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Bitpay Wallet (formerly Copay) is a secure Bitcoin and other crypto currencies wallet platform for both desktop and mobile devices.
http://bitpay.com/wallet
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Importing unencrypted wallet.dat #8375

Closed jmarkinman closed 6 years ago

jmarkinman commented 6 years ago

When I try to import wallet.dat, which is not encrypted, I am prompted for a password to decrypt the file. I am forced to type in a password in order to import the file. There is no way to import the file unless I also include a password. Since however the file is unencrypted, any import fails with dummy passwords as it unsuccessfully tries to decrypt with the dummy password.

Therefore, I can not import an unencrypted wallet.dat file to my bitpay app.

There should be a way to import unencrypted wallet.dat files into bitpay without submitting a password.

matiu commented 6 years ago

it is not possible to export an unencrypted wallet file with Copay.

matiu commented 6 years ago

Where did you get your wallet.dat?

jmarkinman commented 6 years ago

Yes, I’m trying to import, not export. Wallet.dat comes from my bitcoin core full node. BTC is empty but it still has several BCH on this wallet. I was having trouble with downloading the full BCH node and don’t intend to run it either, and would just like to import my BCH onto my copay wallet. Bitcoin ABC can read the file no problem.

matiu commented 6 years ago

wallet.dat from bitcoind is a completely different format, I am afraid that is not possible at all.

matiu commented 6 years ago

I think that electron-cash support bitcoind's wallet.dat format, you can try that one.