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Title: Using old Bitcoin Core V 0.7 wallet Post by: mostar on May 20, 2015, 11:36:17 AM Hello,
I have an old wallet file backup of Bitcoin client. I believe it was Bitcoin Core V 0.7. What is the recommended/best way to restore the private key in order to: 1) View my balance 2) Use the those bitcoins Thank you Title: Re: Using old Bitcoin Core V 0.7 wallet Post by: unamis76 on May 20, 2015, 11:37:47 AM Hello, I have an old wallet file backup of Bitcoin client. I believe it was Bitcoin Core V 0.7. What is the recommended/best way to restore the private key in order to: 1) View my balance 2) Use the those bitcoins Thank you Just add it to a Bitcoin Core install, or dump the keys via pywallet :) Title: Re: Using old Bitcoin Core V 0.7 wallet Post by: mostar on May 20, 2015, 11:44:39 AM Just add it to a Bitcoin Core install, or dump the keys via pywallet :) Is there a way to avoid building all the blockchain from scratch. I'm looking for an easy way to view the balance. Title: Re: Using old Bitcoin Core V 0.7 wallet Post by: DannyHamilton on May 20, 2015, 01:07:04 PM Just add it to a Bitcoin Core install, or dump the keys via pywallet :) Is there a way to avoid building all the blockchain from scratch.I'm looking for an easy way to view the balance. Use PyWallet to extract the private keys and associated addresses. Trust some public source ofr blockchain information (for example a block explorer such as blockr.io). Look up the addresses in that public source to see the balances. Alternatively... Use PyWallet to extract the private keys. Install a SPV wallet (such as MultiBit) Import the private keys into the SPV wallet. Request the SPV wallet to rescan for transactions. |