I use electrum and I want to backup my wallet. Is wallet.dat the same as electrum.dat ?
Also, how best to secure said wallet? I have heard of various ways, but don't know which is the best.
Cheers,
-synf
Yes it's same.
In QT it's wallet.dat and in electrum it's electrum.dat
Well best way to keep your wallet secure is, "keep your pc secure".
If you are using windows, check these tips.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=203876.new#newHi. thanks for the info. I appreciate it. I suspected that, but wanted to confirm it.
I don't use Windows for BTC. But I do use OS X and ArchLinux.
What's the general consensus about storing ones wallet on Dropbox? I take it that's a big "no no".
Regards.
If you are using mac, make sure to install a av atleast and yes i will say "no" for dropbox, if someone got your password somehow, you will might loose your bitcoins.
However if you still want to put it on dropbox, zip it and put some good password in file.
Make sure to remember password or store them offline in a diary etc.
