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Re: bitcoin core wallet backup and wallet.dat file question. how to confirm?
by
fasttimes
on 22/09/2021, 02:30:55 UTC
sorry, had another question i figured id ask here.

i bought a second computer (computer 2) to just load btc core (not DL the whole block chain) and test my back ups. i know some of you said thats not necessary but i figured it doesn't hurt going through all the steps again for familiarity. anyway, once i do that and test the back ups, i may want to use computer 2 to run a full node all the time. currently my plain was to run the first computer to set up my btc core wallets, move btc, and shut it down.

if i restore the wallets on computer 2 to test, should i then remove those back ups and not have a wallet set up on computer 2 at all for security purposes or does it matter since i have back ups and the back ups are encrypted.

sorry if this the question is not clear.