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Abelian CLI Wallet ​

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Abelian Legacy Wallet CLI Manual ​

This document describes how to run an Abelian CLI wallet.

Please refer to Abelian Software Basics to understand the software architecture first.

The Official Abelian Download Page. To interact with other miners, developers and users, visit the [Official Discord Channel] (https://discord.com/invite/5rrDxP29hx).

All the operations are carried out via the Command Line Interface (CLI). For Linux or macOS, open Terminal; and for Windows, open PowerShell or any of your favorite shell application.

Note: For upgrading from an old version to the latest one, please jump directly to section, 9. Upgrade to the Latest Version.

1. Installation ​

Download two compressed files, something like abec-linux-amd64-v1.0.0.tar.gz and abewalletlegacy-linux-amd64-v1.0.0.tar.gz for Linux running on an x86 architecture (e.g. Intel chips).

Unzip them and put them under the same folder ~/abel/:

bash
~/abel/abec-linux-amd64-v1.0.0/
~/abel/abewalletlegacy-linux-amd64-v1.0.0/

There are three executable files: abec and abectl are in ~/abel/abec-linux-amd64-v1.0.0/ and abewalletlegacy in ~/abel/abewalletlegacy-linux-amd64-v1.0.0/.

Go to ~/abel/abec-linux-amd64-v1.0.0/, and run:

txt
abec
txt
./start_abec.sh

Then press control+C to stop it. By doing this, we create a configuration folder for abec located at:

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%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Abec
txt
~/Library/Application Support/Abec
txt
~/.abec

Next, go to ~/abel/abewalletlegacy-linux-amd64-v1.0.0/, and run:

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abewalletlegacy --create
txt
./start_abewalletlegacy.sh --create

Then press control+C to stop it. By doing this, we create a configuration folder for abewalletlegacy located at:

txt
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Abewallet
txt
~/Library/Application Support/Abewallet
txt
~/.abewallet

Note: On macOS (M1/M2 chip / arm64), if it says 'xxx' is damaged and can't be opened, run the command:

bash
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine path/to/xxx

If it says 'xxx' cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified, go to System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> General and click allow anyway.

2. Create a Wallet ​

To create a wallet, go to ~/abel/abewalletlegacy-macos-amd64-v1.0.0/ and run:

txt
abewalletlegacy --create
txt
./start_abewalletlegacy.sh --create

Here is an example:

bash
$ ./start_abewalletlegacy.sh --create
Enter the private passphrase for your new wallet:
Confirm passphrase:
Enter the public passphrase for your new wallet:
Confirm passphrase:
NOTE: Use the `--walletpass` option to configure your public passphrase.
Do you have an existing wallet seed you want to use? (n/no/y/yes) [no]:
Your wallet generation seed is:
afe0f025646cde3eee099db9215f8cdb212ed0e06730fd0087e9d1ff5565fd53
the crypto version is 0
Your wallet mnemonic list is:
quiz,always,announce,silver,social,buyer,return,crisp,rice,april,tobacco,rent,base,half,light,tow
ard,wonder,aerobic,whip,physical,vocal,real,vocal,leg
IMPORTANT: Keep the version and seed in a safe place as you
will NOT be able to restore your wallet without it.
Please keep in mind that anyone who has access
to the seed can also restore your wallet thereby
giving them access to all your funds, so it is
imperative that you keep it in a secure location.
Once you have stored the seed in a safe and secure location, enter "OK" to continue: OK
Creating the wallet...
Please remember the initial address:
00000000005a38589d86427698e3ec735335b368899ed6e0239c4285bbc4e370f4ea4e6d
2ac1f1555b53f8df7c30e13d4bccc3b6d56763ec279620d9f131fb68089cb8ef18885950f8
4e56bf78d1780a5cac57d0888dabd669f86f85e7055afabae6a332fa000b3c6ee6a09751ce4
1ad7de4e...

3. Configuration - abec ​

You can let other Abelian nodes on the mainnet know your presence by broadcasting your IP address (e.g. 1.2.3.4). This works only if you have a public IP or have some IP forwarding configured at your router:

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externalip=1.2.3.4

Allow abelminer to connect to abec for GPU mining:

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enablegetwork=1

If you have multiple GPU mining machines connecting remotely to this single abec, make sure that port 8668 is opened:

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rpclistengetwork=:8668

Set the initial address of your wallet to miningaddr:

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miningaddr = [your initial address]

4. Configuration - abewalletlegacy ​

Copy the RPC values, namely rpcuser and rpcpass, from abec.conf:

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rpcuser = [rpcuser]
rpcpass = [rpcpass]

Paste them respectively to abewallet.conf in the configuration folder of abewalletlegacy:

plaintext
abecrpcuser= [rpcuser in abec.conf]
abecrpcpass= [rpcpass in abec.conf]

In addition, in order to let abectl (abewalletlegacy control console) interact with abewalletlegacy later, we need to set the following options in abewallet.conf:

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rpcuser= [whatever_username]
rpcpass= [whatever_password]

Suggestion: To simplify the username and password management, set the rpcuser and rpcpass in abewallet.conf to be the same as the abecrpcuser and abecrpcpass, respectively.

