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Title: Bitcoin-qt password question Post by: Nat Philosopher on November 14, 2013, 03:15:18 AM I installed Bitcoin-QT on my machine a while ago, and I forgot my password.
So I assume the bitcoin I had in the wallet is lost, until I can remember it? (If that's not true, please somebody let me know.) My question is: How do I use Bitcoin-QT now on that machine (for other bitcoins I have and would transfer in.) Can I somehow start a new wallet with a new password? Title: Re: Bitcoin-qt password question Post by: chaosknight on November 14, 2013, 03:29:01 AM I installed Bitcoin-QT on my machine a while ago, and I forgot my password. So I assume the bitcoin I had in the wallet is lost, until I can remember it? (If that's not true, please somebody let me know.) My question is: How do I use Bitcoin-QT now on that machine (for other bitcoins I have and would transfer in.) Can I somehow start a new wallet with a new password? Yes on both question... also remember to do a backup on your old Bitcoin-QT incase you remember your old password... Title: Re: Bitcoin-qt password question Post by: GoxMountain on November 14, 2013, 03:29:30 AM I installed Bitcoin-QT on my machine a while ago, and I forgot my password. So I assume the bitcoin I had in the wallet is lost, until I can remember it? (If that's not true, please somebody let me know.) My question is: How do I use Bitcoin-QT now on that machine (for other bitcoins I have and would transfer in.) Can I somehow start a new wallet with a new password? I'm not an expert on this but I know you can just move the wallet.dat file to some other location and it will make a new one. That way you can keep it safe until you can remember the password. Title: Re: Bitcoin-qt password question Post by: MarketTime on November 14, 2013, 04:40:24 AM I installed Bitcoin-QT on my machine a while ago, and I forgot my password. So I assume the bitcoin I had in the wallet is lost, until I can remember it? (If that's not true, please somebody let me know.) My question is: How do I use Bitcoin-QT now on that machine (for other bitcoins I have and would transfer in.) Can I somehow start a new wallet with a new password? How much BTC did you had in your old wallet? You can try brute force if it has a lot otherwise you can forget about it... Title: Re: Bitcoin-qt password question Post by: DannyHamilton on November 14, 2013, 05:47:09 AM I installed Bitcoin-QT on my machine a while ago, and I forgot my password. So I assume the bitcoin I had in the wallet is lost, until I can remember it? (If that's not true, please somebody let me know.) My question is: How do I use Bitcoin-QT now on that machine (for other bitcoins I have and would transfer in.) Can I somehow start a new wallet with a new password? Step 1. Make a backup of your current wallet. Step 2. Make sure you made a backup of your current wallet. Step 3. Make a second backup of your current wallet, just in case anything goes wrong with the first backup. Step 4. Shut down Bitcoin-Qt Step 5. Remove wallet.dat from the data directory (as long as you are sure that you have a good backup stored somewhere safe). Step 6. Start Bitcoin-Qt up again. Step 7. You should now have a new wallet with a new bitcoin address. Title: Re: Bitcoin-qt password question Post by: Nat Philosopher on November 14, 2013, 10:19:05 AM Thanks.
Title: Re: Bitcoin-qt password question Post by: descarte on November 14, 2013, 11:45:36 AM nice tips. so many password to remember and yet its best not to reuse them. its good to invest in a pass manager program.
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