From f7d429964fffa533ac370aeabb544a3fa507a1ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jonathan \"Duke\" Leto" Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:41:13 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] More details in readme about claiming funds --- README.md | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e455821ef..af749a3a2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -24,10 +24,27 @@ There are many channels, some you might enjoy are #general, #support and #mining ## Claiming Funds From Old Hush Wallets Hush migrated to a new mainnet after Block 500,000 on the old Hush blockchain. -All funds in all addresses as of Block 500,000 were transported to our new chain. +Funds in addresses as of Block 500,000 were transported to our new chain. About +31,000 addresses with at least 0.00000001 HUSH were transported to the new Hush +mainnet. To claim funds on the new chain, there are few options. +### Funds on exchanges + +Firstly, no bueno! Not your keys, not your coins. It's best not to store coins +on exchanges. But in this case, you lucked out! There is nothing to do to claim +new coins if you have coins on an exchange that supports the new Hush chain. +The exchange will follow the instructions from the next section and you will +magically have funds on the new chain. Note that old Hush addresses started +with `t1` and now they begin with `R`. + +To see what an old HUSH v2 address looks like on the new chain, this online tool +can be used: https://dexstats.info/addressconverter.php + +or this command line tool: https://github.com/MyHush/hush3/blob/duke/contrib/convert\_address.py + + ### Using an old wallet.dat Backup your old HUSH wallet.dat, and backup any current wallet.dat that is in your