Quote from: Costia on January 31, 2012, 12:38:27 AM

1) Are you talking about the RPC password(in the .conf file?) or wallet encryption(in the menu of the client)?
After I encrypted my wallet it did ask me every time. though now I use bitcoind without the GUI (graphical user interface) so i am not sure about this.

Not the RPC one, the actual wallet encryption, from the menu on the GUI.
Restarting my PC and opening bitcoin, still no password prompt (it does say it's encrypted and locked though... Huh

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Quote from: Costia on January 31, 2012, 12:38:27 AM

2) you can just backup the wallet.dat file. why does it matter how the data is stored inside?
the wallet.dat has ~100 new addresses - each time you send money a new address is used, so you should create a new backup once in a while (~each 50 transactions should be safe)
there are security risks with import that have nothing to do with encryption - there is a thread in the dev forum about this.

Import/Export could allow me to move/copy a wallet into a different client app. Essentially, the information is important, the file format should not be.

I will investigate about the security issues though, thanks.