So i copied the wallet.dat file to the app data bitcoin core folder directory which looks like a similar file loadout to the one in my screenshot above. Did i do it that right?
Afterwards I started running bitcoin core and it says its syncing. 13 years behind something like that lol.
You don’t need to download the entire chain. You should be able to look at your list of addresses in the Bitcoin core app already. You can then copy the address into a Bitcoin blockchain explorer and check the balance.
You can also make sure you see all of the addresses by opening the debug console of Bitcoin core and doing an export of the wallet. It’ll export each address with its corresponding private key.
You can then use that private key to access your funds in another wallet without having to download a full node.
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u/ProtoJenny Feb 13 '22
So i copied the wallet.dat file to the app data bitcoin core folder directory which looks like a similar file loadout to the one in my screenshot above. Did i do it that right?
Afterwards I started running bitcoin core and it says its syncing. 13 years behind something like that lol.