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| 1446429 | 2018-02-17 13:04:00 | Hi all, I have a bitcoin wallet backed up in .dat file format, from 2014. I'm 99% sure it has a zero balance - I never purchased any bitcoin in it (Now I wish I did!). But, as the bitcoin address was on my hobby webpage for a while, there's a small chance someone may have donated into it. I'd like to check. Since then I have done PC upgrades and Windows reinstalls, and I can't recall which bitcoin wallet software I used originally to create this file from. I've read on the net about importing wallet .dat files into bitcoin wallet software. It generally says it can be done, but there seems to be a lot of confusing and conflicting information. I just tried downloading 'Electrum', a digital wallet, but if I try and import the data file it crashes the program each time. Any suggestions on how I can do this? To either re-establish the original digital wallet, or at least check the balance? I have the wallet.dat file, I know the original bitcoin address for it, and the password. |
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| 1446430 | 2018-02-17 13:14:00 | OK, never mind, a bit more Googling and I solved my own problem. Found out I can check the balance of any bitcoin address here: https://blockchain.info/ As I thought, the balance is zero. Will leave this post up rather than delete it, in case it helps anyone else who comes across it. |
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