#BitcoinBackup.sh Inspired by this blog.
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Thanks! ##Simple Bitcoin wallet backup script This script allows you to simply encrypt (with AES-256) and backup your Bitcoin wallet. It creates a directory for your backups and packs the encrypted wallet.dat with textfile containing md5 sum and in case you forget (maybe while on other computer), command for decryption. In the end, you can setup SCP command (provided) for your server - backup yor wallet remotely, or just send it to your online e-mail account.

##Setup & usage ###Backup & encryption

1. Open the script and define your desired backup folder via $BACKUP_FOLDER variable and location of your wallet.dat (using $WALLET_FILE) in your system (depending on your platform). If you want to use remote backup, setup also your username $USER, server $SERVER and remote directory $REMOTE_DIR.
2. Run the script: sh BitcoinBackup.sh. Script checks if bitcoin or bitcoind aren't running.
3. Enter desired encryption password.
4. (optional) In case you set up SCP backup, script will ask you for password.
5. Enjoy!

###Decryption

1. Get BitcoinDecrypt.sh.
2. Run sh BitcoinDecrypt.sh ~/PATH/TO/FILE with the file you want to decrypt as argument (needs to be created by BitcoinBackup.sh).
3. Enter your encryption password. Check the md5 sums for match.
4. Enjoy your decrypted wallet in the wall_date folder.

IMPORTANT: Make sure you backup your current wallet.dat before you replace it with decrypted one.