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August 12, 2020, 10:51:37 AM |
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Good morning, everyone,
I have a question related to a misunderstanding on the Wallet.dat file...
-I bought Bitcoin on coinbase in January 2020... -I downloaded Bitcoin-qt to my computer. Synchronized the blockchain. -I generated an address in Bitcoinqt to receive funds in February 2020. -I sent the Bitcoin to the computer wallet (so it's not on the platform anymore). -I searched the wallet.dat file from the roaming application, copied into USB flash disk, and keys in the safe. -I deleted the wallet.dat from the computer.
I've been practicing a cold wallet strategy, so... I had done this in 2013: no worries in 2018 to put the wallet.dat back in its place and then to transfer the coins to coinbase.
Now I did the same thing again. But I have a question! If I buy Bitcoins on coinbase and send them to the address I created in February 2020, what do I have to do on the usb keys ?
-> I have to take the USB flash drives, put the wallet.dat back into the PC, let the blockchain sync, and then put the wallet.dat back into the flash drives and erase it from the PC again ? (complicated...) or -> the day I put the wallet.dat back in the pc (like 2022 ? lol), since the wallet.dat contains my public key and my private key, so it will sync itself and my new bitcoins will appear at the end of the sync?
Many thanks !
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