I have a limited amount of experience with wallets. Which type of file do I save the backup wallet as? Also, how do I obtain my private keys to my wallet? thanks.
hi and welcome.
you can make a copy of your wallet.dat, (rather several, on different media) put it in a safe place, other than the "C" drive (make sure the wallet is encrypted)
and, you can make a paper wallet
or you can dump and save the keys, but do be sure that no one can find access to them (do not store unencrypted on pc)
to extract the keys:
1) go to [Help]> Debug window>[console]> (type:)
listaddressgroupings hit [Enter]
the wallet should output some addresses
2) (type)
dumpprivkey <insert dopecoin address> hit [enter]
do that for all the addresses you got in step one
also, if you have a lot of space, you can always just keep a copy of the data dir somewhere, but again be sure the wallet is encrypted (has a password)
if you type
help (hit Enter) on the CLI you will get a list of all the commands that you can use
finally, to find the data directoty, you'll need to
unhide system hidden folders, if you're in Windows, go to control panel,
folder options, about half way down the scrolling list
the data dir is located @ C:\\users\<your user name>\appdata\roaming\dopecoin
it's also a very good idea to be sure your PC is free of viri and malware before doing this, (Spybot S&D, Malwarebytes, AV scan) also you can disconnect from the ether
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