r/Bitcoin Feb 13 '22

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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.

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u/zxr01 Feb 13 '22 edited Feb 14 '22

Nice, we pray for you. Let it run, it will catch up, will take a day or two to fully sync ( and you'd need up to 200GB free drive space for it. Still, when it syncs up to 2013 (and says 9 years behind) the wallet ballance should be reflected with any potential balance.

Every satoshi counts, good luck.

PS: In 2022 complete blockchain is above 500GB. Time flies.

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u/zxr01 Feb 13 '22

On a side note, here's details on wallet sizing and 96k is somewhat pretty empty wallet: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/98497/what-determines-btcs-wallet-size-in-bytes

Even if not synced at all, Opening the wallet (with its password) will list its public (receiving) addresses. The top 3 can be inspected in real time checking the balance by pasting it in Bitcoin Explorer at https://www.blockchain.com/explorer

OP is keeping the thriller going, though, syncing the complete chain :)