Error: Failed to unlock account (0x...) No key for given address or file

Created by Daniel Anthony, Modified on Thu, 11 Jan at 11:12 PM by Daniel Anthony

This error occurs because the path for the password.txt file is incorrect. You can follow the below steps to rectify this:


This error occurs because the path for the password.txt and Keystore file is incorrect. You can follow the below steps to rectify this:


  1. Copy the bor keystore file to

    /etc/bor/dataDir/keystore

  2. And password.txt to

    /etc/bor/dataDir/

  3. Make sure you have added correct address in /etc/bor/metadata


For Binaries:

  1. Copy the Bor keystore file to:

    /var/lib/bor/keystore/

  2. And password.txt to

    /var/lib/bor/password.txt


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