Hello All,
I have received bitcoin on 2013 in my Bitcoin Core Wallet and in between from 2013 till today I have formatted my system.
I have reinstalled the windows and Bitcoin Core Wallet but I didn't found my bitcoin balance in newly installed Bitcoin Core Wallet (I have synced it till date) but still there is no balance in my Wallet
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As per my knowledge, The private key, which is what gives you access to my Bitcoin, is kept in wallet.dat.
That is correct.
If the addresses that I have in my new wallet.dat are different then it will not showing my balance.
Is there any way that I can get my Bitcoin to my Bitcoin Core Wallet?
Yes, close bitcoin core.
Open its data folder (e.g. on Windows its in %APPDATA%\Bitcoin ).
Rename the existing wallet.dat to wallet.dat.new (or similar).
Copy your backup wallet.dat into the folder and rename it to wallet.dat (if needed).
I really appreciate your quick help!
Thanks
If you dont have a backup, you might want to read up on this thread ->
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1728263.0and stop using your disk right now.