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July 03, 2011, 09:13:21 AM
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OK, here's the deal.  I blew up my motherboard while fiddling with my video card.  I had backed up my whole system and had my bitcoin in an encrypted folder by itself. 
I transferred that encrypted folder to another computer that I am using now.  I have the bitcoin app running there.  There are no bitcoins showing up yet but it is still downloading the blockchain. 
Is this a good idea just transferring the folder to another computer?
Will the bitcoins that were stored in the wallet on the old computer eventually show up on the new one?
Should I just keep running the bitcoin app on the new computer?

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July 03, 2011, 09:15:00 AM
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They will probably show up when the block chain finishes downloading.

Companies claiming they got hacked and lost your coins sounds like fraud so perfect it could be called fashionable.  I never believe them.  If I ever experience the misfortune of a real intrusion, I declare I have been honest about the way I have managed the keys in Casascius Coins.  I maintain no ability to recover or reproduce the keys, not even under limitless duress or total intrusion.  Remember that trusting strangers with your coins without any recourse is, as a matter of principle, not a best practice.  Don't keep coins online. Use paper or hardware wallets instead.
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July 03, 2011, 09:25:33 AM
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So everything should run as before by transferring bitcoin this way? 
No rules of Bitcoin nature are being broken here?
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