who-biz / chips-snapshot

Procedure for snapshotting and distributing coins from CHIPS legacy blockchain, to new Verus PBaaS blockchain.

CHIPS Snapshot procedure

Step 1: Sync a CHIPS daemon to chain tip

Either clone and compile source code from https://github.com/chips-blockchain/chips, or use pre-compiled binaries on releases page.

Once synced to chain tip, shut your daemon off so that lock is not present on database.

Step 2: Take snapshot using python tool

Clone repository located here: https://github.com/who-biz/chipsposbal2csv

Download prerequisite packages from apt and pip:

sudo apt-get install python2.7-dev libleveldb-dev

pip install plyvel==1.2.0
pip install base58
pip install pysqlite3

Then, take snapshot. This will take a while.

cd chipsposbal2csv
python btcposbal2csv.py ~/.chips/chainstate ~/chips_addresses_w_bal.csv

Once this is complete, you should have a file in home directory titled chips_addresses_w_bal.csv.

Step 3: Run script to distribute coins according to snapshot

You must have the required balance in your wallet to distribute to snapshot fully. In the event that balance is insufficient, script will print a message indicating so. It will also export JSON-formatted entries that have been excluded from snapshot to a file.

Clone repository located here: https://github.com/who-biz/blockchain_scripts

Run script:

cd ~/blockchain_scripts
./vrsc_sendmany_from_csv.sh ~/chips_addresses_w_bal.csv