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December 19, 2013, 02:11:52 PM
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hej i'm new and i don't now how to backup and restore my bitcoin-qt wallet. Can you help me??
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December 19, 2013, 02:14:20 PM
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hej i'm new and i don't now how to backup and restore my bitcoin-qt wallet. Can you help me??

You can file/backup the wallet inside client.
For restore, you need to manually rename the backup file to wallet.dat and replace old wallet.dat
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December 19, 2013, 02:16:31 PM
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you need to EXPORT your key .

copying he files is NO good backup!!!

this is the CORRECT way


    Bitcoin-Qt
        Help -> Debug window -> Console
            walletpassphrase {passphrase} {timeout}
            dumpprivkey {bitcoinaddress}

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December 19, 2013, 02:27:22 PM
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you need to EXPORT your key .

copying he files is NO good backup!!!

this is the CORRECT way


    Bitcoin-Qt
        Help -> Debug window -> Console
            walletpassphrase {passphrase} {timeout}
            dumpprivkey {bitcoinaddress}


ok and then how to restore this key
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December 19, 2013, 02:40:19 PM
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pretty simple


 bitcoind importprivkey "yourprivatekeypair"

or via the debug console just

      importprivkey "yourprivatekeypair"

try it first with a bogus wallet Wink
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December 19, 2013, 02:52:48 PM
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why wouldnt backing up your wallet.dat be a good idea or even bad?
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