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Recover a Wallet Keyfile

The command to recover a wallet's main key is:

brambl-cli wallet recover-keys -w $PASSWORD --passphrase $PASSPHRASE -n $NETWORK -o $KEY_FILE --newwalletdb $WALLET_DB --mnemonic this,is,an,example,of,a,mnemonic,string,that,contains,12,words

This will use the the mnemonic specified by the --mnemonic option to recover the main key of the wallet. The main key will be stored in the file specified by the -o option and protected by the password. The valid values for the -n option are mainnet, testnet, and private. A new wallet database will be created and stored in the file specified by the --newwalletdb option.

Note that the passphrase MUST be the same passphrase used to initially generate the mnemonic. The password can be different.