<p>Congratulations! Safely exit the software, create a safe backup copy (check that everything is copied correctly) and upgrade to the newest official version for your operating system. You will need &gt;400GB of free storage in total for the full blockchain once it finishes catching up, including what you have already, or you can set the <code>-prune=</code> mode on.</p>

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Willtech
<p>I forgot about my bitcoin account until recently.  I have the software version listed above and my last real transaction was in 2012.  I don't remember my password, but my 12 year old PC does.  Do I need to transfer this to a wallet?  I have done a test transfer with $100 or so but it hasn't kicked off.  I noticed the S/W is "Catching up" and "Downloaded 173968 blocks of transaction history".  And "Last received block was generated 2121 days ago".  Any advice?  Do I need to wait for it to "Catch up"?  Thanks.</p>

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Will McMillin
# Version 0.5.0.1-Beta

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-23)

I forgot about my bitcoin account until recently. I have the software version listed above and my last real transaction was in 2012. I don't remember my password, but my 12 year old PC does. Do I need to transfer this to a wallet? I have done a test transfer with $100 or so but it hasn't kicked off. I noticed the S/W is "Catching up" and "Downloaded 173968 blocks of transaction history". And "Last received block was generated 2121 days ago". Any advice? Do I need to wait for it to "Catch up"? Thanks.

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, wallet-recovery


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-01-23. Score: 1

Congratulations! Safely exit the software, create a safe backup copy (check that everything is copied correctly) and upgrade to the newest official version for your operating system. You will need >400GB of free storage in total for the full blockchain once it finishes catching up, including what you have already, or you can set the `-prune=` mode on.


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