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Title: How to move my wallet to different computer?
Post by: Bit-Gods on March 07, 2014, 10:21:09 AM
I want to move my wallet to a different computer. How can i do that?


Title: Re: How to move my wallet to different computer?
Post by: davidpbrown on March 07, 2014, 12:05:40 PM
Do a backup from the wallet File:Backup wallet or similar, to an encrypted USB.

Setup the wallet on the new computer and let it run, that'll create a new empty wallet. Stop that wallet and the look then to replace that new wallet with the old wallet.
If Linux, look for the ~/.bitcoin/wallet.dat and move that to the new computer same location. Restart the wallet and it should be everything you expect; only then, delete the wallet.dat from the old computer.. and I would dd zero complete the old computer to ensure that old wallet isn't recoverable.


Title: Re: How to move my wallet to different computer?
Post by: jeroenn13 on March 07, 2014, 02:21:29 PM
Backup your wallet and paste in the new Bitcoin folder.


Title: Re: How to move my wallet to different computer?
Post by: Predatorian on March 07, 2014, 03:44:39 PM
Backup your wallet and paste in the new Bitcoin folder.

This.


Title: Re: How to move my wallet to different computer?
Post by: Fiyasko on March 07, 2014, 03:46:39 PM
Backup your wallet and paste in the new Bitcoin folder.

This.
You can even email the wallet.dat file it's so small (bad idea due to theft risks)
Emailing a banks worth of money... what a world we live in


Title: Re: How to move my wallet to different computer?
Post by: Danglebee on March 07, 2014, 04:39:41 PM
girlfriend student on Australia.
She bank comonbank think name. She say transaction to user on same bank take 24 hr !
I could no believe. Bank force us hide money in pillow, or bitcoin lol