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Balance stuck at an address generated with Curl, but confirmed after Kerl update. #1205

Open lvella opened 6 years ago

lvella commented 6 years ago

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Description

For some reason, my balance (at this address) was not taken into IOTA Foundation custody during Kerl update, but I can assure (and prove, if necessary, to a trusted dev) that this address was generated with Curl algorithm: by using my seed, I can only generate that address from PyOTA 1.1.3 (pre-Kerl update). I get another set of addresses if I use a recent wallet or the latest version of Python IOTA library. Something went wrong during the transitioning period, and now my balance seems undependable. Is it possible for me to reclaim this balance somehow?

lo5tinpr0 commented 6 years ago

Hey @lvella , there is a # reclaim channel on the official IOTA Discord server (https://discord.gg/fNGZXvh), that might be able to help you out.

lvella commented 6 years ago

Hi. I've asked for help there, but then I realized my funds are not held by IOTA foundation, thus not eligible for reclaim (as you can see in the snapshot file, my address category is NONE):

{"address":"AFMPWWHSVZUFRXIQOJOHY9NRRFAWPITFHMKDWKOPBNZSJBCVKOFYMPUK9ODBIXBHVJNBNZKRMNUCPIAOP","balance":370360326,"category":"NONE"},

My funds got locked by an error that happened when I tried to make the transition to Kerl, but my wallet was not fully upgraded (I suspect it used an old version of Curl library, which apparently, was compatible with the new wallet but hashed with a different algorithm), so it generated the address which seems to be unspendable after the upgrade.

lo5tinpr0 commented 6 years ago

Okay, so I'm completely overwhelmed with my noob knowledge. Maybe @rajivshah3 can help you with that.