Don't do anything experimental with real coins. That's what testnet is for: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Testnet https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Testnet. If you need

Don't do anything experimental with real coins. That's what testnet is for: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Testnet https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Testnet. If you need a coin or two to get started, I run a testnet faucet at http://kuttler.eu/bitcoin/faucet/ http://kuttler.eu/bitcoin/faucet/. Or check out https://github.com/freewil/bitcoin-testnet-box https://github.com/freewil/bitcoin-testnet-box.