0.2 didn't have encryption. That was added in 0.6.0
On snap. OP? Your not going to tell this was just hypothetical all along are you...
Well "Hypothetical" is in the title
or did he add that after 
Topic: Hypothetical: So, your cleaning out closet, boot up old PC from 2010 and find... (Read 1133 times)
January 17, 2014, 12:28:34 AM
On snap. OP? Your not going to tell this was just hypothetical all along are you...
Well "Hypothetical" is in the title
or did he add that after 
January 16, 2014, 11:36:08 PM
0.2 didn't have encryption. That was added in 0.6.0
On snap. OP? Your not going to tell this was just hypothetical all along are you...
January 16, 2014, 03:53:22 PM
0.2 didn't have encryption. That was added in 0.6.0
0.4.0. Worked securely in 0.5.0. 
January 16, 2014, 11:54:51 AM
0.2 didn't have encryption. That was added in 0.6.0
January 16, 2014, 02:55:47 AM
Just start writing any passwords hints down.
I had similar problem and I ended up building program that generated all possible passwords based on hints I had - few hundreds of those - which ended up containing the correct one.
I had similar problem and I ended up building program that generated all possible passwords based on hints I had - few hundreds of those - which ended up containing the correct one.
January 16, 2014, 02:43:52 AM
Just keep trying man. This happened to me once. The password is in your head somewhere... Just don't drive yourself too mad! And make/upload a backup somewhere safe & secure asap.
Good luck! I hope you and your bitcoins are reunited some day.
Good luck! I hope you and your bitcoins are reunited some day.
January 16, 2014, 02:06:00 AM
I locked myself out of my own wallet. I think I recall choosing the length such that I can likely brute-force in the next 40 years (about 72 bits96 bits of entropy). I have it written down, so actual typos should be testable within a day.
I am thinking eventually wallets should start to integrate a "crack the password" feature. Though that would not work for extremely long/high-quality passphrases.
OP: I recommend backing up your wallet. Would suck if you crack the password, only to learn the drive crapped out.
I am thinking eventually wallets should start to integrate a "crack the password" feature. Though that would not work for extremely long/high-quality passphrases.
OP: I recommend backing up your wallet. Would suck if you crack the password, only to learn the drive crapped out.
January 16, 2014, 01:33:12 AM
absolutely no clue, pc is a old dell d530 with a Intel QuadCore Q6600 ... so in that time, was a pretty nice processor to grind bitcoins, it also had a 4870 ...but from memory ... i dont remember doing GPU mining.
January 16, 2014, 01:32:08 AM
You'd have to look around the forum a bit, but there's at least a couple people out there offering password cracking services. Success rate would depend on how much of the password you remember, complexity and so forth. I believe there is also a way to do this without exposing the private keys to the person, if they are successful.
January 16, 2014, 01:22:57 AM
How many coins we taking about here?
January 16, 2014, 12:58:34 AM
a old bitcoin 0.2 client with a wallet.dat that you remember running for a strong 6 months...
You may have a basic idea what the encryption password is, but what you have tried hasnt worked, but could of used only a combination of about 12 different things. Brute force ... could take months?
You may have a basic idea what the encryption password is, but what you have tried hasnt worked, but could of used only a combination of about 12 different things. Brute force ... could take months?
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