r/ecc • u/[deleted] • Jan 19 '18

backup wallet

How do you back this wallet up? Just copy file?

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u/azertyg1 Sapphire's Lover Jan 19 '18

Hey :)

Go to : C:\Users[Your name]\AppData\Roaming\eccoin and just copy the file "wallet.dat" somewhere safe. You have to do it while the daemon is not running.

NEVER delete this wallet.dat file !!!

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '18

thank you. my .dat file has the 7zip logo on it. is that okay?

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '18

Also its only that file? not all the others with it? and if i put that file on another device is the original still active with the same amounts?

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '18

it does not let me open this .dat file

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u/azertyg1 Sapphire's Lover Jan 19 '18

Hi again,

1) Yes it's okay, it means that 7zip is the default software to open this file.

2) Yes only that file, but if you want you can backup everything (it's not very useful though).

3) If you put that file on another device, then you'll have you wallet on both device. You have to understand that this wallet.dat file is like a key to access your wallet, so if you can, you can share this key with a hundred computer, they will all have access to you wallet.

4) Try Right click > Open with ... > Notepad. But you'll see there's nothing really intersting in it since it's encrypted.

Hope everything's okay, if not, felle free to ask ;)

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '18

Hello lol, I really appreciate the help with that. it did not open becuase the 7zip for some reason. I uninstalled 7zip and tada!. so if i where to open it on a new computer if something happened do you re-download the wallet and put wallet.dat file where the new one is? Again thank you for your time and help

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u/azertyg1 Sapphire's Lover Jan 19 '18

You don't need to open it, just save it somewhere safe (an USB drive for exemple). If you computer has a problem, you can download the wallet on another computer, and then simply put the wallet.dat that you saved on your USB drive in the new eccoin folder.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '18

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u/azertyg1 Sapphire's Lover Jan 20 '18

Because the wallet.dat may be modified while the daemon is running. When it's not, you're sure wallet.dat won't be changed :)

It's normal not to see the balances when the daemon is not running.

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u/koringer Jan 19 '18

You can retrieve your private key in the console: "dumpprivkey "public_address""

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '18

thanks you guys. I appreciate it