In the event that you lose access to your droplet, a wallet backup as described below is critical to restoring your funds.
It's important that you take precautions to secure your funds by periodically backing up your wallets.
If the computer you use to access your server is running Linux or Mac OS, you can use scp to download the wallet files directly.
Within your computer's terminal (not your server terminal), run, replacing 1.2.3.4 with the IP of your droplet:
scp root@1.2.3.4:/mnt/blockchains/bitcoin/wallet.dat ~/bitcoin.dat
It will prompt for the same passphrase that you use to connect to your droplet via SSH. The command will download the wallet file (now named bitcoin.dat) to your computer's home directory.
Run the above for each coin you serve, replacing 'bitcoin' above with the appropriate coin name. Examples for Zcash and Bitcoin Cash:
scp root@1.2.3.4:/mnt/blockchains/zcash/wallet.dat ~/zcash.dat
scp root@1.2.3.4:/mnt/blockchains/bitcoincash/wallet.dat ~/bitcoincash.dat
After downloading, move these off of your computer and onto a secure device or drive.
Restoring backed up wallets
If the computer you use to access your server is running Windows, you can use scp to download the wallet files directly.
Within your computer's terminal (not your server terminal), run, replacing 1.2.3.4 with the IP of your droplet:
scp root@1.2.3.4:/mnt/blockchains/bitcoin/wallet.dat ./bitcoin.dat
It will prompt for the same passphrase that you use to connect to your droplet via SSH. The command will download the wallet file (now named bitcoin.dat) to your computer's home directory.
Run the above for each coin you serve, replacing 'bitcoin' above with the appropriate coin name. Examples for Zcash and Bitcoin Cash:
scp root@1.2.3.4:/mnt/blockchains/zcash/wallet.dat ./zcash.dat
scp root@1.2.3.4:/mnt/blockchains/bitcoincash/wallet.dat ./bitcoincash.dat
After downloading, move these off of your computer and onto a secure device or drive.
Restoring backed up wallets
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