Lana blockchain

How to restore coins from a wallet.dat backup?

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So you have a wallet.dat backup (example MyLanaWalletBackup.dat) and you want to regain access to your LANA or simple move your wallet to a new computer ?

Here is a simple guide with screenshots on how to gain access to your coins.

  1. Download desktop wallet from LanaCoin github and synchronize it. Follow the guide here.
  2. When you wallet is full up do date, shut it down.
  3. Go to your profile name %appdata% folder and look for folder “lanacoin” (this folder is a hidden folder, read this article on how to see hidden files and folders)
  4. Copy your backup file “MyLanaWalletBackup.dat” into the folder.
  5. When you powered on the wallet software for the first time a new empty wallet.dat was created in the appdata folder (where is lanacoin appdata folder? See guide for bitcoin as its the same for Lana)
  6. Delete the new wallet.dat or rename it to emptywallet.dat (make sure you dont change the .dat extension)
  7. Now rename MyLanaWalletBackup.dat to wallet.dat
  8. Now start wallet app.
  9. Voila you are done.

*** ALWAYS ENCRYPT YOUR WALLET WITH A STRONG PASSWORD. (SETTINGS / ENCRYPT WALLET) ***

*** WITHOUT A PASSWORD ANYONE WITH ACCESS TO YOU WALLET.DAT CAN STEAL YOUR COINS.*

*** IF YOU LOOSE / MISSPLACE YOU WALLET PASSWORD YOUR COINS ARE LOST.***

*** IF A HACKER STEALS YOUR WALLET.DAT AND THE PASSWORD YOU WILL LOOSE YOUR COINS.***

*** WALLET SUPPORTS MULTIPLE LANA RECIEVE ADDRESSES. ***

*** YOUR WALLET.DAT FILE STORES ALL THE PRIVATE KEYS FOR ALL YOUR RECIEVE ADDRESSES. ***

*** YOU CAN EXPORT INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE KEYS FOR THOSE PUBLIC KEYS/ADDRESSES BY USING THE WALLET CONSOLE COMMAND ***

“dumpprivkey LU4XkUmFjiaKMiqAko4YkGjaiZo9wdwKTt”

Stay at home and enjoy LanaVibes #StayAtHome

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Friday night is coming soon and by now you are most likely missing your weekend nightlife. Just because you are at home doesnt mean you cant have some fun.

This friday on the 10th of march 2020 at 8pm (Ljubljana time) we are having a Lana powered livestream featuring DJ Balboa from Studio Bitakt. You are all invited to enjoy the vibes and make your friday night a more pleasant one.

DJ Balboa will be livestreaming on Facebook. Visit the event on facebook by clicking the image bellow.

If you like the LanaVibes consider tipping DJ Balboa. Regardless enjoy the show and the vibes.

DJ Balboas $LANA address LanaCoin: LTKAiPcjNadUjjZNSL29zC6EQHiDa5Yuum
https://chainz.cryptoid.info/lana/search.dws?q=LTKAiPcjNadUjjZNSL29zC6EQHiDa5Yuum

100 Lana private keys, but only a few of them will unlock coins

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On the fourth day of the new decade 100 private keys will be posted on LanaCoin social media channels.

Facebook – Twitter – Telegram

Only a small % of the keys will unlock random ammounts of LanaCoins. To claim coins you have two options.

Option 1:

Download LanaCoin desktop wallet, synchronize it and use the built in console to import the private key.

List of wallet commands can be found on LanaCoin Github or by typing “help” in the Debug/Console window.

Note that simply importing a private key that unlocks coins, does not mean you are in the clear as any person that has access to the same private key can do the same. You should transfer those coins to a new public address only you own the private key for as soon as possible or someone else will.

Example import of a private key “6uh2H6zZjK8o7eqfFdFbvUDT1zzJ4YTaUGnUb8z7p9NHmu4KfGP” that unlocks 1.11 Lana stored in the corresponding public key/address “LY9dcUmcYwovvtcia6uBq5USghYckhN9DF”

To move transfer those 1.11 $LANA to a new wallet/key, go to receive tab, create a new address first and copy it.

Cant find “Coin control features”? A hint you need to enable the function in wallet settings!

