In this guide, steps are outlined to help you recover your CELO (previously Celo Gold) if you accidentally transferred them to an Ethereum address.

Prerequisites

This guide assumes that you have access to the following:

• A computer with a Command Line Interface. You can access it following these instructions:

  • ​Windows​

  • ​Mac​

  • ​Linux​

• ​Celo Command Line Interface installed on your computer

• The 24-word recovery phrase of your Ethereum address

Steps

Please follow the instructions below closely, because missteps can lead to errors or permanent loss of your tokens. To understand these steps, please read What is Ethereum and Celo Overview.

Prepare your recovery phases

Write your recovery phrase to a file using the following commands:

1. nano recovery.txt

2. Paste <word1> <word2> … <word24>

3. Replace the <word>s in brackets with the 24 words from your recovery phrase

4. Press ctrl-o to save

5. Press ctrl-x to exit

Recover your Ethereum address on Celo

Recover your Ethereum address on the Celo network:

celocli account:new --indexAddress 0 --mnemonicPath recovery.txt --derivationPath "m/44'/60'/0'/0" --node https://forno.celo.org

This command will return you with:

• accountAddress: the same address as your Ethereum address

• privateKey: the private key associated with your address -- please record this private key on paper and not share with anyone else

• publicKey: the public key associated with your address

Check your CELO balanace

Check your Celo account balance using this command:

celocli account:balance <accountAddress> --node https://forno.celo.org

Replace <accountAddress> with the accountAddress you got from the previous step.

Transfer CELO

Now, you can transfer your CELO to an address of choice:

celocli transfer:celo --from <accountAddress> --to <addressOfChoice> --value <valueInCeloWei> --privateKey <privateKey> --node https://forno.celo.org

• Replace <accountAddress> with the accountAddress you got from the previous step.

• Replace <addressOfChoice> with the address that you want to send CELO to.

• Replace <valueInCeloWei> with the amount you want to send, but this number needs to be slightly lower than your balance, as there’s a transaction fee.