Topic: I need help with hexadecimal keys (Read 436 times)

ok 👍

You're welcome.
You can get back here or in the Bitcoin Technical Support board if you can't find any support in your local board.

ahaa - thank you for everything - you did great job - i will use new topic for my local language ( arabic ) there - have a great night 🌹

:-\ "uncheck" means "remove the check" in the box.
If it's now unchecked, the value (2GB) that you're seeing is now grayed-out, it won't be used because pruning is now disabled and you cannot edit it.
If it's checked, pruning is still enabled.

You can also post a thread in your local board to speed things up, there, users post at your local timezone so they can reply as soon as you post.
Plus you can use your native language there.
Local Boards: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php#5 | Use Other languages/locations if your language doesn't have a local board.

i clicked on ( Prune block storage to ) - it show 2 GB - do i need to change it for 400GB ?

Size of database cache ( 450MB )

Numbers of script verification ( 0 )

yeah it works fine - thank you 👍

you don't have to reinstall it. Just move the bitcoin folder from C disk (C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin) to D disk,

after that, on BTC shortcut change target (right-click property) into your new directory D -datadir=D:\Bitcoin

hey

did exactly what you told me and i got this masg ---->>>> https://ibb.co/FKXQRTy

i can delete and re install bitcoin core if you like and choce D ?

I see, so the main disk doesn't have enough space for the blockchain that's why pruning is enabled.

You can use your 'disk D' as the data directory then disable pruning in Bitcoin-qt's setting:

• Open Bitcoin Core (bitcoin-qt) and open the settings: "Settings->Options..."
• Click "Open Configuration File" below and 'bitcoin.conf' will open using your notepad.
• Type/Paste: datadir=D:\Bitcoin into that text file, save it, then close it.
• Lastly, uncheck "Prune block storage to" to disable pruning (I have already told you this when you're just starting the sync process).

Restart Bitcoin core to reload the config file and it will sync from scratch after that.
That's all you need for now, wait until it's fully synced, then you can always use importprivkey to your 'blank wallet' if you found more keys.

how i can Make sure Bitcoin Core's prune setting is disabled ?  


this is size storage in my computer - https://ibb.co/yqndVtj

If those are hashed with MD5, then you wont be able to reverse them easily since it's not reversible.
MD5 is broken so you may be able to bruteforce or exploit the vulnerabilities but that's a job for experts in that field.

If those are HEX, do the same procedure that you did to the previous four keys in the OP to encode them into WIF.
Then import it to your "blank wallet" using the steps I've mentioned in my previous post.

Make sure Bitcoin Core's prune setting is disabled so you can rescan after it's fully synced or you'll just waste your internet bandwidth and time.

ahaa

how i can add 4 keys in bitcoin core to check ?
it show ( Estimated time left untill synced 12 hours - and down show 3 years and 42 weeks behind )

how about if the 4 keys encoded by MD5 ?

The china site ( Selling stuff for bitcoin ) now the site is closed !

Hmmm... unfortunately, I don't know how the old bitcoin.com worked and I have no idea about an old "China site" where you bought the bitcoins.
Armory is another Bitcoin client that only uses Bitcoin Core to download and verify the blockchain, here's its board if you want to know more about it: /index.php?board=97.0

It's complicated alright  :-X
Anyways, if those "four keys" are the same ones you've imported to Bitcoin Core, then let it sync so it can find the coins.
Bitcoin core is capable of checking all outputs of different script types derived from the private key.
If Bitcoin Core has fully synced and it has no balance, enter rescanblockchain command for the last time to make sure that it's really empty.

Other than that, I have no further response.

ahaa - i remember when i buy this coins they ask me how you want them , i chose to make them 4 keys as it show exactlly becouse i wanted to buy something from china site Four pieces - thats why i chose 4 keys and i knew how many coins in each key - beside i have a file name ( array ) it show how many coins i have and Lots of coded things - some of them you can read and some of them coded - and offcourse many Big keys and a link for bitcoin.com with 4 keys in same link .JS ! the js maybe you can read them by node JS - and i found name ( Armory ) i made a search and i found this is for old wallets and i found bitcoin core !
It's a very large file full of things to read and some of which you can't read ( encrypted ) !
and i found many numbers ( evry 2 numbers beside eachather ) And found many answers about the number of the universe and many other answers with numbers - one of these answers is how many BTC i have - thats why i rememberd i have 4 keys becouse they are exactlly what i asked the bitcoin.com to buy the four pieces from the china site !

I knew its complecated and many thinges and i have file name ( DaYi ) same ( array file ) !

I forgot i bought this coin about ten years ago - till the god wake me up and tells me ( wake up baybe you have something waiting you ) 🥰

Thank you so much nc50lc for you keep helping me and offcourse thank you for evryone try to help me - you really are amazing guys 😘

I will keep try to search my BTC 😊

It means that your blockchain is set to be "pruned", it can't use rescan because it doesn't have the older blocks because 'pruning' will delete the older blocks after the set size was reached.

I don't know if it will be able to scan for balances (from the succeeding blocks) of your newly created wallet's imported keys because I haven't experienced that scenario.
If you have enough disk space for the blockchain and other data (about 400GB+), you can consider disabling pruning in "Settings->Options...->Prune block storage to".
Then restart the sync process.

Plus you need the whole blockchain in case you'll need to import other possible keys from your backup in case those four aren't private keys.

The order isn't important, the important part is to use the rescan flag only in the last key.

Hi man - i got this - see the pic https://ibb.co/mt73LYp

at first i use private key start with 5
the secound use privatekey wif Compressed start with L

right ?

You don't need to, bitcoin core will take time to completely sync with the network (catch up 12 years). You don't even need any wallet at this stage. All you need to do is to check if what you is actually a private key not some random hash, you can do it by seeing if the addresses contain any coins. Then the next stage would be to decide what what wallet you want to use (bitcoin core or electrum or something else).

If you used bitaddress.org and checked all the addresses in a block explorer as I explained earlier and saw all said 0 BTC then either what you had was not bitcoin private keys in hexadecimal format or you never received any coins. I'm betting it is the former.

No, I mean select the second choice "Make Blank Wallet" not 'blank wallet name', you should put a wallet name or 'Create' button wont be clickable.

After creating the wallet, go to console (Window->Console). Select the blank wallet in the "Wallet:" drop-down menu.
Then type the commands, one at a time;
For the first three:
For the fourth key:
Change "Your_Private_Key" into those encoded WIF private keys.

Do you recommend me to search by bitcoin core ?

The checksum is 4 bytes, meaning that it can be either 4, 5 or 6 characters long in base58. (It is highly unlikely to be 4, though)

So, you're still saying something that's not true. You've messed the procedure which lower your chances to gain access to the coins.

A private key in Wallet Import Format (WIF) is either 51 or 52 characters long. If it's represented in hexadecimal (0-F) it's 64 and if it's represented in binary (0-1) it's 256.

Not sure what you mean.

Probably from .com, because the .org wasn't ever selling bitcoins. (It redirected you on exchanges, though)