How to query a wallet address over the history of the chain.

[SgtCoin]

Problem:

A user may have an issue where a wallet address cannot be found.

Example

./lotus msig inspect <address>
ERROR: resolution lookup failed (address) resolve address (address): actor not found

Environment:

Mainnet
Calibnet

Resolution:

To ensure that the address did live on the chain at some point, you can query the chain at a particular tipset. This will check the history of the chain at the specified tipset for the address in question.

./lotus state --tipset @312740 lookup <address>

If the address cannot be found historically, it it likely that this is not a valid address. If the address can be found in a historical tipset, please reach out for support in slack.

Extras:

#7556