Is migrating from ARM to Intel x86-64 possible?

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Hello

is migrating from ARM to Intel x86-64 possible? or I need to create a completely new identity

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You can migrate to Windows. If you search the forum you will find others who have done it.

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I haven’t found the answer yet and it’s not about Windows.

I am using an ARM-based SBC and I need to migrate to an Intel-based NUC (basically a PC). Since I generated my identity on ARM, I think I might have a problem. Both configs are linux/docker and the file system is not an issue.

My first thought was trying to emulate ARM on a PC with QEMU but I’m afraid it would be laggy (afaik the implementation isn’t great).

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I have done it. You do not need to do emulation

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The node data and identity are platform agnostic. You can just move your config and identity folders to the new system and run a new Docker container from there, pointing to the old files and identity. Don’t run the setup step as you’re continuing with existing node data.

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