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* Since 0.3.21: information about the current best chain, to be able to rescan automatically when restoring from a backup. | |||
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]]. | ||
Revision as of 08:54, 16 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
- Since 0.3.21: information about the current best chain, to be able to rescan automatically when restoring from a backup.
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].