How should I go about making a back up in the unfortunate event that my computer has a hardware failure? I have a masternode running 24/7 atm and would like to be able to rest easy knowing it's safe if my computer packs it in. Do I use the Bip38 tool? Or will the backup.dat files be enough to recover my ALQO? This is my first masternode and I am not very tech savvy so I apologise in advance if this is a stupid question. Thanks!
Also, loving ALQO btw! great payouts, super stable and great community with organic growth. Keep up the great work!
Simply export your private key and store it safely
Thanks for your quick response, where exactly can I find it in the wallet? Or is there a command I can use in debug console?
FYI the 'Settings > Encrypt Wallet' is unresponsive, not sure if that means its already encrypted and I need to decrypt it first somehow.
EDIT: e.g. something like this?:
To export a private key from your Bitcoin-Qt / Bitcoin Core client:
Launch your Bitcoin client
Click on 'help' in the menu bar (top right)
Click on 'debug window'
Select the 'console' tab
If your wallet is protected by a passphrase (i.e. you have to enter a passphrase before you can send) unlock it by typing
walletpassphrase "your walletpassphrase here" 600
dumpprivkey [your Bitcoin address here]
This will return the private key which will start with the number 5