I have my wallet.dat from a backup but I can't remember my passphrase - page 3.

HCP

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Ok... I just want to be very clear on this... because your answers are a little confusing... Undecided

When you recover the wallet using the seed you have written down, it is generating different addresses to ones you previously had? I don't care about balance or transaction history... I only want to know if you have the same or different addresses, because you've said:

Quote from: thenarog on January 29, 2018, 07:20:15 PM

4 : The correct seed. I even recover one of my btc adress and i check it i can find it on receiving adress. So this is the correct seed.

Quote from: thenarog on January 30, 2018, 07:47:18 AM

3 / I know that's strange for my seed. I try to swith servers, i try everything and nothing works... And I'm sure about the seed because like i said, i recover one of the btc adress. It's green on the corner everytime.

So you have said that you have "recovered an address" using the seed... but now you say that the wallet you are recovering contains "no adress[sic]"??!? Huh

Quote from: thenarog on March 06, 2018, 11:18:43 AM

3 / No my seed WORKS. I recover a wallet with no balance, no adress. NOTHING ON IT.

Rickorick

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How come the seed did not restore the wallet? did you copy the right seed down?

Near28

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4 / 2.5 btc on it. But i can forget selling it. The buyer ask me to send it first with no escrow...

That was expectable... Undecided

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3 / No my seed WORKS. I recover a wallet with no balance, no adress. NOTHING ON IT.

did you try seed recovery with BTCRecover?

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So now, i wanna just know who is fault ? Mine, the software , my hard drive ? Becasue i wrote the password, i wrote the seed who recover an empty wallet...
I will never use Electrum again.

I am convinced that you have written the wrong seed. You could try to swap individual words, For example you read "House" but you write "Mouse" because it sounds similar - i know, is a daring theory Grin

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I hope in future someone will find a way to crack electrum wallet...I keep it , hoping that it will be true one day.

unfortunately that will not happen, Brut-Force will be the only way. Yesterday, I also remembered something, If the wallet file is damaged nobody will ever be able to crack it - Theoretically, even if someone manage to crack the Wallet, the decrypted data would not match the original data. You can only crack it if something has gone wrong when creating the password (during the encryption process). If the wallet was damaged after the encryption process probably nothing will help.

thenarog

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Quote from: HCP on March 05, 2018, 08:12:58 PM

Quote from: thenarog on March 05, 2018, 11:39:25 AM

I still thinking that my wallet is corrupted. The file seems damage. Like i said i always had a possibility to restore an old version of my wallet.

What do you mean you "always had a possibility to restore an old version" of the wallet? Huh

Do you mean you were able to restore old versions of wallets when you were using a different wallet application? (like Bitcoin Core etc)

Quote from: thenarog on January 30, 2018, 07:47:18 AM

3 / I know that's strange for my seed. I try to swith servers, i try everything and nothing works... And I'm sure about the seed because like i said, i recover one of the btc adress. It's green on the corner everytime.

If your seed was recreating a wallet that has the same address that you previously had... then there is something else that isn't working right.

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I found someone to buy my wallet for 2 btc... I don't know if i can accept.

If the amount that is in your wallet is even close to 2 BTC... sell it! why is this even a question? Tongue

And if you do sell, just remember to use an Escrow service!

I'm guessing your wallets has more than 2 BTC in it?

1 / In Windows , i can restore old version of the file : "properties , previous version" for all my wallet except this one.

2 / No it was my mistake. I write the password and the seed everywhere but i don't think to make a wallet copy.

3 / No my seed WORKS. I recover a wallet with no balance, no adress. NOTHING ON IT.

4 / 2.5 btc on it. But i can forget selling it. The buyer ask me to send it first with no escrow...

So now, i wanna just know who is fault ? Mine, the software , my hard drive ? Becasue i wrote the password, i wrote the seed who recover an empty wallet...
I will never use Electrum again.

@ncsupanda I'm ready to accept your help, maybe you will able to make better passwordlist that i do.

I hope in future someone will find a way to crack electrum wallet...I keep it , hoping that it will be true one day.

HCP

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Quote from: thenarog on March 05, 2018, 11:39:25 AM

I still thinking that my wallet is corrupted. The file seems damage. Like i said i always had a possibility to restore an old version of my wallet.

What do you mean you "always had a possibility to restore an old version" of the wallet? Huh

Do you mean you were able to restore old versions of wallets when you were using a different wallet application? (like Bitcoin Core etc)

Quote from: thenarog on January 30, 2018, 07:47:18 AM

3 / I know that's strange for my seed. I try to swith servers, i try everything and nothing works... And I'm sure about the seed because like i said, i recover one of the btc adress. It's green on the corner everytime.

If your seed was recreating a wallet that has the same address that you previously had... then there is something else that isn't working right.

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I found someone to buy my wallet for 2 btc... I don't know if i can accept.

