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    Clients on 0.8.7.x Upgrade ASAP to solve current fork situation!!!

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      Danlau Regular Member last edited by Danlau

      Would someone be able to provide details on how I can do this on a PC. I would need it step by step and in detail if possible as my technical abilities are somewhere close to zero!!!

      Thank you.

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        Danlau Regular Member last edited by

        ok, as there has not been a reply here I will have to try and do this myself (hopefully not loosing my coins in the process).

        I have downloaded the files from GitHub and I was looking for a .exe file however I cannot see one. I can see the ‘feathercoin-qt.pro’ is this the file i need to move over?

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          Wellenreiter Moderators @Danlau last edited by

          @Danlau said:

          ok, as there has not been a reply here I will have to try and do this myself (hopefully not loosing my coins in the process).

          I have downloaded the files from GitHub and I was looking for a .exe file however I cannot see one. I can see the ‘feathercoin-qt.pro’ is this the file i need to move over?

          No, feathercoin-qt.pro is the make file, not the executable for the gui.

          We are in the process to compile windows binaries, but that may take some time

          If somebody in the community could help out with compiled binaries for the windows gui and mac gui, that would be great.

          Regarding your coins, do the following

          Locate the feathercoin working directory on your pc. For Windows it is a subdirectory of %appdata%

          copy the file ‘wallet.dat’ to a save place

          This file contains your private keys

          This is your first backup

          As a second backup you can start your current gui and then:

          • go to help->debug->console
          • enter ‘dumpprivkey <address>’ for each of your feathercoin addresses
          • write down or copy the returned private key to a safe place

          This is your second backup

          Be careful with the file and the private keys noted.
          Whoever has access to the file or the keys has access to your coins.

          When you have copied the file and keys it should be safe to update

          Feathercoin development donation address: 6p8u3wtct7uxRGmvWr2xvPxqRzbpbcd82A
          Openpgp key: 0x385C34E77F0D74D7 (at keyserver.ubuntu.com)/fingerprint: C7B4 E9EA 17E1 3D12 07AB 1FDB 385C 34E7 7F0D 74D7

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            Danlau Regular Member last edited by

            @Wellenreiter Thank you for your help, I shall do that straight away.

            I will keep an eye out for the binary file when its available. In the meantime should I not open and use 0.8.1?

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              Wellenreiter Moderators @Danlau last edited by

              @Danlau

              You should not use any version < 0.8.7.3 and also not 0.9.3.0, as you extend the time we have a fork in the chain by these client versions.

              To backup your keys, I suggest to do this offline, without a connection to the Internet, if possible.

              If you need to do it online, just open the client, make your backups and close it.

              The be patient and wait for the new binaries without opening the client again.

              Feathercoin development donation address: 6p8u3wtct7uxRGmvWr2xvPxqRzbpbcd82A
              Openpgp key: 0x385C34E77F0D74D7 (at keyserver.ubuntu.com)/fingerprint: C7B4 E9EA 17E1 3D12 07AB 1FDB 385C 34E7 7F0D 74D7

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                Danlau Regular Member last edited by

                @Wellenreiter Thanks again for your help and advice. I have successfully backed up the wallet.dat file however when I try the second backup I keep getting an ‘invalid address’ error. I am not sure what I am doing wrong as I am using the ‘copy address’ option.

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                  Wellenreiter Moderators last edited by

                  It is very sensitiy to ‘unreadeble’ characters and I always to it with a basic copy/paste

                  Waht I did :

                  • go to ‘receive’
                  • without filling out anything clicked ‘Request Payment’
                  • did a copy of the key shown in the following window
                  • pasted it as parameter to the dumpprivkey command into the console window of the client

                  Feathercoin development donation address: 6p8u3wtct7uxRGmvWr2xvPxqRzbpbcd82A
                  Openpgp key: 0x385C34E77F0D74D7 (at keyserver.ubuntu.com)/fingerprint: C7B4 E9EA 17E1 3D12 07AB 1FDB 385C 34E7 7F0D 74D7

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                    Danlau Regular Member last edited by

                    ok when I go to ‘receive’ I cant see the option ‘Request payment’.

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                      Wellenreiter Moderators last edited by

                      should be a button
                      you also can g to any list sowing your address and use windows copy/paste instead of ‘copy address’ in the client

                      Feathercoin development donation address: 6p8u3wtct7uxRGmvWr2xvPxqRzbpbcd82A
                      Openpgp key: 0x385C34E77F0D74D7 (at keyserver.ubuntu.com)/fingerprint: C7B4 E9EA 17E1 3D12 07AB 1FDB 385C 34E7 7F0D 74D7

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                        Danlau Regular Member last edited by

                        Ok I have tried that and I keep getting this message:

                        
                        Invalid Feathercoin address (code -5)

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                          Wellenreiter Moderators last edited by

                          If you have a copy of wallet.dat you should be fine.
                          The dumpprivkey always worked fine for me and was meant as second safety net.

                          Feathercoin development donation address: 6p8u3wtct7uxRGmvWr2xvPxqRzbpbcd82A
                          Openpgp key: 0x385C34E77F0D74D7 (at keyserver.ubuntu.com)/fingerprint: C7B4 E9EA 17E1 3D12 07AB 1FDB 385C 34E7 7F0D 74D7

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                            Danlau Regular Member @Wellenreiter last edited by

                            @Wellenreiter ok thanks for your help. I have the wallet.dat file so I guess ill just wait for the binary file so that I can upgrade.

                            Thanks again.

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