obviously you did not write down the correct passphrase
Topic: Brainwallet recovery problem - page 2. (Read 3052 times)
Hiya,
I'm feeling a bit stupid here because I should have tested this with a small amount first! I'm failing at present to recover funds I have sent to an address generated with the brainwallet.org service.
I'd appreciate suggestions as to where I may have gone wrong.
Then rather than leaving it there for some months/years I thought I'd try recovering the funds immediately to check it all works using mtgox 'Redeem Private Key' function.
However I'm told I 'may have made a typo'! Oops
I can see from the wallet the Bitcoin was sent from what the address was. If I go back to brainwallet.org and type in the same pasphrase it should generate the same address yes? This is not happening and I can't think why. If I simply have one character wrong or something I should be able with enough tries to find it but I wanted to check that's all I need to be doing. Have you any other suggestions as to how I may have gone wrong and any suggestions please?
I'm feeling a bit stupid here because I should have tested this with a small amount first! I'm failing at present to recover funds I have sent to an address generated with the brainwallet.org service.
I'd appreciate suggestions as to where I may have gone wrong.
- Having read up a bit about it including the wiki I typed my secure passphrase into brainwallet.org's generator;
- I could have sworn I double and tripple-checked that it was as I have written it down;
- I may or may not have clicked on the Uncompressed or Compressed buttons;
- I cut and paste the Address into my wallet and sent a chunk of bitcoin to it;
- The wallet happily sent the bitcoin and duly verified the transactions.
Then rather than leaving it there for some months/years I thought I'd try recovering the funds immediately to check it all works using mtgox 'Redeem Private Key' function.
However I'm told I 'may have made a typo'! Oops
I can see from the wallet the Bitcoin was sent from what the address was. If I go back to brainwallet.org and type in the same pasphrase it should generate the same address yes? This is not happening and I can't think why. If I simply have one character wrong or something I should be able with enough tries to find it but I wanted to check that's all I need to be doing. Have you any other suggestions as to how I may have gone wrong and any suggestions please?
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