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Bitcoin => Bitcoin Technical Support => Topic started by: WiseOldOwl on December 30, 2016, 03:31:44 AM



Title: How to convert old coins in old wallet to new (if needed)
Post by: WiseOldOwl on December 30, 2016, 03:31:44 AM
So i turned on a old computer from 2011-2012 and i have a small amount of btc in the wallet. Should i just copy the wallet dat file over to newer client? dont want to risk anything and havent been around in a while


Title: Re: How to convert old coins in old wallet to new (if needed)
Post by: achow101 on December 30, 2016, 03:50:22 AM
So i turned on a old computer from 2011-2012 and i have a small amount of btc in the wallet. Should i just copy the wallet dat file over to newer client? dont want to risk anything and havent been around in a while
You will need to start Bitcoin Core with the upgrade wallet option after you copy the wallet.dat file to the data directory.


Title: Re: How to convert old coins in old wallet to new (if needed)
Post by: WiseOldOwl on December 30, 2016, 05:05:36 AM
So i turned on a old computer from 2011-2012 and i have a small amount of btc in the wallet. Should i just copy the wallet dat file over to newer client? dont want to risk anything and havent been around in a while
You will need to start Bitcoin Core with the upgrade wallet option after you copy the wallet.dat file to the data directory.

Thank You,
I will try this


Title: Re: How to convert old coins in old wallet to new (if needed)
Post by: Kray on December 31, 2016, 01:31:37 PM
Just copy wallet.dat to yojr new client