From 10e217a6af78a2b4c9676170fe96723ac6dea2a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Zarebczan Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 12:23:39 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] add info -securely back up --- content/faq/how-to-backup-wallet.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/faq/how-to-backup-wallet.md b/content/faq/how-to-backup-wallet.md index 09bc636e..e0bdf1ba 100644 --- a/content/faq/how-to-backup-wallet.md +++ b/content/faq/how-to-backup-wallet.md @@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ category: wallet LBRY provides two different wallets, `lbryum` and `lbrycrd`. `lbryum` is the default wallet, but early versions came with `lbrycrd` as the default. +Wallets should be backed up securely to one or more (redundancy!) locations which only you have control over. Anyone with access to the wallet file could potentially have access to your LBRY Credits. As an added layer of protection when backing up your wallet, you can password encrypt a ZIP file with your wallet data. We are trying to make this process easier for users in the future through the LBRY App. + ## Windows Make a copy of the `C:\Users\%USER%\AppData\Roaming\LBRYum\wallets` directory. If you originally installed v0.14 or later, you will find the wallet in `C:\Users\%USER%\AppData\Local\lbry\LBRYum\wallets`. The AppData folder may be hidden, so you can also try `%appdata%\LBRYum\wallets` or `%localappdata%\lbry\LBRYum\wallets` for new installations (v0.14+).