How do I import an exisiting wallet via passphrase restore?

almindor / etherwall

Ethereum QT5 Wallet

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How do I import an exisiting wallet via passphrase restore? #114

Closed thegitfather closed 4 years ago

thegitfather commented 4 years ago

EDIT: Ok I "geth" it now :smile: It's all managed by geth commands. I guess a section for importing existing wallets in the README would be nice for people who want to switch their wallet software..

almindor commented 4 years ago

Etherwall has two types of backups. A full "wallet-wide" backup that uses a combination of geth encrypted json files (same as yours) + settings and other things which is Etherwall specific.

Then as you mention there's "account import/export" which is per account and is 100% geth. It's explained in the FAQ