Lisk is not the network it used to be. It ran its own chain from 2016 until 2024, then closed it and started again as a layer on top of Ethereum.
That means your address changed. The old chain used addresses starting lsk. The new one uses ordinary Ethereum addresses starting 0x, and one is not derived from the other.
Fees on the new chain are paid in ETH. LSK still exists, but as an ordinary token rather than as the thing you pay gas with.
What you get out of the box
Choisissez votre méthode d'import.
On Lisk
- Open your wallet and copy your address. It starts with 0x and matches your Ethereum address.
- If you held LSK before 2024, your old history lives on the retired chain under an address starting lsk. That is a separate record and worth keeping alongside this one.
On Kryptos
- Go to Kryptos.io and sign up with your Google account.
- From the menu, click Integrations.
- Click Add Integration and search for Lisk.
- Click the Lisk icon, then choose Import using Address.
- Give the wallet a name, paste your address, and click Import Your Transactions.
Good to know
- The window to claim your old LSK on the new chain closed on 21 May 2026. It cannot be reopened.
- Gas is paid in ETH here, not in LSK.
- There is very little lending or trading on this chain. If you are looking for liquidity positions, you probably have none.
A chain that closed, and the deadline that has passed
Very few projects abandon their own blockchain. Lisk did, and if you held LSK before 2024 the consequences are still sitting in your records.
The original Lisk ran from 2016 with its own addresses, its own rules and its own voting system. In May 2024 it stopped. A snapshot was taken, the chain was frozen, and Lisk restarted as a layer on top of Ethereum with ordinary 0x addresses.
Holders had to claim. You signed a message with your old key to prove the balance was yours, then received the same amount of LSK on the new chain at a new address. One for one, no change in quantity.
Two things follow for tax. First, that claim was not income. You already owned the LSK; it moved. In most countries a straight one-for-one migration carries your original cost, which for early holders might be a purchase from 2016. Treating the claim as a fresh acquisition at that day's price would erase years of cost and inflate your gain when you eventually sell.
Second, the window is closed. Claims ran for two years and ended on 21 May 2026. Anyone who missed it holds a balance on a chain that no longer produces blocks, with no way to move it. Whether that counts as a loss you can claim depends on your country's rules about worthless assets, and on being able to show what you originally paid.
That last part is why the old records matter. They live on a retired chain that no ordinary tool can read, and they hold the purchase prices. For how migrations and worthless assets are treated where you file, see the USA crypto tax guide or the UK crypto tax guide.
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Carrying cost through the migration
LSK claimed on the new chain is the same holding you had before, one for one. The price you paid years ago is what should follow it, not a fresh cost from the claim date.
Reconstructing history from the old chain
Anything before 2024 happened on a network that no longer runs. It is not visible to any Ethereum tool, and it holds the purchase prices that matter.
Locking LSK in the DAO
Locking pays rewards you claim yourself, so each claim is a receipt on the day it lands.
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The migration was not a sale
Old LSK was exchanged one for one for LSK on the new chain. You held the same amount of the same thing before and after, so it should carry your original cost rather than restarting from the claim date.
It still looks like a sale on chain
The old chain shows a balance and the new one shows tokens appearing at an unrelated address. Nothing links them automatically, so the cost has to be carried across by hand or by a tool that knows about the migration.
An expired claim may be a loss
Anyone who missed the 21 May 2026 deadline holds a balance on a dead chain that can never be claimed. Whether that is a deductible loss depends on where you file and on being able to evidence what you paid.
DAO rewards are income when claimed
Locking LSK pays rewards that you collect yourself. The claim date is the receipt date and its value that day is both the income and the cost going forward.
Lecture seule par conception.
- Kryptos only ever needs your public wallet address
- A public address is read-only. It can't move or spend anything
- We never ask for your recovery phrase or private key
- Remove a wallet whenever you like, and its data goes with it
Si la synchronisation échoue.
That is the migration claim. It is the same holding you had on the old chain, so it should carry your original purchase price rather than counting as new income.
The window closed on 21 May 2026 and cannot be reopened. The balance remains on the retired chain and is not recoverable.
History before 2024 is on the retired chain, which no Ethereum tool can read. It is preserved separately by Lisk and needs importing as its own record.
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