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The data file for the wallet is wallet.dat and is located in the Bitcoin [[data directory]].
The data file for the wallet is wallet.dat and is located in the Bitcoin [[data directory]].
It is intended that a wallet be used on only one installation of Bitcoin at a time.  Attempting to clone a wallet for use on multiple computers will result in "weird behavior"<ref>[http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=5324.msg77896#msg77896 Multiple instance of bitcoin with the same wallet]</ref>.


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 07:49, 11 June 2011

A Bitcoin wallet contains[1]:

  • your keypairs for each addresses
  • transactions done from/to your addresses
  • user preferences
  • default key
  • reserve keys
  • accounts
  • a version number
  • Key pool

The data file for the wallet is wallet.dat and is located in the Bitcoin data directory.

It is intended that a wallet be used on only one installation of Bitcoin at a time. Attempting to clone a wallet for use on multiple computers will result in "weird behavior"[2].

See Also

References