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Title: Restore from JSON backup from 2015
Post by: spyhawk69 on February 12, 2017, 07:07:08 am

Hello,

I have a backup JSON file I created from the Bitshares console in 2015, I tried restoring this file in the Bitshares Web Wallet and I get an error saying "Please use a BTS 1.0 wallet_export_keys file instead".

After researching this issue and reading the migration guide, it's my understanding that I need to install BitShares 0.9.3c and run the backup command through the console.

I downloaded BitShares 0.9.3c from https://github.com/bitshares/bitshares1-core/releases and when I launch the application on my Mac it returns this error "an error occurred while starting the application" and quits.

This is where I'm stuck with an old backup file that I can't convert and import into the new Bitshares Web Wallet.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thank you

Title: Re: Restore from JSON backup from 2015
Post by: chryspano on February 12, 2017, 11:19:15 am

I don't know if this is of any help but take a look in those threads in case you find something that helps.

https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,16235.msg207749.html#msg207749

https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,16235.msg207749.html#msg207749

https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,15333.msg204478.html#msg204478

https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,12464.msg164348.html#msg164348

Title: Re: Restore from JSON backup from 2015
Post by: spyhawk69 on June 11, 2017, 06:34:52 pm

Thank you for helping me with this fluxer555, I had spent days trying to resolve this myself, reviewing many posts and I was initially skeptical of reaching out for help.

If you have coins to recover send him a message and he'll walk you though everything step by step.