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  • 13-06-2012 4:04pm
    #1
    ThisNoize
    Registered Users Posts: 175 ✭✭


    Had the client on my laptop (which is now broken)
    Getting a new PC but how do I get my address/account/wallet back?

    Don't tell me I've lost my coins. :(


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    Khannie
    Registered Users Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    You need to retrieve the wallet file from the hard drive (as far as I know) unless you had a backup somewhere. Usually you can get files off your hard drive. Did you have many coins stored?


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    ThisNoize
    Registered Users Posts: 175 ✭✭ThisNoize


    Khannie wrote: »
    You need to retrieve the wallet file from the hard drive (as far as I know) unless you had a backup somewhere. Usually you can get files off your hard drive. Did you have many coins stored?

    wallet.dat ?
    I think I might have that backed up externally.

    Around 54 coins.


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    Khannie
    Registered Users Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Not sure if that's the actual filename. I have a fairly limited understanding of bitcoin (though I do have some, I let a 3rd party hang on to them for me). Quite a bit of moolah though given current exchange rates.


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    RUCKING FETARD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭RUCKING FETARD


    Porn, gambling, and malware: Bitcoin as the 'Net's Wild West


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    Khannie
    Registered Users Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    They're an interesting concept alright. The smartest guy I know has invested quite a bit of money in them.

    This thread has prompted me to wonder: The amount of possible bitcoins in finite. What happens when part of them (like in this thread) get lost? Eventually, after a long time, a very large number would be lost.


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    Refeek Maher
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Refeek Maher


    Did you get your coins back in the end??


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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    Refeek Maher wrote: »
    Did you get your coins back in the end??

    Get a time machine and go back three years to find out


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