
- Chia keybase how to#
- Chia keybase install#
It should prompt a WARNING message like.
/!\ Caution: make sure you have a backup of the 24 words mnemonic or you will lose access to the key for ever. Delete the second key: chia keys delete -f. One under the farmer section and the other one under the pool section. There should be two occurrence of xch_target_address. Edit: xch_target_address: XXX replace it with the newly generated "First wallet address". Open ~/.chia/mainnet/config/config.yaml. Find the "First wallet address": chia keys show and copy it. Remember the fingerprint for the next step. If you lose it your key and XCH will be lost for ever ! Write down the mnemonic on a paper you will not lose. Create a second key for "wallet" operation purposes: chia keys generate. Since the private key receiving rewards will not be stored on it. The upside is: even if your computer is compromised the attacker will not be able to access your wallet. Would you want to do an XCH operation you will have to manually import the cold storage key. The downside of that solution is that you will not have direct access to your wallet and XCH. Receiving/Sending funds and receiving farming rewards. Cold storage key used for: Wallet operations. Default key used for: plotting and farming. The risk is that, if your computer is compromised, the attacker would have access to your wallet and could potentially steal the XCH.Īnother solution for farming XCH and securing them is to use two keys: 2 keys (farming key + cold storage key) With this setup you can farm, plot and manage your XCH all at once. Show can see it's mnemonic by typing: chia keys showīy default, the rewards from farming will be sent to this private key's wallet address. The CLI (or GUI) creates a new private master key on the first initialization. Chia keybase install#
It is the default configuration when you install chia-network for the first time. This solution is the most straightforward, you use only one key for everything: plotting, farming, receiving rewards, managing your wallet. It is mostly CLI focused sorry GUI users. You can find this explanation here: Chia Keys Architecture. It does not explain the Chia Keys Architecture.
Chia keybase how to#
The purpose of this page is to provide guidance on how to setup Chia keys for plotting, farming, receiving rewards and managing your wallet.