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QT Wallet v5 (Windows/Mac)

Version 1.0

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Index
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 4
1.

How to backup wallet ..................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 Method 1: Wallet.dat backup ................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Method 2: Export the private key(s) ......................................................................................... 6

2.

Restore your QT wallet ................................................................................................................... 8
2.1 Method 1: Restore your wallet.dat ........................................................................................... 8
2.1.1 Windows ................................................................................................................................ 8
2.1.2 MAC........................................................................................................................................ 8
2.2 Method 2: Import private key ................................................................................................... 9

3.

Reset/upgrade QT wallet .............................................................................................................. 11
3.1 Windows ..................................................................................................................................... 12
3.1.1 Close the QT wallet .............................................................................................................. 12
3.1.2 Clean up the LUX data folder ............................................................................................... 12
3.1.3 Download the blockchain .................................................................................................... 13
3.1.4 Download the latest v5 wallet ............................................................................................. 13
3.1.5 Start the wallet..................................................................................................................... 14
3.1.6 Verify your wallet is synched properly................................................................................. 14
3.2 MAC............................................................................................................................................. 15
3.2.1 Close the QT wallet .............................................................................................................. 15
3.2.2 Clean up the LUX data folder ............................................................................................... 15
3.2.3 Download the blockchain .................................................................................................... 16
3.2.4 Download the latest v5 wallet ............................................................................................. 17
3.2.5 Start the wallet..................................................................................................................... 17
3.2.6 Verify your wallet is synched properly................................................................................. 17

4 Optimize staking ................................................................................................................................ 18
4.1 Open QT wallet ....................................................................................................................... 18
4.2.1 Enable coin control (if not enabled) - Windows .................................................................. 18
4.2.2 Enable coin control (if not enabled) - Mac .......................................................................... 19
4.3 Go to the “Send” tab and select “Inputs” ............................................................................... 19
4.4 Select the inputs you want to restructure for staking ............................................................ 19
4.5 Use UTXO to split the coins in chunks..................................................................................... 20
4.6 Verify inputs ............................................................................................................................ 20
5 Configure Cryptopia trading tab ........................................................................................................ 21
5.1 Login to Cryptopia and select your account ........................................................................... 21
5.2 Select security ......................................................................................................................... 21
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5.3 Enable API and Withdrawal .................................................................................................... 22
5.4 Generate new API Key and API Secret .................................................................................... 22
5.5 Open your QT wallet and select Trading settings ................................................................... 22
5.6 Enter your Cryptopia details ................................................................................................... 23
5.7 Save API Keys .......................................................................................................................... 23
Additional assistance: ........................................................................................................................... 24

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Introduction
Welcome to the LUX QT user guide for Windows and MAC. This guide contains instructions on:
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How to Backup / Restore your wallet
How to Reset / Upgrade your wallet
How to optimize your wallet for staking
How to setup your wallet to enable trading (Cryptopia) straight from the wallet

To find out more about the new features in this release, please visit:
https://luxcore.io/mercury/

Disclaimer: When performed correctly, this should pose no risk to your virtual coins. Luxcore will not
be responsible for any incorrectly performed actions or steps that may result in any losses of any
kind.
Please refer Luxcore T&C here: https://www.luxcore.io/files/Luxcore_TC.pdf

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1. How to backup wallet
We often see users not take the necessary precautions to protect their investment. This guide has
been designed to help you create the necessary backups of your investment, and the necessary
restore procedures.
If you need any assistance making a backup or restoring your backup, please visit us on Discord
(https://discord.gg/ddnUQAG). We have moderators on 24/7 that will assist you.
Keep in mind, the screenshots might differ a little bit between operating systems.
There are 2 ways to backup your wallet, and they complement each other.
1. Backup of the wallet.dat
2. Backup of your private key(s) offline/cold storage
We advise you to follow both backup procedures, to make sure you never lose access to your coins.

1.1 Method 1: Wallet.dat backup
Open your wallet and select file -> backup wallet

Save your backup wallet.dat to a location on your computer and then move it to (for example) a USB
stick. If your wallet is not encrypted, you need to be very careful with your wallet.dat (offline storage
is advised).

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1.2 Method 2: Export the private key(s)
NEVER EXPOSE YOUR PRIVATE KEYS TO ANYONE !

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Open the QT wallet and unlock

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Make sure you do a full unlock

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Now open the debug console

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Type listaddressgroupings and press , this will list all wallet addresses

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Now extract the private key of each address that you want to migrate using the following
command. (If the wallet is not in sync you will not see any balance but you can export all the
keys)

dumpprivkey address

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To be clear, this private key gives access to your coins without any password or other
failsafe. You NEED to keep this 100% secure. For example, put them on a paper/usbstick and
put them in a safe (possibly together with a guide for next of kin incase of an emergency).

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2. Restore your QT wallet
Before we restore the wallet.dat or private key, install/upgrade the LUX QT and have it fully sync. For
a install/upgrade guide, please visit our discord.
*this guide assumes you have installed in the default data folder

2.1 Method 1: Restore your wallet.dat
Please close your QT wallet.

2.1.1 Windows
Open explorer and enter %appdata%\lux and press enter

Replace the wallet.dat with your backup. The name of the backup has to be “wallet.dat”

2.1.2 MAC
Open finder and press Command + Shift + G , a “go to the folder” window appears, enter
“~/Library/Application Support/Lux” and press enter.

Replace the wallet.dat with your backup. The name of the backup has to be “wallet.dat”

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2.2 Method 2: Import private key
If you made a fresh wallet.dat to import your private key, we advise you to encrypt your wallet.dat
first.
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Open the QT wallet and unlock

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Make sure you do a full unlock

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Now open the debug console

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Import the private key

The wallet will now rescan all the blockchain files for transactions, this may take a while. Repeat this
process for all your private keys. They will now show up under file -> receiving address and the
transactions and balance should be visible.

