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Managing Instances in the QT Wallet

MrT edited this page Sep 5, 2021 · 6 revisions

Managing Instances in the QT Wallet

To make sure you are seperating different Amounts of MWC you can create different Instances.
This is recommended to ensure you don't accidentally spend any of your HODL'ed Outputs.

Creating an instance is similar to creating a new wallet with it's own Seed, but you can switch between them in the same GUI without a big struggle. Also Instead of having 2 Installations of the QT Wallet in place the Data of the new Instance can be saved in the same Folder as the default one.

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Requirements

To follow this tutorial, you will need the following:


How to Create a new Instance

You can Create a new Instance by:

  1. Starting the QT Wallet
  2. Clicking the "New Instance" Button
  3. In the appearing Pop-up name your Instance and choose it's password
  4. Note down and confirm the Seedphrase

Choose Strong Passwords and Backup your Seed - Stay Safe!

QT_NewInstance

How to Restore a Instance by Seed

You can Restore an Instance by:

  1. Starting the QT Wallet
  2. Clicking the "Restore Instance" Button
  3. In the appearing Pop-up name your Instance and choose it's password
  4. Type in the Seedphrase you want to restore

Choose Strong Passwords and Backup your Seed - Stay Safe!

QT_RestoreInstance


How to switch between Instances

Switching between Instances can be easily done after starting the wallet by selecting one in the Dropdown.

SwitchInstances

How to Locate an Instance not in the Dropdown

If an Instance does not appear in the Dropdownlist you can manually search the Folder by clicking the "Open Wallet" Button which will bring up the old fashioned Dialog to select a Walletdata Folder.

LocateInstance

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