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  <p>I just found my "old" wallet.dat. Is it possible to "send" it to an online-wallet in order to avoid downloading the whole blockchain again?</p>
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<p>NO. In fact, any service that asks you to transmit your wallet.dat file is most certainly a scam. </p>

<p>A wallet.dat file contains a collection of private keys, which are what is required to spend your bitcoins. So if you would like to use a different wallet without syncing the blockchain again, then you will need to dump the private keys out of your current wallet, and find a wallet that lets you import (sweep) private keys into it. </p>

<p>You can use a light-wallet to do this, rather than trust an online-wallet. You may be interested to check out the <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet" rel="nofollow noreferrer">list of wallets on bitcoin.org</a>, but remember to do your own research to ensure that you are downloading reputable software from a reliable source. </p>

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chytrik
<p>I just found my "old" wallet.dat.
Is it possible to "send" it to an online-wallet in order to avoid downloading the whole blockchain again?
Or can I do it directly because I have the Address and ID of the coins?</p>

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How and where to pay in bitcoins into online wallet if I have address and ID
rul30
# How and where to pay in bitcoins into online wallet if I have address and ID

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-01-23)

I just found my "old" wallet.dat.
Is it possible to "send" it to an online-wallet in order to avoid downloading the whole blockchain again?
Or can I do it directly because I have the Address and ID of the coins?

**Tags:** blockchain, wallet


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-01-23. Score: 1

> I just found my "old" wallet.dat. Is it possible to "send" it to an online-wallet in order to avoid downloading the whole blockchain again?

NO. In fact, any service that asks you to transmit your wallet.dat file is most certainly a scam.

A wallet.dat file contains a collection of private keys, which are what is required to spend your bitcoins. So if you would like to use a different wallet without syncing the blockchain again, then you will need to dump the private keys out of your current wallet, and find a wallet that lets you import (sweep) private keys into it.

You can use a light-wallet to do this, rather than trust an online-wallet. You may be interested to check out the [list of wallets on bitcoin.org](https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet), but remember to do your own research to ensure that you are downloading reputable software from a reliable source.


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