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3. Reset/upgrade QT wallet
For a cryptocurrency with an ambitious roadmap like LUX mandatory wallet/blockchain upgrades are
a common occurrence, they are required to implement new functionality to the network and
therefore should always be kept up-to-date. This guide describes how to upgrade/reset your wallet.
When do you reset your wallet ?
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Wallet does not sync anymore (no block source available)
Wallet does not receive or send a transaction from an exchange or pool
When you upgrade your wallet
When a mod on discord asks you 😊

Before we continue, please be sure to read chapter 1 and confirm you have backups in place.

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3.1 Windows
This guide describes how to upgrade/reset your Windows wallet, scroll down for the MAC guide.

3.1.1 Close the QT wallet

Incase the wallet hangs on “Luxcore shutting down”:

Please use task manager to end the task

3.1.2 Clean up the LUX data folder
*this guide assumes you have installed in the default data folder
Open explorer and enter %appdata%\lux and press enter

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Select all files except the wallet.dat and backups folder (the backup folder is not present in v3 wallet
directories).

Now delete the selected files, result:

3.1.3 Download the blockchain
Download the following file: http://luxcore.io/files/LUXblockChain.zip and unpack the “blocks” and
“chainstate” directory into the lux folder. The end result should look like this:

3.1.4 Download the latest v5 wallet
Open a browser and go to: https://github.com/LUX-Core/lux/releases/latest and download the
latest lux-qt-wins.zip and unzip the lux-qt.exe somewhere convenient.
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3.1.5 Start the wallet
Start the wallet, it will now start synching from a recent state of the blockchain.

As we have placed a recent copy of the blockchain in the installation directory, the sync will be fast
(few minutes).

3.1.6 Verify your wallet is synched properly
Mouse over the checkmark in the bottom right corner of your wallet

Compare the block number to the block explorer on https://explorer.luxcore.io/

If those match up, your wallet is ready to go, please take the time to make a fresh backup using the
file -> backup interface in the wallet gui.

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3.2 MAC
This guide describes how to upgrade/reset your Mac wallet, scroll up for the Windows guide.

3.2.1 Close the QT wallet

Incase the wallet hangs on “Luxcore shutting down …”

Please force close the wallet.

3.2.2 Clean up the LUX data folder
*this guide assumes you have installed in the default data folder
Open finder and press Command + Shift + G , a “go to the folder” windows appears, enter
“~/Library/Application Support/Lux” and press enter.

Select all files except the wallet.dat and backups folder (the backup folder is not present in v3 wallet
directories).

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Now delete the selected files, result:

3.2.3 Download the blockchain
Download the following file: http://luxcore.io/files/LUXblockChain.zip and unpack the “blocks” and
“chainstate” directory into the lux folder. The end result should look like this:

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3.2.4 Download the latest v5 wallet
Open a browser and go to: https://github.com/LUX-Core/lux/releases/latest and download the
latest LUX-Qt.dmg and install it.

3.2.5 Start the wallet
Start the wallet, it will now start synching from a recent state of the blockchain.

As we have placed a recent copy of the blockchain in the installation directory, the sync will be fast
(few minutes).

3.2.6 Verify your wallet is synched properly
Mouse over the checkmark in the bottom right corner of your wallet

Compare the block number to the block explorer on https://explorer.luxcore.io/

If those match up, your wallet is ready to go, please take the time to make a fresh backup using the
file -> backup interface in the wallet gui.

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4 Optimize staking
The guide explains how to optimize your wallet for staking. Keep in mind, this is not the magic bullet
(the wallet will optimize staking automatically), but a guide to get it done quick and easy. This guide
optimizes the inputs used for staking through the utxo feature.

4.1 Open QT wallet

4.2.1 Enable coin control (if not enabled) - Windows
Go to Settings -> Options -> Wallet

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4.2.2 Enable coin control (if not enabled) - Mac
Go to Luxcore -> Preferences -> Wallet

4.3 Go to the “Send” tab and select “Inputs”

4.4 Select the inputs you want to restructure for staking
Select all the coins here that you want to optimize and press ok.

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4.5 Use UTXO to split the coins in chunks
In this example we will split 731.57 LUX into groups of approximately 100 coins. You want to be as
close to 100 LUX chunks as possible, so we will split into 7 blocks of approximately 104.

Make absolutely sure your destination address is correct, if you use labels it should automatically fill
that field. After this press “send”, and confirm the fee. Your wallet will now do an internal
transaction.

4.6 Verify inputs
Wait for 1 confirmation on the transaction, then click on “Inputs” again, it should look similar to this.

Your coins will need 36h to mature again, but are now optimized for staking.

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5 Configure Cryptopia trading tab
The LUX QT wallet features a trading tab, that shows the LUX<>BTC order book of Cryptopia. In this
document we enable the LUX wallet to actively trade on the Cryptopia platform from inside the
wallet !

5.1 Login to Cryptopia and select your account

5.2 Select security

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5.3 Enable API and Withdrawal

5.4 Generate new API Key and API Secret

DO NOT FORGET TO PRESS “SAVE CHANGES”

5.5 Open your QT wallet and select Trading settings

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5.6 Enter your Cryptopia details

5.7 Save API Keys

Your wallet is now configured and the trading options are activated. Keep in mind this is ALPHA and
at YOUR OWN RISK.

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Additional assistance:
Are you uncomfortable executing this guide on your own ?
Are you still experiencing issues after executing this guide ?
Do you have any other question regarding LUX ?
Please visit us on Discord: https://discord.gg/ddnUQAG

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