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Board Bitcoin Technical Support
Re: wallet backup
by
spazzdla
on 09/06/2014, 13:58:15 UTC
Should I be backing up my wallet everytime I get a payout, or is backing up my wallet only once enough. What I mean is, if I where to lose my phone and then restore my wallet, would it restore the last balance I backed up or the last balance I had before I lost my phone? Thanks.

It doesn't work like a normal "backup".  All you are doing is copying another encrypted(I hope to dear god you encrypted your wallet file) private key for your public key.  Make a lot of copies, basically it's like getting your key to open your vault.  The blockchain records X amound of BTC has been send to Y public address.  That encryped private key allows you to send them from that address to another.