"Python Script to Automate Bitcoin Wallet Backup"

[Субурбан]

"Hey all, I've been looking for a way to automate my Bitcoin wallet backups and I thought it would be cool to share a Python script I came up with. It uses the Electrum API to export my wallet seed and then saves it to a secure location. Has anyone else worked on something similar?"

 

[scorp81]

"Hey OP, I was using Python with the `bip32utils` library to automate backup, but I had issues with seed entropy. Just switched to `ecdsautils` and it's been solid so far."

 

[svid81]

"Just threw together a simple script using `btcd` and `python` to automate wallet backups for my node. Anyone use `cron` to schedule backups daily? Works slick, zero hassle once set up"

 

[B0b05]

"Hey guys, I've been using a script I found online that uses the pybitcointools and cryptography libraries to automate BTC wallet backups. It's pretty basic but gets the job done - just make sure to set up the script to run on a schedule so you don't miss a backup. Anyone else have a similar setup?"

 

[Rodzaevsky]

"Hey OP, just wanted to throw in my two cents. You might want to check out the crypto wallet script repository on GitHub, I've seen some solid Python scripts there for automating wallet backups. Does anyone have experience with using pywallet or btcwallet for this purpose?"

 

[Anray]

Discussion: opportunities

 

[Mr_Night]

"Hey OP, I made a similar script a while back using Python's `pybitcoin` library. It might be a good starting point for this project, just gotta adapt it to your needs. Anyone have experience with wallet data encryption for added security?"