How do I move a client/wallet to a different machine?

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I have a client/wallet on a work machine of which I cannot control the proxy and allow the client to synchronise properly. Before I knew this however, I sent coins to the wallet. How do migrate this wallet to my home machine, so I can receive the transaction?

I am using Bitcoin-Qt.

user1354

Posted 2012-05-11T04:25:51.330

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Copy the wallet.dat onto another machine, put it in the appropriate folder and either sync your Bitcoin from the Genesis Block with the network, or run it with -rescan option.

ThePiachu

Posted 2012-05-11T04:25:51.330

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2-rescan is probably unnecessary. According to sipa, from a certain version (much earlier than what the OP is using) the wallet.dat file keeps track of which is the latest block it knows, and automatically rescans from that point onward. – Meni Rosenfeld – 2012-05-11T10:07:02.773

1Since 0.3.21, in fact (april 2011). – Pieter Wuille – 2012-05-11T10:18:29.343

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