Wallet backups

In the event that you lose access to your droplet, a wallet backup as described below is critical to restoring your funds.

It's important that you take precautions to secure your funds by periodically backing up your wallets.

Ethereum

To backup your Ethereum seed, run the following command:

lamassu-mnemonic

The resulting 24 words should be copied down in the order presented and stored in a secure physical location. They back up only your Ethereum seed.

Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Zcash, Dash, Litecoin

⚠️‏‏‎ ‎ NOTE: These wallet files are unencrypted. Thus, you want to store them in a secure location, such as an encrypted flash drive. Do not leave them on your computer or upload to a cloud service, as anyone with the files can spend your coin.

⚠️‏‏‎ IMPORTANT: Back up the wallet files periodically, as they contain private key files to your bitcoin addresses and new private keys are being regularly generated by your admin to hold new coin deposits.

If the computer you use to access your server is running Linux or Mac OS, you can use scp to download the wallet files directly.

Within your computer's terminal (not your server terminal), run, replacing 1.2.3.4 with the IP of your droplet:

scp root@1.2.3.4:/mnt/blockchains/bitcoin/wallet.dat ~/bitcoin.dat

It will prompt for the same passphrase that you use to connect to your droplet via SSH. The command will download the wallet file (now named bitcoin.dat) to your computer's home directory.

Run the above for each coin you serve, replacing 'bitcoin' above with the appropriate coin name. Examples for Zcash and Bitcoin Cash:

scp root@1.2.3.4:/mnt/blockchains/zcash/wallet.dat ~/zcash.dat

scp root@1.2.3.4:/mnt/blockchains/bitcoincash/wallet.dat ~/bitcoincash.dat

After downloading, move these off of your computer and onto a secure device or drive.

Restoring backed up wallets

If the computer you use to access your server is running Windows, you can use scp to download the wallet files directly.