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Title: What do I do with a wallet.dat? Post by: WorldOfBitcoin on September 20, 2012, 07:32:45 PM trying to figure out how to import a wallet from a backup made directly from the client. A wallet.dat
I dont see any way to import it in the main client. Ive poked around and tried to install pywallet but I cant find a .exe I tryed to import it into blockchain.info but there isnt a tab that lets me select the file. It wants me to copy and paste it in but when I open it in notepad is all gibberish. Title: Re: What do I do with a wallet.dat? Post by: greyhawk on September 20, 2012, 07:36:57 PM just put wallet.dat into your bitcoin folder and start up bitcoin-qt
It should find the wallet then, if not start bitcoin-qt with the -rescan option Title: Re: What do I do with a wallet.dat? Post by: Raoul Duke on September 20, 2012, 07:42:05 PM You could import it to MtGox using their API.
But, go here and read: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Securing_your_wallet#Locating_Bitcoin.27s_data_directory and https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Securing_your_wallet#Restore Or: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/324/how-can-i-restore-a-wallet-dat-file Title: Re: What do I do with a wallet.dat? Post by: WorldOfBitcoin on September 20, 2012, 07:57:00 PM perfect got it, that was pretty easy thanks
Title: Re: What do I do with a wallet.dat? Post by: Gabi on September 20, 2012, 08:08:06 PM Basically, copy-paste
Note: if you remove wallet.dat and then you start the bitcoin client it will create a new one. So pay attention to not confuse your wallet.dat with your btc with the new one wich is empty :) |