Migrating wallet addresses to a new computer

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Quote from: DannyHamilton on April 24, 2013, 09:11:59 PM

Quote from: fible1 on April 24, 2013, 08:58:45 PM

When you upload a wallet.dat file to a new qt install do you also keep your old wallet addresses in thenew install? Im curious as to how I protect my signing addresses when changing computers.

If you replace the new wallet.dat with the old wallet.dat, then you will retain the old wallet addresses, but you will lose the new wallet addresses.

If you have a need to keep both the new and old addresses for some reason, then you'll need to use the dumpprivkey and importprivkey commands in the "Console" window.

Thank you, thats all I needed to know

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Quote from: Kluge on April 24, 2013, 09:21:27 PM

Quote from: fible1 on April 24, 2013, 08:58:45 PM

When you upload a wallet.dat file to a new qt install do you also keep your old wallet addresses in thenew install? Im curious as to how I protect my signing addresses when changing computers.

Thank you.

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I'm not sure what your setup is from the post. You have multiple computers with -qt, and want the same wallet on both of them, but don't want to lose any addresses from either?

If so, I believe you want to merge the wallets. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1434445

I want to kill my wallet on my old laptop and move my btc and adresses to a wallet on my ne laptop.

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Quote from: fible1 on April 24, 2013, 08:58:45 PM

When you upload a wallet.dat file to a new qt install do you also keep your old wallet addresses in thenew install? Im curious as to how I protect my signing addresses when changing computers.

Thank you.

Best.

I'm not sure what your setup is from the post. You have multiple computers with -qt, and want the same wallet on both of them, but don't want to lose any addresses from either?

If so, I believe you want to merge the wallets. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1434445

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Quote from: fible1 on April 24, 2013, 08:58:45 PM

When you upload a wallet.dat file to a new qt install do you also keep your old wallet addresses in thenew install? Im curious as to how I protect my signing addresses when changing computers.

If you replace the new wallet.dat with the old wallet.dat, then you will retain the old wallet addresses, but you will lose the new wallet addresses.

If you have a need to keep both the new and old addresses for some reason, then you'll need to use the dumpprivkey and importprivkey commands in the "Console" window.

fible1

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When you upload a wallet.dat file to a new qt install do you also keep your old wallet addresses in thenew install? Im curious as to how I protect my signing addresses when changing computers.

Thank you.

Best.

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