I need help with hexadecimal keys - page 2.

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Quote from: BlackHatCoiner on October 22, 2021, 09:03:05 AM

I thought you meant this:

So, you're connected to a node. By clicking on “View” and then on “Addresses” you should be able to view your address(es). As far as I can see from the History tab, there are no transactions with the addresses you've generated. So, you've most likely written the private key wrongly or you had had no money in the first place.

Yes i think written the private key wrongly Sad

i remember i take the copy of these keys in fast way - how ?

I copied the numbers and letters on top of each other - the number of lines became six, but the sixth is a number of eight letters and numbers - I think it is checksum Huh

all together = 256 latters and numbers capital letter

We must make sure of the previous procedures, whether they are the same procedures or not ?

When I bought the coin, it was from a website bitcoin - but i am not sure about .com or .org

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I thought you meant this:

So, you're connected to a node. By clicking on “View” and then on “Addresses” you should be able to view your address(es). As far as I can see from the History tab, there are no transactions with the addresses you've generated. So, you've most likely written the private key wrongly or you had had no money in the first place.

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Quote from: BlackHatCoiner on October 22, 2021, 08:21:34 AM

Quote from: nicehome on October 22, 2021, 08:13:13 AM

but i didnt seen as your last pic ( green colour on recive and the key number )

Oh, that's the problem. If you don't see a green color right there (or blue) it means that your electrum client isn't connected to an electrum server. Am I right? Is it red? Click on it. A network tab will open. Screenshot it and send it here.

Besides Electrum, have you tried loading your address' balance from a block explorer?

i dont know what is balance from a block explorer ( never try this befor )

how i can add pic here ?

see the link pic https://ibb.co/5Tt1RPk

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Quote from: nicehome on October 22, 2021, 08:13:13 AM

but i didnt seen as your last pic ( green colour on recive and the key number )

Oh, that's the problem. If you don't see a green color right there (or blue) it means that your electrum client isn't connected to an electrum server. Am I right? Is it red? Click on it. A network tab will open. Screenshot it and send it here.

Besides Electrum, have you tried loading your address' balance from a block explorer?

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I can remember when i buy bitcoin befor long time i use bit core but i dodnt did anything - just see how to use it only !

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Quote from: BlackHatCoiner on October 22, 2021, 08:06:08 AM

I don't know what exactly you're doing, but this is the way:

Here you enter the compressed private key which starts with either K or L. Uncompressed private keys start with 5.

If it said that your wallet is watch-only it means you imported the address instead of the private key. In this case, you would have copied and pasted - “14z7TscxQo12kpHutuguJnjH7fzD5kdF7v” - from bitaddress.org instead of - “L3oj7X1oXpww7aKy2Z86w4dyD9JybBhQHs4SzAyooUgnjSBy8aD3”.

yes i try like this in 2 way 1- Private Key WIF Compressed the i didnt got wrong masg as befor but i didnt seen as your last pic ( green colour on recive and the key number ) !!!
i only see balance down left is 0

2- Private Key WIF = same thing

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I don't know what exactly you're doing, but this is the way:

Here you enter the compressed private key which starts with either K or L. Uncompressed private keys start with 5.

If it said that your wallet is watch-only it means you imported the address instead of the private key. In this case, you would have copied and pasted - “14z7TscxQo12kpHutuguJnjH7fzD5kdF7v” - from bitaddress.org instead of - “L3oj7X1oXpww7aKy2Z86w4dyD9JybBhQHs4SzAyooUgnjSBy8aD3”.

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Quote from: BlackHatCoiner on October 22, 2021, 03:45:52 AM

Quote from: nicehome on October 22, 2021, 01:54:05 AM

this wallet is watching only this mean you will not able to spend Bitcoins with it . make sure you own the seed phrase or the private keys befor you request Bitcoins to be sent to this wallet

This means you're doing something wrong. Do you import the private key(s) into Electrum's text field or the address(es)?

Electrum and i go up left click file and i chose ( New /Restore ) then i chose last one ( Import addresses or private keys )

Compressed key
and i got same masg
adres key i got same masg

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Quote from: nicehome on October 22, 2021, 01:54:05 AM

this wallet is watching only this mean you will not able to spend Bitcoins with it . make sure you own the seed phrase or the private keys befor you request Bitcoins to be sent to this wallet

This means you're doing something wrong. Do you import the private key(s) into Electrum's text field or the address(es)?

