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Title: Does wallet change with change in computer location? Post by: newMeat1 on May 21, 2011, 04:18:41 AM I'll be moving to another state soon. When I turn on my computer there, will my bitcoin wallet be all messed up? For example, maybe my IP address changes, and that changes my bitcoin address?
Title: Re: Does wallet change with change in computer location? Post by: FooDSt4mP on May 21, 2011, 04:30:39 AM I'll be moving to another state soon. When I turn on my computer there, will my bitcoin wallet be all messed up? For example, maybe my IP address changes, and that changes my bitcoin address? Nope, your wallet will work from any internet connected computer that can run the bitcoin client. Everything you need to access and use your coins is stored in a file called wallet.dat. Title: Re: Does wallet change with change in computer location? Post by: newMeat1 on May 21, 2011, 04:33:31 AM Good to know. It's impressive how much thought went into this currency. Makes the traditional economy look nuts. Haha
Title: Re: Does wallet change with change in computer location? Post by: the_viper on June 03, 2011, 08:49:30 PM I installed bitcoin and got .02 coins from the faucet site but I cant find this wallet.dat file
I installed it on windows 7 in c\bitcoin (default directory) anyone know why this might be Title: Re: Does wallet change with change in computer location? Post by: the_viper on June 03, 2011, 08:54:48 PM It's ok I just found it there
For those who are interested on windows 7 it's C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin Title: Re: Does wallet change with change in computer location? Post by: darkwon on June 03, 2011, 09:25:25 PM I'm relatively new to Bitcoin as well, and was rather surprised when i found out all my money is stored in an unencrypted, unprotected file hidden deep in the windows file structure (for an average user).
Now that more people are joining this and buying millions in $ on exchanges, maybe it should be made more clear for an average user where their money physically is and how to transport it to a new computer. Also, the file should be encrypted and password-protected, this is such an obvious security design flaw for a currency that's crypto/hacker based -.- Title: Re: Does wallet change with change in computer location? Post by: Garrett Burgwardt on June 03, 2011, 09:31:06 PM I'm relatively new to Bitcoin as well, and was rather surprised when i found out all my money is stored in an unencrypted, unprotected file hidden deep in the windows file structure (for an average user). Now that more people are joining this and buying millions in $ on exchanges, maybe it should be made more clear for an average user where their money physically is and how to transport it to a new computer. Also, the file should be encrypted and password-protected, this is such an obvious security design flaw for a currency that's crypto/hacker based -.- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Securing_your_wallet The information is perfectly available, it's up to the user to find that data. Title: Re: Does wallet change with change in computer location? Post by: darkwon on June 03, 2011, 09:35:02 PM Dude, i was talking about a normal average user here. And you point me to a multi-page long wiki article, really?
With beautiful instructions such as this: ---------------------------------------------------------- Go to Start -> Run (or press WinKey+R) and run this: explorer %APPDATA%\BitCoin BitCoin's data folder will open. For most users, this is the following locations: C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application data\BitCoin (XP) C:\Users\YourUserName\Appdata\Roaming\BitCoin (Vista and 7) "AppData" and "Application data" are hidden by default. ---------------------------------------------------------- This stuff should be in the client. "Copy Wallet to Location" etc.. I mean come on... You guys need to work on usability a lot if you want this to succeed. Title: Re: Does wallet change with change in computer location? Post by: Garrett Burgwardt on June 03, 2011, 09:36:29 PM I'm not saying there shouldn't be a backup function in the client, but it's a skill you need to have to work safely with bitcoins. There are skills you need to safely work with pretty much anything when it is in its infancy.
Give it time. Title: Re: Does wallet change with change in computer location? Post by: darkwon on June 03, 2011, 09:42:52 PM Give it time. Time is running out fast, though. This little project of yours gained a lot of popularity in the last weeks, and big economic trouble is ahead. Perfect times for a new gold-standard if it's easy to use. ;) |