Backup Bitcoin wallet Linux

Article by Phil Cohen:

“The value of cryptocurrency isn’t as a marketing ploy or to shave a few bucks off transaction fees, it’s a political statement—a radical and revolutionary tool.” – Cody Wilson, Dark Wallet co-founder

“computer science, computer science, the cutting edge, get involved …
Don’t just download the latest app, help design it.” – President Barack Obama

“No masters, no slaves, no babysitters…” – Dark Wallet lead developers

“There’s nothing wrong with asserting your privacy. Privacy is as apple-pie as the Constitution.” – Phil Zimmerman author of PGP

Privacy is the right of every person. Most legitimate governmental leaders and agencies, even the USA Department of Homeland Security, wouldn’t dare force us to remove all our curtains, window shades and mini blinds, with the claim that it was unfortunately necessary to provide safety and security. Yes, terrorists and evil people, in general, benefit from privacy, but so do you and I. It’s a fundamental right in a society that values private property and freedom of speech. I’m a strong believer in the “keep your cotton pickin’ nose out of my business and private life” paradigm.

And that is why for the past several weeks I have been actively participating in the Dark Wallet alpha testing effort. DarkWallet Alpha3 (v0.3.1) is currently available for testing and I suggest that everyone get some hands-on time with this intuitive, easy to use, game changing application. I will immediately caution that the software is not quite ready for prime time and I would advise against using real Bitcoin. It does, however, function well enough to allow many to participate in and contribute significantly to the code development, review, debugging, testing and stable release candidate. A totally professional-grade software offering is taking shape.

As the Dark Wallet website itself clearly states:

darkwallet Alpha3 (v0.3.1) available

Remember: this is only a alpha preview. Do not expect stable software yet.
Right now it is only available for Chrome/Chromium browsers.

IMPORTANT The wallet is Not Stable or Safe, and at this point you should
use it with real money only at Your Own Risk.

( In other words, DO NOT USE WITH REAL BITCOIN. )

You can use it with testnet coins so it’s safe to test like that though.
Choose testnet network when creating the identity.

The Dark Wallet Bitcoin testnet experience is not to be missed. In fact, it is an excellent opportunity for newcomers to get their feet wet with Bitcoin concepts and even some practical experience at no cost whatsoever. So, whether you are an old school Bitcoin millionaire or totally new to Bitcoin, there are many good reasons to explore the Dark Wallet alpha. Now, in any alpha test there will certainly be bugs of various severity so there is a link at the bottom of this article to the defect database, where you can read about all the current issues and report others that you may discover. You may submit requests for improvements there too. If you are a programmer, cryptographer, tester, technical writer etc. please become involved.

Getting started

structions are clear and correct. The upgrade path from version to version works smoothly without any issues unless you don’t follow directions. Do not ad lib upgrades or you certainly risk losing your contacts, pockets, addresses and coins. I have seen this happen to several testers who had no backups and thought the “seed” was all that was needed to restore from scratch. To be clear, the seed is needed to recreate your Dark Wallet identity and you, additionally, must have a backup to restore on top of the recreated identity. By following the upgrade instructions you might save yourself from that testing exercise.