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Quote from: nc50lc on October 22, 2021, 02:15:28 AM

Quote from: nicehome on October 22, 2021, 01:12:14 AM

Quote from: nc50lc on October 22, 2021, 12:55:28 AM

-snip-

i didnt understand If you use Electrum, let the wallet open for a few minutes for it to sync (blockchain headers - 55mb file).
its open fast and i try all keys says 0 and try one of them says same thing 0

Electrum needs the blockchain headers to function which it doesn't have initially.
So if it's the first time Electrum is used, it will have to download the said file which is about 55mb in size so you'll have to wait for it to be completed in the background.

But if about 10 minutes have passed, your internet is "good" and the Electrum's connection status is 'Green' (lower-right circle),
then the imported WIF keys are really empty (at least for P2PKH outputs).

Quote from: nicehome on October 22, 2021, 01:46:59 AM

I bought them between (2009 - 2012) Procedures may vary Huh

It barely reached the year when compressed public key was introduced to Bitcoin client,
If it's before April 2012, you shouldn't be looking for compressed addresses because it's not available in the client at that time.

You may have to search for P2PK outputs as well, which doesn't have an address but the public key itself.
IDK any other client that support it aside from Bitcoin Core; if you want, you can import those keys to Bitcoin Core but it will require you to download and verify the blockchain before you can check for balance.
Your transactions are quite early so you'll likely see the transactions earlier in the sync process if it has any balance.

Import command (do right after creating a "Blank Wallet"): https://bitcoincore.org/en/doc/0.21.0/rpc/wallet/importprivkey/
Use "false" rescan flag for the first three, then "true" to the last one.

after Blank Wallet name wallet i have 4 choices ?

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Quote from: nc50lc on October 22, 2021, 02:15:28 AM

Quote from: nicehome on October 22, 2021, 01:12:14 AM

Quote from: nc50lc on October 22, 2021, 12:55:28 AM

-snip-

i didnt understand If you use Electrum, let the wallet open for a few minutes for it to sync (blockchain headers - 55mb file).
its open fast and i try all keys says 0 and try one of them says same thing 0

Electrum needs the blockchain headers to function which it doesn't have initially.
So if it's the first time Electrum is used, it will have to download the said file which is about 55mb in size so you'll have to wait for it to be completed in the background.

But if about 10 minutes have passed, your internet is "good" and the Electrum's connection status is 'Green' (lower-right circle),
then the imported WIF keys are really empty (at least for P2PKH outputs).

Quote from: nicehome on October 22, 2021, 01:46:59 AM

I bought them between (2009 - 2012) Procedures may vary Huh

It barely reached the year when compressed public key was introduced to Bitcoin client,
If it's before April 2012, you shouldn't be looking for compressed addresses because it's not available in the client at that time.

You may have to search for P2PK outputs as well, which doesn't have an address but the public key itself.
IDK any other client that support it aside from Bitcoin Core; if you want, you can import those keys to Bitcoin Core but it will require you to download and verify the blockchain before you can check for balance.
Your transactions are quite early so you'll likely see the transactions earlier in the sync process if it has any balance.

Import command (do right after creating a "Blank Wallet"): https://bitcoincore.org/en/doc/0.21.0/rpc/wallet/importprivkey/
Use "false" rescan flag for the first three, then "true" to the last one.

i think the right choice is Bitcoin Core

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Quote from: nicehome on October 22, 2021, 01:12:14 AM

Quote from: nc50lc on October 22, 2021, 12:55:28 AM

-snip-

i didnt understand If you use Electrum, let the wallet open for a few minutes for it to sync (blockchain headers - 55mb file).
its open fast and i try all keys says 0 and try one of them says same thing 0

Electrum needs the blockchain headers to function which it doesn't have initially.
So if it's the first time Electrum is used, it will have to download the said file which is about 55mb in size so you'll have to wait for it to be completed in the background.

But if about 10 minutes have passed, your internet is "good" and the Electrum's connection status is 'Green' (lower-right circle),
then the imported WIF keys are really empty (at least for P2PKH outputs).

Quote from: nicehome on October 22, 2021, 01:46:59 AM

I bought them between (2009 - 2012) Procedures may vary Huh

It barely reached the year when compressed public key was introduced to Bitcoin client,
If it's before April 2012, you shouldn't be looking for compressed addresses because it's not available in the client at that time.

You may have to search for P2PK outputs as well, which doesn't have an address but the public key itself.
IDK any other client that support it aside from Bitcoin Core; if you want, you can import those keys to Bitcoin Core but it will require you to download and verify the blockchain before you can check for balance.
Your transactions are quite early so you'll likely see the transactions earlier in the sync process if it has any balance.

