public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { NetworkParameters params = TestNet3Params.get(); // Bitcoinj supports hierarchical deterministic wallets (or "HD Wallets"): // https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0032.mediawiki // HD wallets allow you to restore your wallet simply from a root seed. This seed can be // represented using a short mnemonic sentence as described in BIP 39: // https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawiki // Here we restore our wallet from a seed with no passphrase. Also have a look at the // BackupToMnemonicSeed.java example that shows how to backup a wallet by creating a mnemonic // sentence. String seedCode = "yard impulse luxury drive today throw farm pepper survey wreck glass federal"; String passphrase = ""; Long creationtime = 1409478661L; DeterministicSeed seed = new DeterministicSeed(seedCode, null, passphrase, creationtime); // The wallet class provides a easy fromSeed() function that loads a new wallet from a given // seed. Wallet wallet = Wallet.fromSeed(params, seed); // Because we are importing an existing wallet which might already have transactions we must // re-download the blockchain to make the wallet picks up these transactions // You can find some information about this in the guides: // https://bitcoinj.github.io/working-with-the-wallet#setup // To do this we clear the transactions of the wallet and delete a possible existing blockchain // file before we download the blockchain again further down. System.out.println(wallet.toString()); wallet.clearTransactions(0); File chainFile = new File("restore-from-seed.spvchain"); if (chainFile.exists()) { chainFile.delete(); } // Setting up the BlochChain, the BlocksStore and connecting to the network. SPVBlockStore chainStore = new SPVBlockStore(params, chainFile); BlockChain chain = new BlockChain(params, chainStore); PeerGroup peers = new PeerGroup(params, chain); peers.addPeerDiscovery(new DnsDiscovery(params)); // Now we need to hook the wallet up to the blockchain and the peers. This registers event // listeners that notify our wallet about new transactions. chain.addWallet(wallet); peers.addWallet(wallet); DownloadProgressTracker bListener = new DownloadProgressTracker() { @Override public void doneDownload() { System.out.println("blockchain downloaded"); } }; // Now we re-download the blockchain. This replays the chain into the wallet. Once this is // completed our wallet should know of all its transactions and print the correct balance. peers.start(); peers.startBlockChainDownload(bListener); bListener.await(); // Print a debug message with the details about the wallet. The correct balance should now be // displayed. System.out.println(wallet.toString()); // shutting down again peers.stop(); }