Topic: Would cloning a virtual machine image of a solo-mining wallet cause issues (Read 4423 times)
July 07, 2013, 04:47:28 PM
Bad idea. As you generate more blocks, more keys are taken out of the keypool. Eventually, one clone will have to generate a new address. At that point, the two wallets won't be synchronized. You still have access to all your coins, but now you'll need to backup those newly generated keys.
July 07, 2013, 06:11:04 AM
I think it should be OK. But if you are generating addresses in bitcoin-qt on one of the clones you are operating then the others will not have the private keys on them that belong to those addresses.
Also have a backup of all the things (you should already). https://i.imgur.com/QnG6i3j.jpg
Also have a backup of all the things (you should already). https://i.imgur.com/QnG6i3j.jpg
July 06, 2013, 11:14:09 AM
No. And that would waste time traveling resources 
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July 06, 2013, 10:37:42 AM
I have a theoretical question. Imagine it's 2009 and I am solo-mining Bitcoins on a virtual machine on my computer. If I clone that virtual machine so it's identical and run it on a virtual machine on a whole different computer with the same mining power, would that cause problems? And would it lead to twice the mining power as expected?
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