Wallet.dat file not working on .12 version pune mode

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So... used my full node and prune it got it 100% sync update using the -prune=550 option.

Then copied my hot wallet thats ~ 2 years old into the data folder loaded up qt in prune mode to get error says could not access wallet.dat file due to the 2 gb limit being out of range and need to reindex/redown load the entire blockchain.

Correct me if i am wrong but isnt .12 client suppose to work with wallets transactions?

Wallet: Pruning
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With 0.12 it is possible to use wallet functionality in pruned mode.
This can reduce the disk usage from currently around 60 GB to
around 2 GB.

Thanks

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[gmaxwell]

Pruning works fine with a wallet. But you cannot just switch in an old out of date wallet and have it work: The wallet has no knowledge of any transactions that might have happened while it was offline, and so to catch it up the node must rescan... but a pruned node cannot rescan.

If you had put the wallet in first before starting the node with pruning the wallet would be fine and fully functional. The same goes for importing keys, you can only import loose keys without rescan.

In the future there may exist rescanning servers that can give you the transactions you're missing (if any), but doing this privately is quite tricky; and I doubt Core would rush in to a half-solution which destroyed your privacy when you have the option of not using pruning or not installing a cold wallet after pruning has taken effect. The initial work has started to enable such a thing with an API to import single transactions along with proofs that show they were in the blockchain.

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ok i can understand how that is a problem, got a question, can i use my cold wallet in my full node load and sync close the qt copy the data folder over onto 2nd pc, load qt in prune mode leaving the wallet.dat file in place?

Afterwards say after 2 months reload the prune qt client with the same wallet.dat file loaded and everything work, IE: not changing the wallet.dat file out at all.

Basically i could copy the entire data folder on a usb drive and keep it "offline" i am guessing.

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[PRab]

Basically i could copy the entire data folder on a usb drive and keep it "offline" i am guessing.

That should work. As long as the wallet is in place before bitcoin core has a chance to prune anything it will work properly. The trouble comes when bitcoin core prunes something before the wallet had a chance to look at it.