If running abec and abewalletlegacy on different machines, additional configuration for IP and port may be required.

4.1 abec and abewalletlegacy are running on different machines ​

If you are running abec and abewalletlegacy on different machines, you need to configure them as follows:

  1. Add the following option in abec.conf:
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rpclisten=[IP:PORT]

Or simply:

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rpclisten=

This will make your abec listen to all interfaces on the default port number (i.e., 8667).

  1. In abewallet.conf, add the following option to specify the IP address and port of the remote full node (abec):
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rpcconnect=[IP:PORT]

Where [IP] is the IP address of the machine running abec, and [PORT] is the listening port of abec (default is 8667 if not specified).

  1. Go to the configuration folder of abec, delete the two RPC files: rpc.cert and rpc.key. Then run abec again to generate a new pair of rpc.cert/rpc.key in the configuration folder.

  2. Copy rpc.cert from the configuration folder of abec, and store the file at ~/Documents/abel/rpc.cert on the machine where abewalletlegacy is running. Set the cafile option in abewallet.conf as follows:

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cafile=~/abel/rpc.cert

5. Run a Full Node - abec ​

To run a full node:

txt
abec
txt
./start_abec.sh

6. Run a Wallet - abewalletlegacy ​

To run the wallet:

txt
abewalletlegacy --walletpass=[your public passphrase]
txt
./start_abewalletlegacy.sh --walletpass=[your public passphrase]

7. Use abectl to Operate on abec and abewalletlegacy ​

In the abec folder, there is another executable called start_abectl.sh (macOS and Linux) or abectl (Windows). This executable can be used for checking the balance of your wallet, make fund transfer, and so on.

7.1 Check Balance ​

Run the following to check the balance of your wallet where username and password should be the same as the options rpcuser and rpcpass we configured in abewallet.conf, respecitvely.

txt
abectl --rpcuser=[username] --rpcpass=[password] --wallet getbalancesabe
txt
./start_abectl.sh --rpcuser=[username] --rpcpass=[password] --wallet getbalancesabe

7.2 Unlock ​

Before sending a transaction or generating a new address, you need to unlock your wallet first:

txt
abectl --rpcuser=[rpc username] --rpcpass=[rpc password] --wallet walletunlock [private passphrase] [timeout]
txt
./start_abectl.sh --rpcuser=[rpc username] --rpcpass=[rpc password] --wallet walletunlock [private passphrase] [timeout]

The unit of timeout is in seconds.

Example:

bash
./start_abectl.sh --rpcuser=abewalletrpcuser --rpcpass=abewalletrpcpass --wallet walletunlock
123456 240

This unlocks the wallet with passphrase 123456 for 240 seconds.

7.3 Generate a New Address ​

After unlocking the wallet, you can generate a new address by running:

txt
abectl --rpcuser=[rpcuser] --rpcpass=[rpcpass] --wallet generateaddressabe
txt
./start_abectl.sh --rpcuser=[rpcuser] --rpcpass=[rpcpass] --wallet generateaddressabe

7.4 Query the Maximum Number of Addresses ​

Every time the wallet is recovered or a new transaction is initiated, a fresh wallet address is created. You can run the following command to find out the total number of addresses created:

txt
abectl --rpcuser=[rpcuser] --rpcpass=[rpcpass] --wallet addressmaxsequencenumber
txt
./start_abectl.sh --rpcuser=[rpcuser] --rpcpass=[rpcpass] --wallet addressmaxsequencenumber

7.5 Make a Transfer ​

As an Abelian wallet address is long, it can be cumbersome to paste a wallet address directly into the command line. Instead, you can create a file called arg1 in the configuration folder of abec and add the receiver's address and amount into it. The format is as follows:

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[
    {
        "address":"addr1",
        "amount":700000000
    },
    {
        "address":"addr2",
        "amount":500000000
    }
]

Note that the unit of amount is Neutrino (1 ABE = 10,000,000 Neutrino).

Then, you can send a transaction by running:

txt
abectl --rpcuser=[rpcuser] --rpcpass=[rpcpass] --wallet sendtoaddressesabe -
txt
./start_abectl.sh --rpcuser=[rpcuser] --rpcpass=[rpcpass] --wallet sendtoaddressesabe -

Example:

bash
$ cat /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Abec/arg1
 [{"address":"addr1", "amount":700000000},{"address":"addr2", "amount":500000000}]
$ ./start_abectl.sh --rpcuser=[rpcuser] --rpcpass=[rpcpass] --wallet sendtoaddressesabe -

This command sends 70 ABEL to addr1 and 50 ABEL to addr2.