If the amount that is in your wallet is even close to 2 BTC... sell it! why is this even a question? Tongue

And if you do sell, just remember to use an Escrow service!

I'm guessing your wallets has more than 2 BTC in it?

ncsupanda

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I agree with the user above - take the 2 BTC for it.

If you need assistance with your passwordlists you can always reach out. Good luck in the future!

Near28

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I found someone to buy my wallet for 2 btc... I don't know if i can accept.

You have 2.5 BTC in it, right? I would sell immediately (2 BTC for a fully encrypted broken wallet - where he does not even see if there really is something on it) Grin

Do not get me wrong - a password protected wallet is worth 0$. You can be happy if someone gives you 100 bucks

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For the question : Yes i download it from here, from the link of official Electrum. The post who said there is a vulnerability on Electrum.

then I would say it is definitely broken.

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Here I can't or maybe there is a way to restore the old file with the previous password ?

Only with the seed... Unfortunately, there is no other possibility.

thenarog

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Hi guys,

I try it all this days... I made 10 passwordlist and nothing...
I'm dying. I don't know what to do next. I found someone to buy my wallet for 2 btc... I don't know if i can accept.

For the question : Yes i download it from here, from the link of official Electrum. The post who said there is a vulnerability on Electrum.

I still thinking that my wallet is corrupted. The file seems damage. Like i said i always had a possibility to restore an old version of my wallet.
Here I can't or maybe there is a way to restore the old file with the previous password ?

Near28

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Can i analyze the file and see if they are some errors ? I'm sure they was a problem with my hdd.

As far as I know, there is no possibility - at least in your case, because your wallet is encrypted.
Normally, Electrum does not open "Corrupt Wallet-files". But I do not know how Electrum deals with (Corrupt) fully encrypted wallets.

Long Story short, if the file is Corrupt nobody will ever be able to crack it.

just in case you missed it:
Can you still see your download-history? Are you sure you downloaded Electrum 3.05 from the Original electrum.org website?

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.... If i can i will sell my wallet to anyone who can deal with this problem...

before you do that write me a PN, I would like to have a look at it and give it a try in the Cloud.

arienna23

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I don't think you are going to be able to recover your passphrase using brute force as 15 characters is a big dataset to try. The only way you can recover is if you somehow remember your passphrase otherwise I don't think its possible.

Near28

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I wish you good luck, too

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the new password worked on electrum 3.04. Then i installed 3.05 and few days later , when i try to open my wallet with the same password, it doesn't work.

hm.. Can you still see your download-history? Are you sure you downloaded Electrum 3.05 from the Original electrum.org website?

ncsupanda

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Good luck - this user and I spoke in Private Messages about how to construct the password list with variable/wildcard characters.

Hopefully you return with good news. If you want help creating your passwordlist we may be able to provide feedback on that as well.

thenarog

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Quote from: Near28 on February 28, 2018, 03:18:31 PM

I think we already talked @ Github Wink

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I try it. But everytime , when i open btcrecoverseed, it doesn't work.

I guess you mean that: extract-electrum-halfseed.py
yep, because "~~extract-electrum-halfseed.py~~" and "extract-electrum2-partmpk.py" do not work with encrypted wallets.

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And i'm sure that the wallet is from Electrum. I can't understand why my password who i wrote and the seed doesn't work.
There was a bug on my HDD when i changed Electrum version.

you ever used the password after you have changed it? If yes, and it worked - your Wallet-File is probably Corrupt (somehow) - if not, then you probably made an mistake while creating the new password.

my recommendation:
Start with the "Typos", so you can exclude that you have errors with upper/lower letters, swapt letters, missing letters or double letters. (these are usually the most common mistakes)

EDIT: I just see that HCP has already recommended this to you.

Best Regards

Yes we talk about it on github ! Wink

You ask the right question. I think but i'm not sure, the new password worked on electrum 3.04. Then i installed 3.05 and few days later , when i try to open my wallet with the same password, it doesn't work.

There is two explanations for my problem :
- Like you said, the wallet is corrupted. I don't know what to think...Can i know for sure if my wallet is corrupted? Can i analyze the file and see if they are some errors ? I'm sure they was a problem with my hdd.
I can't restore old version of this wallet. And for my other wallet, i can, why ?

- Or like you said my password is wrong. I made an error when typing it. But i check my keyboard and i was very careful when changing my password.
I copy / paste it on notepad file to not make mistakes.

Now until the end of a week, i making new passwordlist.txt with multiple combinaisons and i will try it on btcrecover.
On Monday, i will tell here if i succeed.

Thanks for all of you guys, to helping me. I can't loose this money so i will try anything to recover it. If i can i will sell my wallet to anyone who can deal with this problem...

Thanks again, i hope i had good news monday. If you have any suggestions, contact me.

Near28

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I think we already talked @ Github Wink

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I try it. But everytime , when i open btcrecoverseed, it doesn't work.

