Follow these instructions very carefully. Make sure you backup.
- Start with Bitcoin Core stopped
- Move your wallet.dat file out of the Bitcoin datadir
- Start Bitcoin Core. It should create a new HD wallet
- Get an address from the wallet. Copy it somewhere safe.
- Stop Bitcoin Core. Backup the new wallet file in the Bitcoin datadir
- Move that wallet.dat file out of the datadir to a safe location
- Move your old wallet.dat file back into the datadir
- Start Bitcoin Core
- Send all of your Bitcoin to the address you copied down earlier. Wait for a few confirmations
- Stop Bitcoin Core
- Move your new wallet.dat file back into the datadir
- Start Bitcoin Core. You should see the Bitcoin in your wallet now.
Great set of instructions thank you
, i think to be safe i will just the funds to another wallet i have in the mean time. so a few question's,
- will following this procedure allow me to keep all my old addressess ?
- at the end you say QuoteMove your new wallet.dat file back into the datadirdo this mean overwrite the old one or do i remove it first?
Thanks to all
It is always best to keep the old wallet somewhere safe, just in case vs overwriting it.
Your old addresses will not be in the new wallet if you follow his steps so you should use new ones, but you will still have the private keys if ever needed.
And backup the new wallet.