Topic: Can i get my bitcoin back? - page 9. (Read 2923 times)
Sorry, but your friend may have lost his BTC. Only way to have access to his wallet is via that private key
He lost 0.58 so nothing major, he can still see the balance on the blockchain so he no doubt he'll be watching that balance grow in the future, he remembers it was worth around $110 at the time.
Sad to see he lost $1000 at today's rate, but by the rate when he bought it it's not much of a loss to him. Well I'm pretty sure he is going to regret that he didn't made a backup, in a few years when that 0.58 maybe be worth a lot more than what he invested.
So far I have never seen a person who lost his private key can take back the bitcoin that is in the wallet. I never lost a private key 1 time, and it really hurts. I guess it can not be friends, and if it can, it might be difficult.
maybe you need to check every minute your phone number if someone who fund your phone then tell him to get back even though your private key and never mind the phone just private key only....this is what i thought if goes happan to me thats why my private key is in my email address to....
Nope...Just curious, how many bitcoins is it? lol.
Well goodbye bitcoin for him. It's so impossible to recover it. Like you're having golds in your hand and in just a blink of an eye it disappears in the thin air.
No. Unless or Until the recipient voluntarily returns them, there is no way you can get them back. And I'm afraid you'll never find someone this generous 
I have a similar story without the happy end. A friend of mine remind that he bought 20 BTC years ago just for fun and forgot about it, he remind about it one evening when I was talking about Bitcoin and what success it reached, and he was like: "hey man, I have some, but I don't even remember where it is blah blah"
If he used an online web wallet there is maybe a thing to do to get access again to it. He may be able to identify where the wallet is hosted with Walletexplorer.com Once he find where it is, he may be able to reset the password via email. Once it's done boom, he get the bitcoin back.
For 20 BTC it's good enough to spend some time to try
Nope...Just curious, how many bitcoins is it? lol.
Well goodbye bitcoin for him. It's so impossible to recover it. Like you're having golds in your hand and in just a blink of an eye it disappears in the thin air.
I don't think there is any possibility of recovering the private keys. Well, you can find out wallet address if you have private keys but vice versa isn't possible. However, if you can find that phone or any backup of it (either on your PC or in the cloud storage account), then you can probably recover your funds through that way. Make sure you are taking and maintaining a secure backup of your mobile wallet to avoid such circumstances in future.
Another lost bitcoins. That is so unfortunate for your friend but I hate to tell you that there is no way for him to get those back. He should learn his lesson that next time always have a backup of everything that's in his phone especially like those precious private keys. There are lots of wallet right now that asks for email or phone numbers for you to retrieve your account. You can even connect your account to facebook. In my part, I have a notebook where I write my online accounts, usernames and passwords just in case I forget any of them. But I also make sure that what I wrote in that notebook no one who happens to see will think that those are my accounts information (unless they are Michael Scofield of prison break). 
As others have stated it is not really possible to get them back.
Got the phone still? Aa it data may be recoverable.
What phone did he use and what storage method (app)?
Hopefully this won't turn him off completely. You would not believe the amount of coins lost due to similar situations. Sadly.
Got the phone still? Aa it data may be recoverable.
What phone did he use and what storage method (app)?
Hopefully this won't turn him off completely. You would not believe the amount of coins lost due to similar situations. Sadly.
Cheers guys I thought as much
I think it's not possible.
A friend of mine had some Bitcoin on his phone a couple of years ago and he's lost that phone which stored the private keys on without any other backup. We can see his balance on the blockchain and he knows his password for the private keys. Is there a way of creating the private key from the bitcoin address and the known password?
No you cant get it back, once you lose the keys then its lost forever and the one who have possible access is the one who holds the phone.If hes knowledgeable he would would anytime get those coins and steal it.Its just an easy money for him. Theres no way to create another private key on that wallet and this is how bitcoin works. 1 address= 1 unique key, once lost then say goodbye completely into your bitcoin.
I think there is no possibilty to do such a thing. Tell him to start posting here or maybe invest in some cryptocurrencies. He won't be sorry for that 
A friend of mine had some Bitcoin on his phone a couple of years ago and he's lost that phone which stored the private keys on without any other backup. We can see his balance on the blockchain and he knows his password for the private keys. Is there a way of creating the private key from the bitcoin address and the known password?
I don't think you can open that wallet anymore mate, it's different if you use web wallet like blockchain, you can easily clcik the forget one to email, the last time i forgot my wallet is using that and it works, i don't know about know though, so CMIIW.
Really no way to recover the phone?
If reverse a public key would be possible for us, then there would not be Bitcoin anymore by now.
If reverse a public key would be possible for us, then there would not be Bitcoin anymore by now.
Sadly it's a no.
Just kindly tell your friend to let it go and forget about it.
Take this as a lesson, so in the future he will have a backup beforehand.
And it was around BTC.58? wow, that's a lot you know.
Just kindly tell your friend to let it go and forget about it.
Take this as a lesson, so in the future he will have a backup beforehand.
And it was around BTC.58? wow, that's a lot you know.
First i think you must share first if what actually the software or wallet you are using in the phone i don't see any wallet name you mention above.. i just clarify that what wallet you are using if you are using a wallet that can recover even in email account you can recover your wallet in other phone..
But if you using a wallet without adding an email and only gives seeds and private key for recover and you are not holding it.
Expect that there are no ways to recover your bitcoin except if you can get your phone back..
But if you using a wallet without adding an email and only gives seeds and private key for recover and you are not holding it.
Expect that there are no ways to recover your bitcoin except if you can get your phone back..
A friend of mine had some Bitcoin on his phone a couple of years ago and he's lost that phone which stored the private keys on without any other backup. We can see his balance on the blockchain and he knows his password for the private keys. Is there a way of creating the private key from the bitcoin address and the known password?
if online wallet lost private key and password you lost bitcoin, if still remember paswrod and then you can login, you can use bitcoin balance
if use coinbase i think can reset password
dekstop wallet lost private key you lost bitcoin and never back again
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