RedHoops (OP)
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April 29, 2013, 11:34:42 AM |
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...and to show how much I don't know about computers, how is a bit coin wallet retrievable in the event of a hard drive melt down?  |
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The Bitcoin network protocol was designed to be extremely flexible. It can be used to create timed transactions, escrow transactions, multi-signature transactions, etc. The current features of the client only hint at what will be possible in the future.
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Tirapon
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April 29, 2013, 11:35:46 AM |
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Make a backup of your wallet.dat. You can find where its located using google.
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Tirapon
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April 29, 2013, 11:38:37 AM |
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phatsphere
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April 29, 2013, 11:48:50 AM |
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if it is really molten, no chance. otherwise it depends if it still runs and just the filesystem is broken (easier case) or the chips/heads are broken. in any case, there are companies dealing with that. depends on how much they cost vs. the value of the lost bitcoins.
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Gabi
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If you want to walk on water, get out of the boat
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April 29, 2013, 11:56:49 AM |
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Better you backuped your wallet, otherwise our coins will just suddenly be a bit more valuable  |
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franky1
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April 29, 2013, 02:07:33 PM |
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get a copy of your private keys and store them separately aswell.
that way you have paper back up, digital backup aswell as the live wallet being used
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grue
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April 29, 2013, 02:10:16 PM |
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if you have it encrypted, just have it backed up at a cloud storage service (like dropbox)
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namecoinwallet
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April 29, 2013, 04:12:31 PM |
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Back up everything in advance.
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556j
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April 29, 2013, 04:15:16 PM |
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Copy your wallet.dat, encrypt the wallet with truecrypt, then email yourself the encrypted file to your gmail acount and a waala cloud storage account.
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April 30, 2013, 12:24:59 AM |
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Copy your wallet.dat, encrypt the wallet with truecrypt, then email yourself the encrypted file to your gmail acount and a waala cloud storage account.
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RedHoops (OP)
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April 30, 2013, 01:45:32 AM |
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Thank you all for the help. I appreciate it.
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