8. Recover a wallet ​

8.1 Prepare the Information ​

If you want to recover a wallet, please first prepare the information as described below:

  1. Please make sure your wallet mnemonics are available.
  2. Query the maximum number of addresses in the current wallet.
  3. Query the balance information of the current wallet.
  4. Backup the abewalletlegacy configuration folder. Please copy the folder to somewhere else which is also safe. This, together with the public and private passphrase, may help rollback to the current wallet in case your mnemonics are not as you expected.

8.2 Recover the Wallet ​

  1. Delete logs/ and mainnet/ folders in the configuration folder of abewalletlegacy, and run:
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abewalletlegacy --create
txt
./start_abewalletlegacy.sh --create

Example:

bash
$ ./start_abewalletlegacy.sh --create
Enter the private passphrase for your new wallet:
Confirm passphrase:
Enter the public passphrase for your new wallet:
Confirm passphrase:
NOTE: Use the --walletpass option to configure your public passphrase.
Do you have an existing wallet seed you want to use? (n/no/y/yes) [no]: y
Enter the crypto version is:0
Enter existing wallet mnemonic: biology,hazard,sudden,dignity,drop,jealous,butter,believe,answer,enter,practice,scorpion,health,tunnel,rival,vault,neutral,season,proof,must,path,steel,final,female
Please input the max No. of address to recover :5
Creating the wallet...
 [INF] WLLT: The addresses with No. in [0, 5] have been restored.
 [INF] WLLT: Opened wallet
The wallet has been created successfully.

Note: For the max No. of address to recover here we should input the number obtained in the preparation in 8.1.

8.3 Check the Wallet ​

After recovering the wallet, to ensure it is fully restored, follow these steps:

  1. Configure the wallet and connect it to an abec node, so that it can synchronize the Abelian blockchain and locate all ABEL coins.
  2. After the synchronization is complete, query the balance and check whether it matches your expected balance.

9. Upgrade to the Latest Version ​

If you already have an old version running (for example, v0.11.1), you can follow the steps below to upgrade to the latest version (v0.11.9 as of this writing):

  1. Stop running both abec and abewalletlegacy from the old version.
  2. Download and unzip the two compressed files for abec and abewalletlegacy.
  3. To run the new abec, simply go to the new abec folder and run it.
  4. This part is a bit tricky as we need to remove the old configuration folder of abewalletlegacy first, then recover your wallet before running the new version.

9.1 Run the New Version of abewalletlegacy ​

Please first prepare the information as described in 8.1.

9.2.1 Prepare the Information ​

Before upgrading the wallet, ensure you have the following:

  1. Your wallet mnemonics available.
  2. Query the maximum number of addresses in the current wallet.
  3. Query the balance of the current wallet.
  4. Backup the abewalletlegacy configuration folder by copying it to a safe location. This, along with the public and private passphrases, may help you recover the current wallet in case your mnemonics are incorrect.

9.2.2 Upgrade the Wallet ​

  1. After finishing the preparation, delete the logs/ and mainnet/ folders in the configuration folder of abewalletlegacy, and run:
txt
abewalletlegacy --create
txt
./start_abewalletlegacy.sh --create

Press control+C. By doing this, we re-create the configuration folder.

Then, do the configuration of abewalletlegacy as described in Section 4.

After that, go to the new abewalletlegacy folder and recover your wallet:

txt
abewalletlegacy --create
txt
./start_abewalletlegacy.sh --create

Example:

bash
$ ./start_abewalletlegacy.sh --create
Enter the private passphrase for your new wallet:
Confirm passphrase:
Enter the public passphrase for your new wallet:
Confirm passphrase:
NOTE: Use the --walletpass option to configure your public passphrase.
Do you have an existing wallet seed you want to use? (n/no/y/yes) [no]: y
Run the new version of abewallet
Prepare the information
Upgrade the wallet
Enter the crypto version is:0
Enter existing wallet mnemonic: biology,hazard,sudden,dignity,drop,jealous,butter,believe,answer,enter,practice,scorpion,health,tunnel,rival,vault,neutral,season,proof,must,path,steel,final,female
Please input the max No. of address to recover :5
Creating the wallet...
 [INF] WLLT: The addresses with No. in [0, 5] have been restored.
 [INF] WLLT: Opened wallet
The wallet has been created successfully.

Note: For the max No. of address to recover here we should input the number obtained in the preparation in 9.2.1.

Finally, run the wallet (abewalletlegacy):

txt
abewallet --walletpass=[your public passphrase]
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./start_abewallet.sh --walletpass=[your public passphrase]