Cryptocurrencies are essentially an internet of secure cryptographic vaults. He/she who holds the key to the vault, can move the vaults content to a new vault. If you loose the key to the vault the content of the vault will remains in the vault forever.

Option 2:

Download mobile wallet CryptoWallet.si for android and set it up.

Select Lana and go to options and settings. (see image bellow)

Select “Sweep wallet”. You can type it in, copy paste it or convert the key into a QR code for scanning.

Sweeping the private key will create a new transaction and transfer the coins to an address generated on device. Private key can then be disscarded as the coins have moved from the assiated public key/address.

Now that you have mastered importing and sweeping private keys stay tuned on LANA social media channel for more private key posts. If you have been fast enough to claim/import/transfer/sweep a key before anyone else congratulations.

How to speed up Lana full node synchronization by importing blocks from bootstrap.dat?

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What happens when you download and run LanaCoin desktop wallet for the first time?

Wallet starts to download the entire Lana blockchain. Current size of the blockchain is aprox 220 MB (MegaBytes).

Blockchain synchronization takes aprox 4 hours on an lowend desktop computer (2core cpu,3GB RAM, regular 5400rpm hdd).

LanaCoin wallet has built in 9 seed nodes. Seed nodes are always on wallets/nodes/clients that run 24/7/365 and their purpose is to keep an updated copy of the Lana ledger and serve the blockchain ledger data to any client that needs a copy of this information or need to synch the entire blockchain database.

When a brand new wallet is powered on, it connects over p2p tcp port 7506 to those 9 seednodes and the initiall synchronization of the blockchain begins. Those 9 seednodes are not alone in this task, since the seednodes have an updated list of client/wallet IPs those are provided to the new connecting clients/nodes/wallets as well thru peer exchange.

With time and increase in transaction volume the blockchain grows in size and running a full node will take up more harddrive space.

To speed up the initiall blockchain synchronization, one can take advantage of a feature called block import.

For block import to start one must first obtain a blockchain bootstrap.dat file. We are commited to take a bootstrap.dat file snapshot at least 4 times per year and the latest snapshot is dated january 1st 2020.

How to import blocks with the use of bootstrap.dat?

Download desktop wallet from LanaCoin Github
  • Unzip the wallet program executable (lanacoin-qt.exe)
Unzip the application using your preferred arhive extraction tool.
  • Start wallet application/program (allow application to connect to network if your windows firewall or other asks)
Lanacoin-qt.exe wallet application
  • Shutdown wallet application
  • Open “yourusername” %appdata% folder and look for folder named “lanacoin” (where is appdata folder?)
Lanacoin appdata folder contains blockchain data and wallet.dat file (wallet.dat contains your privatey key for your coins)
  • Delete all files except “wallet.dat” insider the lanacoin appdata folder (wallet.dat contains your private keys)
  • Download bootstrap.dat from our pCloud public folder (look for folder with latest date) and save it to the above mentioned lanacoin appdata folder
Download bootstrap.data file from pCloud to your lanacoin appdata folder or your downloads folder and move it after download is complete.
Your appdata foder should look like this before you start wallet for the second time.
  • Start wallet application/program
  • You will notice wallet is importing blocks from the bootstrap.dat

Importing blocks from bootstrap.dat file (you can monitor progress help/debug/information).
  • After all the blocks are imported you can delete bootstrap.dat file from the lanacoin appdata folder or simply save it in case you need it in the future.

DONT FORGET TO ENCRYPT YOUR WALLET WITH A STRONG PASSWORD AND PERFORM REGULAR WALLET.DAT FILE BACKUPS. A NON ENCRYPTED WALLET.DAT IS VERY INSECURE. IF AN ATTACKER GAINS ACCESS TO YOUR WALLET.DAT FILE HE/SHE HAS ACCESS TO YOUR COINS. SETTING A PASSWORD IS HIGHLY RECCOMENDED.

Backup your wallet.dat before depozit and update your backup any time you generate a new recieve address (public/private keypair).
Create a strong password. Dont forget it, dont loose it. No one can help you recover a lost, forgoten password.
Keep backups of your backups and store the backup medium in a secure place.

Word of causion. Always download wallet/application from the official LanaCoin github code repository and same goes for the bootstap.dat file. The nature of open source project allows anyone with some programming skills to compile a potencially malicious wallet that is designed to steal your crypto or damage you computer.

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