Upgrading a wallet to v2 - larsen161/Lindacoin GitHub Wiki

Upgrading a wallet to v2 Make sure to have a backup of your wallet.dat file before carrying out these steps.

Linux

  1. Stop your v1 wallet
user@server:~$ Lindad stop
  1. Get the new Linda binary and extract it to the same place as before
user@server:~$ wget https://github.com/Lindacoin/Linda/releases/download/2.0.0.1/Unix.Lindad.v2.0.0.1g.tar.gz
user@server:~$ tar -xvf Unix.Lindad.v2.0.0.1g.tar.gz -C /usr/local/bin/
  1. Remove the old files and then get the bootstrap and install it
user@server:~$ cd ~/.Linda
user@server:~/.Linda$ rm -rf database txleveldb blk0001.dat peers.dat
user@server:~/.Linda$ wget https://transfer.sh/bqhDi/linda-v2-bootstrap-2018-05-07.tar.gz
user@server:~/.Linda$ tar -xvf linda-v2-bootstrap-2018-05-07.tar.gz
  1. Startup your new Linda wallet. Check the version and balance. Repair the wallet. Check balance again.
user@server:~$ Lindad -daemon 
user@server:~$ Lindad getinfo
user@server:~$ Lindad repairwallet
user@server:~$ Lindad getinfo

Mac

  1. Get the unofficial Mac client - Google Drive Link
  2. Drag the new dmg file into your Applications folder (overwrite the existing)
  3. After attempting to run the wallet you'll need to open up System Preferences > Security & Privacy and allow the Linda wallet to Open Anyway. Then run the Application again.
  4. After 15 seconds or so Quit the wallet
  5. Open up Terminal to remove some files
mac:~ user$ cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Linda/
mac:Linda user$ rm -rf database txleveldb blk0001.dat peers.dat
  1. Get the bootstrap file and extract. Then cleanup and remove the compressed files.
mac:Linda user$ curl -L https://transfer.sh/bqhDi/linda-v2-bootstrap-2018-05-07.tar.gz > bootstrap.tar.gz
mac:Linda user$ tar xvf bootstrap.tar.gz
mac:Linda user$ rm bootstrap.tar.gz
  1. Make sure you see these in the Linda.conf file, adding them if necessary by changing cat to nano
mac:Linda~ user$ cat Linda.conf

seednode=seed1.linda-wallet.com
seednode=seed2.linda-wallet.com
seednode=seed3.linda-wallet.com
seednode=seed4.linda-wallet.com
seednode=seed5.linda-wallet.com
seednode=seed6.linda-wallet.com
seednode=seed7.linda-wallet.com
seednode=seed8.linda-wallet.com
seednode=seed9.linda-wallet.com
seednode=seed10.linda-wallet.com
seednode=seed11.linda-wallet.com
  1. Open up Linda again to complete the upgrade

Windows

  1. Download the latest Windows client
  2. Bootstrap to the new blockchain by downloading linda-v2-bootstrap-2018-05-07.tar.gz
  3. Navigate via Windows Explorer to %AppData%\Linda
    • Delete the following folders and files
    • Quick video of bootstrapping on Windows - YouTube
database
txleveldb
blk0001.dat
peers.dat
  1. Extract the files to %AppData%\Linda
  2. Run the Linda exe and wait for the wallet to sync fully