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Main => Technical Support => Topic started by: racingdude on August 22, 2014, 05:24:43 am

Title: unable to import wallet.dat
Post by: racingdude on August 22, 2014, 05:24:43 am

I am trying to import my wallet.dat into BitsharesX and getting this error:

"Failed to restore wallet backup. Your original wallet has been restored. Error: Bad Cast (7) Invalid cast from null_type to Array"

any clues? How do I proceed from here?

Title: Re: unable to import wallet.dat
Post by: merockstar on August 22, 2014, 05:37:57 am

idk if this bug has been fixed or not yet,

but if the path says "file:\\\" in front of it, delete that.

Title: Re: unable to import wallet.dat
Post by: vikram on August 22, 2014, 11:27:55 pm

Quote from: racingdude on August 22, 2014, 05:24:43 am

I am trying to import my wallet.dat into BitsharesX and getting this error:

"Failed to restore wallet backup. Your original wallet has been restored. Error: Bad Cast (7) Invalid cast from null_type to Array"

any clues? How do I proceed from here?

BitShares does not use wallet.dat files. If you are trying to import bitcoin/PTS private keys into BitShares, use the wallet_import_bitcoin command.

Title: Re: unable to import wallet.dat
Post by: xeroc on August 23, 2014, 08:34:01 am

I finally get what he is trying to do ..
vikram is (of course) right
this is what you need to do

- create a new wallet
- create an account
- within the 'advanced' menu of that account import the pts wallet.dat file!