Been asked to migrate old 2020 wallet.dat in Latest version of core

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Quote from: calkob on August 11, 2024, 10:19:09 AM

Just loaded an old Core backup from 2020 and was informed about migration in version 27.1.0, is this something i need to do soon?

Yes if you want to use future versions of Bitcoin Core starting v29.0.
You can follow this issue in bitcoin core's GitHub repository to see when it'll get implemented: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/20160

Quote from: calkob on August 11, 2024, 10:37:56 AM

I am now wondering can i just make a new backup of the wallet from core 27.1.0 and that will be it sorted.

You mean newly created wallet by v27.1.0?
Yes, that will be compatible with the next versions since it's already a descriptor wallet in SQLite database.

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Quote from: calkob on August 11, 2024, 10:37:56 AM

I have the 2020 .dat backed up in multipe locations so not to worried about anything happening this copy of a backup.

I am now wondering can i just make a new backup of the wallet from core 27.1.0 and that will be it sorted.

Thanks

I think it shouldn't be a problem make sure to also make a new backup wallet from the latest version just make sure you have these two backup just incase in the future you experience some issues you need the old and new backup for recovery.

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Quote from: BitMaxz on August 11, 2024, 10:25:35 AM

I don't know what will be the result but I would suggest before you import it to the latest one make sure to make copy if your wallet.dat first(The original wallet.dat file should be your backup)
Then use the copy backup to import to the latest version of Bitcoin core for safety purposes and I'm sure migrating won't affect anything in your wallet.

I have the 2020 .dat backed up in multipe locations so not to worried about anything happening this copy of a backup.

I am now wondering can i just make a new backup of the wallet from core 27.1.0 and that will be it sorted.

Thanks

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I don't know what will be the result but I would suggest before you import it to the latest one make sure to make copy if your wallet.dat first(The original wallet.dat file should be your backup)
Then use the copy backup to import to the latest version of Bitcoin core for safety purposes and I'm sure migrating won't affect anything in your wallet.

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Just loaded an old Core backup from 2020 and was informed about migration in version 27.1.0, is this something i need to do soon? it talked about legacy wallets, but all the addresses in the backup are bc1q, native segwit addressess. Anything i should be concerned about or is it pretty straight forward?

Thanks

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