user14222: I'm trying to convince myself that I'm backing up my wallet correctly. I am told my private keys are in the wallet.dat file, but what is wallet.dat.gpg? It's not listed here.

user11253: The .gpg file extension is often used to indicate a GnuPG encrypted file. Somebody, or something, at some time, probably made an encrypted copy of your wallet.dat file and named it wallet.dat.gpg. 

14222: <p>I'm trying to convince myself that I'm backing up my wallet correctly. I am told my private keys are in the wallet.dat file, but <strong>what is wallet.dat.gpg</strong>? It's <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory" rel="nofollow">not listed here</a>.</p>
 11253: <p>The <code>.gpg</code> file extension is often used to indicate a <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/" rel="nofollow">GnuPG</a> encrypted file. Somebody, or something, at some time, probably made an encrypted copy of your <code>wallet.dat</code> file and named it <code>wallet.dat.gpg</code>. </p>
