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A wallet manages a user's private keys. Wallet software is used to send and receive Bitcoin. It also keeps track of the user's transactions, addresses, and balance.
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Various questions regarding wallet and mining
1) yes, "out of sync" means that it hasn't downloaded the whole blockchain yet.
2) to mine ("make") them, you need special hardware and software.
3) it is much easier, yes. There are many exchanges …
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Wallet code number
If you are talking about bitcoind, the command line client, it was likely just a suggested password for bitcoin.conf, so it doesn't really matter.
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0/unconfirmed and cannot find my bitcoin folder (Mac)
The standard command-line client keeps it in ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin, at least on 10.6.
I don't know about bitcoin-qt, but some very broken applications keep the data inside the .app it …
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Does blockchain.info backup wallet include also the next addresses
The standard client's wallet includes a key pool of 100 extra pre-generated addresses, which are the next ones to be "generated" when you ask an extra address. … Does the blockchain.info's backup wallet do such a thing, too? …
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Unlocking wallet, recovering password
If you forgot your encrypted wallet's password, there is nothing you can do.
Keep it anyway, just in case you remember it someday.
Of course, if you have a backup, you can use that one.
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Older Clients & Wallets
No need for a brainwallet:
open the new client and create a new address
backup this new wallet
open your old clients and send your coins to that new address
Never delete the old wallets anyway, just …
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Restricting a wallet to a specific destination address
If you have the private key you have full control over the relative address, there is no partial control.
If you want to achieve things like that, you have to keep the private key yourself, and let t …
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How to instantly give people a pre-filled wallet to introduce them to Bitcoin?
You could open them an account at a web-based wallet (such as StrongCoin or MyWallet), and send the coins there. …
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Does a blockchain.info My Wallet have a key pool?
It doesn't (or, at least, didn't).
Email backups will be sent to you every time you create a new address.
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Where can the private key from a bitaddress.org paper wallet be redeemed?
My advice is to copy the private key they gave you, and import it into another wallet of your choice, such as blockchain.info. …
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Are there advantages to having more than one private key per wallet?
If you only have one key, you lose your pseudonimity, since you would be using the same key over and over.
The correct approach for normal transactions is to use a new key for every incoming transact …
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Downloading of blockchain failed
If you sent a coin there, of course you need to keep the wallet itself or you won't be able to claim that coin.
You may delete and re-download the blockchain, though. … Or you can try to open the wallet with another client. …
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How to receive transaction in bitcoinj wallet
Technically you don't need to have an updated blockchain to receive coins: just create an address and anyone will be able to send to that address. Until the blockchain is updated, you won't see those …
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How to restore locally a MyWallet backup?
The website blockchain.info has an online wallet system MyWallet which creates backups with a .aes.json extension. …
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How to import a private key to an encrypted wallet (on standard client)
I have a standard client (QT client on OSX) with an encrypted wallet. …