Quote from: nc50lc on April 07, 2025, 04:02:49 AM

Quote from: Monnie on April 06, 2025, 05:17:00 PM

My first question is, if i copied the wallet.dat file to another disk (ssd to hdd) in 2017 would this file be dated as last modified 2014 or 2017?

You can easily test this yourself by copying a file with timestamps at least a minute old.
It's not specific to a wallet.dat file but based from your Operating System's behavior.

Quote from: Monnie on April 06, 2025, 05:17:00 PM

Second question is about pywallet, is it really safe to use it? i mean it sounds like it could be stealing your keys easily. Like what's the way of using pywallet safely?

It's open-source so you can try to check the code for something malicious: https://github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet
Many would say that the current 4236 lines of code is safe but don't take my word for it, verify it yourself or ask for more opinions.
Use it offline to be safe, most of its major features don't need internet.

If the goal is the same in your other topic (link);
You could just use Bitcoin Core to export the private keys from those old wallet.dat files.
My reply has the instructions on how to do that.

I wouldn't even bother with pywallet or any other Bitcoin Core alternative even if they are open source. With Bitcoin Core you get the most peer reviewed software, with pywallet you get a wallet that has less people looking for exploits, which is a less secure software in principle. Why bother? Just use Bitcoin Core for the wallet too, and if any ease of life quality features are missing, then we should request it, as long as it's not something too convulted, it may get added. Im still not convinced to switch to Electrum or Sparrow even if they have cooler features, because it feels less safe than Bitcoin Core, so I will stay with what I know.