I guess you mean that: extract-electrum-halfseed.py
yep, because "~~extract-electrum-halfseed.py~~" and "extract-electrum2-partmpk.py" do not work with encrypted wallets.

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And i'm sure that the wallet is from Electrum. I can't understand why my password who i wrote and the seed doesn't work.
There was a bug on my HDD when i changed Electrum version.

you ever used the password after you have changed it? If yes, and it worked - your Wallet-File is probably Corrupt (somehow) - if not, then you probably made an mistake while creating the new password.

my recommendation:
Start with the "Typos", so you can exclude that you have errors with upper/lower letters, swapt letters, missing letters or double letters. (these are usually the most common mistakes)

EDIT: I just see that HCP has already recommended this to you.

Best Regards

thenarog

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@Ramulen, your solution doesn't work.

@royse777
12 exactly.

@Near28

I try it. But everytime , when i open btcrecoverseed, it doesn't work.
2.5 btc , a fortune for me. I will give 2000 dollars to the man who will find me the solution.
But i can't take the risk to lost them. For know, they are not lost, but "blocked".

If i trust someone here, and if i give a file, and then he recover my wallet with 0 btc on it, i will be on serious shit.

And i'm sure that the wallet is from Electrum. I can't understand why my password who i wrote and the seed doesn't work.
There was a bug on my HDD when i changed Electrum version.

I can't understand why it's happening...

ncsupanda

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Quote from: Near28 on February 28, 2018, 11:43:32 AM

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Wallet.dat is from Bitcoin Core, not from Electrum... are you sure this "wallet.dat" was from Electrum? Or are you simply basing that on the output from seed recovery?

Electrum up to version 1.9 used an Electrum.dat
Electrum Portable used the .dat a bit longer until 1.9.4 or so. ( i am not 100% sure)

@thenarog

depending on which Electrum version you used - you can use "extract-electrum-halfseed.py" (Up to version 1.9.x) or "extract-electrum2-partmpk" (for version 2.0+) from the BTCRecover-Tools.
These tools only extract a part of your seed or MPK, you can give it to other people and they can try to crack it BUT it is not possible to steal your coins with this.

How many BTC are in the wallet? If it is a larger amount and we agree on a reward, I try it on my EC².

Best Regards

While this user is correct that the output from the scripts cannot be used to steal your coins, providing the file itself can enable users to attempt to figure out your password and recover the BTC themselves.
Long story short - you can provide the output from the scripts but not the file (wallet.dat) and anyone asking for it is surely trying to steal your coins.

Near28

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Wallet.dat is from Bitcoin Core, not from Electrum... are you sure this "wallet.dat" was from Electrum? Or are you simply basing that on the output from seed recovery?

Electrum up to version 1.9 used an Electrum.dat
Electrum Portable used the .dat a bit longer until 1.9.4 or so. ( i am not 100% sure)

@thenarog

depending on which Electrum version you used - you can use "extract-electrum-halfseed.py" (Up to version 1.9.x) or "extract-electrum2-partmpk" (for version 2.0+) from the BTCRecover-Tools.
These tools only extract a part of your seed or MPK, you can give it to other people and they can try to crack it BUT it is not possible to steal your coins with this.

How many BTC are in the wallet? If it is a larger amount and we agree on a reward, I try it on my EC².

Best Regards

Ramulen

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Sorry, you are right.

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How many words in the seed? 12?

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Quote from: Ramulen on February 27, 2018, 02:43:08 AM

Quote from: thenarog on February 26, 2018, 07:35:07 PM

Quote from: BrittneyHarkins on February 26, 2018, 07:08:53 AM

Wallet.dat is from Bitcoin Core, not from Electrum... are you sure this "wallet.dat" was from Electrum? Or are you simply basing that on the output from seed recovery?

Yes i'm sure.
How can i recover the private key from a wallet ?

Follow the instructions in the Link to get you private keys back.

- Install python 2.7 and select "Add python.exe to Path" during installation.
- Download ZIP of this repository. https://github.com/Dwerg/walletaid
- Unzip walletaid.
- Make a copy of wallet.dat and place in walletaid folder.
- Open config.ini and change parameters appropriate to the coin.
- Run "Extract keys.bat"
- Choose whether to dump all keys or search for specific key(s).
- If search is chosen, paste each indivudual address to seach for on a new line and click "OK".
- Open "foundkeys.txt" to see the recovered keys and addresses.

I don’t know the parameters for your specific wallet, but may you find them in the description.

If you are successful I would be thankful: ETH --> 0x7d276e21e5cfb239005a0158b9ebf52c3a266a2d Grin

For myself it worked perfect with a ZClassic Wallet.
If you have issues, don’t hesitate to ask for support, may I (we) can help.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ZClassic/comments/7vk41c/upvote_to_the_top_solution_for_zclassic_eleos/

Regards

Did you read that OP has lost his password? Your method will not work without the password....

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