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Title: Creating wallet backups Post by: csupnig on December 24, 2013, 10:55:26 PM Hi everyone!
I was wondering what the best way to export and save wallets is. Up to now I just saved the .dat file somewhere. Is there a best practice on how you should proceed on creating backups? Does the .dat file only contain the key and do you only need to back it up once? Where do you keep your wallet backups? Please share your experience :) Title: Re: Creating wallet backups Post by: meade16 on December 24, 2013, 10:59:54 PM I keep mine on 2 external hard disks and a couple of USB pendrives.
Title: Re: Creating wallet backups Post by: infinitybo on December 25, 2013, 03:49:59 PM Both as already explained you can choose whatever you want for example to use Bitcoin-qt.
Title: Re: Creating wallet backups Post by: Supercrypt on December 25, 2013, 04:21:37 PM either you can copy your wallet.dat file to other drive or USB
or you can use QT client to backup your wallet go to File -> Backup Wallet now choose the location and save Done !! Title: Re: Creating wallet backups Post by: KriszDev on December 25, 2013, 05:03:01 PM Original (original bitcoin client) wallet.dat contains:
- keypairs (private and public keys) - transactions - key pool (used for faster address generation) - preferences If you want to backup your wallet: - make an password protected archive file - add the wallet.dat - upload to cloud storages - make the file private (if the storage is public) |