<p>Short answer, no you can not make it automatically forward.  You'd have to setup a script that checked the old wallet (bitcoind loaded with that wallet) for a balance and have it transfer to the new one after that.</p>

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tysat
<p>If you import the private key into Mt. Gox, they will then monitor that address and sweep any payments received into your Mt. Gox exchange account balance. </p>

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Mt. Gox ..lol! @stephenGornick, did you lose any?
Blue Clouds
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<p>There is a tool to import/export addresses from one wallet to another called <a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=34028.0" rel="nofollow">Pywallet</a>. You can use it to export all address from your old wallet and import then into the new one, and then run bitcoin with <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin" rel="nofollow">-rescan option</a> to update balance.</p>

<p>EDIT: Just went through the forum thread, it seems that Pywallet doesn't work yet with 0.4 encrypted wallet, so might have to wait a bit for the update. </p>

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PyWallet 1.2 supports AES encryption/decryption now ([github](http://github.com/joric/pywallet)).
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Serith
<p>Say I have 2 wallets, an older non-encrypted one and a fresh new encrypted wallet with all new addresses. If I have an address in the older wallet that may receive some bitcoins in the future is there away to set it up so that these bitcoins will automatically be sent to an address in the new encrypted wallet. Or do I have to keep my old wallet for ever in case an address in it receives some bitcoins and then manually send them on to the new wallet. </p>

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Is there a way to automatically send bitcoins from one wallet to another?
kirian
# Is there a way to automatically send bitcoins from one wallet to another?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2011-10-12)

Say I have 2 wallets, an older non-encrypted one and a fresh new encrypted wallet with all new addresses. If I have an address in the older wallet that may receive some bitcoins in the future is there away to set it up so that these bitcoins will automatically be sent to an address in the new encrypted wallet. Or do I have to keep my old wallet for ever in case an address in it receives some bitcoins and then manually send them on to the new wallet.

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2011-10-12. Score: 4

Short answer, no you can not make it automatically forward. You'd have to setup a script that checked the old wallet (bitcoind loaded with that wallet) for a balance and have it transfer to the new one after that.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2013-08-01. Score: 3

If you import the private key into Mt. Gox, they will then monitor that address and sweep any payments received into your Mt. Gox exchange account balance.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Mt. Gox ..lol! @stephenGornick, did you lose any?  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2011-10-12. Score: 3

There is a tool to import/export addresses from one wallet to another called [Pywallet](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=34028.0). You can use it to export all address from your old wallet and import then into the new one, and then run bitcoin with [-rescan option](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin) to update balance.

EDIT: Just went through the forum thread, it seems that Pywallet doesn't work yet with 0.4 encrypted wallet, so might have to wait a bit for the update.

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: PyWallet 1.2 supports AES encryption/decryption now ([github](http://github.com/username_5/pywallet)).  

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