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Title: 0.8.1 upgrade help Post by: onetwoonetwo on April 07, 2013, 11:37:48 AM Hi,
Im currently running bitcoin qt 0.7.1 and need to upgrade to 8.1 can anyone tell me the safest way to install the upgrade? Im worried im going to lose all my coins. cheers Title: Re: 0.8.1 upgrade help Post by: Photonfrog on April 07, 2013, 11:40:08 AM I am also looking for the answer to this question. :-)
Title: Re: 0.8.1 upgrade help Post by: vm1990 on April 07, 2013, 01:32:46 PM right the saftest way to do all this is
1.open your current bitcoin client 2.go to "file" and "backup wallet" 3.save the backup to somewhere useful and easy to get at like "my documents" 4.close the Bitcoin Client 5. run installation for new bitcoin client after all this you run the new client wait for it to rescan everything and then your sorted step 2 and 3 back up all your wallet addresses just incase something does go wrong its easy to so sort out id do step 2 and 3 a couple of times (better to be safe then sorry) but also keep the backups very very safe as someone could easily steal them if there not secure Title: Re: 0.8.1 upgrade help Post by: onetwoonetwo on May 06, 2013, 10:50:25 AM cheers! :)
Title: Re: 0.8.1 upgrade help Post by: tjamz on May 06, 2013, 11:36:28 AM Hi, Im currently running bitcoin qt 0.7.1 and need to upgrade to 8.1 can anyone tell me the safest way to install the upgrade? Im worried im going to lose all my coins. cheers find wallet , back it up a few different places (not just a usb stick! those are flakey) then procede. There's a Backup Wallet command in bitcoin qt |