Topic: How to crack or decrypt keys to get Bitcoin Cash (Read 226 times)

Running the newest Electrum with more than 17k private key imported. Takes a couple of hours to sync the first time, but running extremely smooth compared to Bitcoin Core with identical wallet sizes.

We like the Electrum wallet too. The private keys posted in the image above are


and correspond to the following public addresses


NEVER USE ANY OF THESE - EVER. Unless you hate your coins and wanna be robbed in the blink of an eye.

Be safe.

Not paste keys one by one... but one per line... You can copy/paste in a bunch of keys at the same time, as long as it's one per line, like this:



DO NOT include any extra spaces or " marks or ' etc... it should JUST be the private key (starting with a 5, L or K). If you have extra characters, the "Next" button will stay greyed out... like this:



Also, exactly how many keys do you have? If it is more than a 100, then chances are that the software might not cope very well. I've never tested it with that many keys before... but I know others have struggled when trying to import large numbers of keys. If you have hundreds and hundreds of keys, you might need to import the keys in smaller blocks... ie. Create the wallet with maybe 50 keys to start with... then use "Wallet -> Private Keys -> Import" and import the next 50... then just repeat that until you have them all imported.

It'll put less strain on the app having to hash all of the keys to generate the addresses etc... and less strain on the Electrum servers as it won't attempt to try and find transaction history for 100's and 100's of addresses all at once.

Why don't you join #electroncash on freenode so we can debug this in real time? Otherwise one gets the feeling you don't have the patience for forum threads. You can connect via your browser if you don't have an irc client: https://webchat.freenode.net/

I am still going to pay $500 to the person who fixes this for me so you all know.

Yes sorry!! I mean Electron Cash I was typing that fast because I was at work but yes I downloaded the real wallet from the website that is not the problem. I did create the wallet how you said already I am very tech savy not  a newbie trust me. But the one thing I notice about what you said is to paste the keys one by one.I just pasted them all it was many pages of keys and the software always freezes because it is a lare amount of numbers I though.I dont know if pasting them one by one will make a difference.You think that is why is is not allowing me to push the Next button, it is always greyed out.

if i had to guess i'd say your whole issues is here. you have a "fake wallet" and you have been trying to import your private keys in it. which is also why you don't see any coins. you may have also lost the coins because a fake wallet will surely steal your coins.

What is ProtonCash? I can't find any BCH wallet called ProtonCash. Do you mean "ElectronCash": https://electroncash.org/

If yes, and it's asking for a "master key" instead of a list of private keys, then you have selected the wrong option when creating the wallet... Start creating a new wallet using "File -> New\Restore". After selecting a name for your wallet, you need to select "Import Bitcoin Addresses or Private keys":


DO NOT select "Standard wallet"!


You will then be prompted to enter a list of Address or Private keys:



Enter your private keys (one per line) and then click Next. The wallet will be created and you should be able to see your BCH balance.

Hello, let me expand on the problem.I am trying to put the keys into the fresh install of protoncash wallet.The first problem is when I paste the keys into the box the area that says Next or continue or whatever is not highlighted so I can not continue to input those keys actually the current version of protoncash 3.2 does not allow you to put just the  kys it wants you to put the master key only. So I tried version 2.9.3 and it allowed for individual keys but then I can not get it to acept those keys, you know the Next or continue button like I was saying before. .I am trying to put the keys in manually because the wallet that I am trying to get the keys from has no balance in it now. Dont tell me I lost my coins or anything like that because the coins were in the wallet before and long after the August 1 2017 cut off.The coins lets say 100 bitcoins for example have been in the wallet for years yes I have bcc credit, So then about january for security reasons I moved the btc  to another wallet so now when I try to import the private keys or should I say I install Protoncash wallet with my seeds words from the electrum wallet is shows a zero balance but I had the rights to those coins because they were in my wallet for years. I will raise the bouty of $500 in BCC or BTC for those who can fix this.

To get the private key for any given address, just go down the list of addresses in the "Addresses" tab ("View -> Show Addresses")... right click the address you want the private key for and then select "Private Key" from the popup menu:


If you have a wallet password set, you'll be prompted for the password... you input it and the private key will be displayed.

clarify what is it that you have exactly?
is it an Electrum Seed? if yes, is it in readable words or is it encrypted (protected by password)? and do you know the password?

is it an Electrum wallet file? if yes, does it have a password? and do you know the password?

is it an Electrum wallet file but you imported the keys in it instead of letting it create a new wallet for you? is this wallet encrypted and do you have the password?

basically you need to open your wallet in Electrum, copy private keys of each addresse that you like (you can use the filters to filter ALL and Used then right click and copy).
if you want to use console then go to the Console tab and type these codes in:
this will give the list of all your addresses that your wallet is currently showing. copy the result with the brackets and:

paste it where it says _Paste_Here_. so it would look like: getprivatekeys(['1aBcD....', '1AbCd...., ...])
this will list all the private keys of these addresses for you.

in the last step you will be asked to enter your password if your wallet was encrypted.

Yes I thank you for your response but that is not the solution but I appreciate your attempt. I was before going own the list on transactions and decrypting each key , can anyone understand what I am talking about 

see if helps

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/how-to-manually-decrypt-electrums-encrypted-seed-and-xprv-from-wallet-file-1922883

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/how-to-decrypt-electrum-wallet-332604

I think you did not read what I wrote.I need to decrypt each key or each transaction and get the hidden key or string of numbers that is seen after decrypting

Do you have the seed?

Just use the same seed.

If you want more security, remove your real bitcoins to another place before put your seed in another application (electroncash).

yes definitely

You had bitcoins before the fork?

I know there is a way to export the private transaction keys manually I did it once but I can not see how to do it now again.Before I was cracking or decrypting each key one by one and had the keys or what ever you call them all listed in a word documents and then I pasted these all into a new installation of protoncash to get my bitcoin cash. I need to do this again manually not with the sweep or import function but I need to know how to crack each address or key Manually.Do you know what I am talking about please say yes! I need to do this now to get my bitcoin cash

I will pay $100usd in Bitcoin to anyone who can help fix this