PTS wallet in my LTS folder (every wallet will have several backups, just in case), take the receiving address from the client, put back the PTS wallet instead of the LTS, then send the coins to the LTS wallet, then again put back the LTS wallet in place, will it do exactly what you described?
Also, is there a simplier way to do it? I mean it's nothing complicated, but if there's a one or two steps procedure to do what I want instead of doing all that back and forth with my wallets, that would be great.
And if I'm completely off, please let me know!
Thanks in advance