Topic: Should I keep a copy of my empty wallet if I re-install my computer? (Read 581 times)
September 14, 2013, 11:52:58 AM
Backup them. Who knows? You may have some locked up on a faucet or something.
September 14, 2013, 07:44:44 AM
Start with a new one and backup the old one somewhere. Win/Win.
Maybe add all the old generated address as watch only on blockchain.info and if you notice a transaction then you can import the corresponding private key and move the coin in your new wallet.
Maybe add all the old generated address as watch only on blockchain.info and if you notice a transaction then you can import the corresponding private key and move the coin in your new wallet.
You're right. That's what I am going to do. Keeping a copy of the old one and generating a new one.
September 14, 2013, 07:14:06 AM
I am not sure that I understand it correctly.
But usually I think that it is better to use an online wallet (more convenient, do not need to download the whole blockchain, safer if you use double authent.). So I would probably start a new online wallet on blockchain.info.
Apart from 2FA it's not safer than bitcoin-qt quite the opposite actually. But usually I think that it is better to use an online wallet (more convenient, do not need to download the whole blockchain, safer if you use double authent.). So I would probably start a new online wallet on blockchain.info.
September 14, 2013, 07:11:01 AM
I am not sure that I understand it correctly.
But usually I think that it is better to use an online wallet (more convenient, do not need to download the whole blockchain, safer if you use double authent.). So I would probably start a new online wallet on blockchain.info.
But usually I think that it is better to use an online wallet (more convenient, do not need to download the whole blockchain, safer if you use double authent.). So I would probably start a new online wallet on blockchain.info.
September 14, 2013, 07:09:17 AM
Start with a new one and backup the old one somewhere. Win/Win.
Maybe add all the old generated address as watch only on blockchain.info and if you notice a transaction then you can import the corresponding private key and move the coin in your new wallet.
Maybe add all the old generated address as watch only on blockchain.info and if you notice a transaction then you can import the corresponding private key and move the coin in your new wallet.
September 14, 2013, 07:06:30 AM
I periodically re-install my computers from scratch. Right now I have transferred all my money to a paper wallet, which means that the wallets in my computers are empty.
Is there any reason for keeping a copy of the empty wallet in my computer when I re-install?
On the one side, if someone transfers (by mistake) bitcoins to one of the addresses I have generated with the empty wallet, that money will be lost forever. That's a reason to keep the wallet.
On the other side, as the wallet was in an online computer, there is a very small probability that it had been compromised. If this is the case, starting with a fresh new wallet seems a good idea.
Any thoughts? Do you keep your old wallets forever of you periodically generate new ones?
Thanks in advance ...
Is there any reason for keeping a copy of the empty wallet in my computer when I re-install?
On the one side, if someone transfers (by mistake) bitcoins to one of the addresses I have generated with the empty wallet, that money will be lost forever. That's a reason to keep the wallet.
On the other side, as the wallet was in an online computer, there is a very small probability that it had been compromised. If this is the case, starting with a fresh new wallet seems a good idea.
Any thoughts? Do you keep your old wallets forever of you periodically generate new ones?
Thanks in advance ...
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