Bitcoin Walet

[newsonandco]

Hi Sorry if its in the wrong catergery.

Do you need to have the bitcoin wallet open to recessive the bitcoins so lets say if my computer is of and some one send me bitcoins will they appear when i turn my compute on and check my wallet our will they be lost.

Thanks Luke.

[riX]

No, since the transactions are stored in the blockchain and not in the wallet.dat file, there is no need to have the bitcoin client running to receive transactions.

To learn more about how the protocol works etc., check out the wiki: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Main_Page

[newsonandco]

ok thanks

[newsonandco]

also when i create a new bitcoin address can i still send BTC to the old address our will they not get to me.