Import command (do right after creating a "Blank Wallet"): https://bitcoincore.org/en/doc/0.21.0/rpc/wallet/importprivkey/
Use "false" rescan flag for the first three, then "true" to the last one.

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Quote from: BlackHatCoiner on October 22, 2021, 01:41:36 AM

Quote from: nicehome on October 22, 2021, 01:12:14 AM

its open fast and i try all keys says 0 and try one of them says same thing 0

If you imported both compressed and uncompressed addresses and none of them returned you a balance, then it means there isn't one.

this wallet is watching only this mean you will not able to spend Bitcoins with it . make sure you own the seed phrase or the private keys befor you request Bitcoins to be sent to this wallet

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Quote from: pooya87 on October 22, 2021, 01:37:35 AM

Quote from: nicehome on October 22, 2021, 01:00:27 AM

i seen 1 of thim compresed - it show 3 Addresses - Bitcoin BTC 0
Bitcoin Cash 0
Bitcoin SV BSV 0
whats that mean ?!

Since bitcoin source code is open and free to copy, there has been many useless altcoins that created copies of bitcoin and unfortunately they never changed anything when it comes to addresses (and many other things). So when you search a bitcoin address in a multi-coin block explorer such as blockchair they have no way of knowing which chain it belongs to hence they show all of them.

Since you know yours is a bitcoin address then as @NotATether said, just ignore the rest and focus on "Bitcoin BTC" for now, the rest are those useless altcoins.

yeah
I bought them between (2009 - 2012) Procedures may vary Huh

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Quote from: nicehome on October 22, 2021, 01:12:14 AM

its open fast and i try all keys says 0 and try one of them says same thing 0

If you imported both compressed and uncompressed addresses and none of them returned you a balance, then it means there isn't one.

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Quote from: nicehome on October 22, 2021, 01:00:27 AM

i seen 1 of thim compresed - it show 3 Addresses - Bitcoin BTC 0
Bitcoin Cash 0
Bitcoin SV BSV 0
whats that mean ?!

Since bitcoin source code is open and free to copy, there has been many useless altcoins that created copies of bitcoin and unfortunately they never changed anything when it comes to addresses (and many other things). So when you search a bitcoin address in a multi-coin block explorer such as blockchair they have no way of knowing which chain it belongs to hence they show all of them.

Since you know yours is a bitcoin address then as @NotATether said, just ignore the rest and focus on "Bitcoin BTC" for now, the rest are those useless altcoins.

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Quote from: nicehome on October 22, 2021, 01:00:27 AM

i seen 1 of thim compresed - it show 3 Addresses - Bitcoin BTC 0

Bitcoin Cash 0

Bitcoin SV BSV 0

whats that mean ?!

I wouldn't worry about that: old BTC addresses are also valid Bitcoin Cash addresses and Bitcoin SV addresses. So on Blockchair, you should just focus on addresses labeled BTC.

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Quote from: nc50lc on October 22, 2021, 12:55:28 AM

Quote from: nicehome on October 22, 2021, 12:10:49 AM

Quote from: nc50lc on October 21, 2021, 11:50:15 PM

-snip-

finished and all they start 5

You can now import those to a wallet of your choice, or my suggested client: Electrum.
If you use Electrum, let the wallet open for a few minutes for it to sync (blockchain headers - 55mb file).
If there's no balance, those may not be private keys or those are for compressed public keys, in that case, use the tool in the post above.

i didnt understand If you use Electrum, let the wallet open for a few minutes for it to sync (blockchain headers - 55mb file).
its open fast and i try all keys says 0 and try one of them says same thing 0

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Quote from: pooya87 on October 22, 2021, 12:21:08 AM

Quote from: nicehome on October 22, 2021, 12:10:49 AM

finished and all they start 5

You should use https://github.com/pointbiz/bitaddress.org instead. Download the repository (https://github.com/pointbiz/bitaddress.org/archive/refs/heads/master.zip) and open the bitaddress.org.html preferably on an air gap computer then go to "Wallet Details" tab and enter the hexadecimal strings in the first text box an click "View Details".
It would show you both compressed and uncompressed private keys with their corresponding addresses.
Now you can see if you recognize any of these addresses and copy them in a text file (in case you are offline) and then go to a block explorer such as https://blockchair.com/bitcoin and search each address (they all start with "1") to see if any of them have ever been used.

i seen 1 of thim compresed - it show 3 Addresses - Bitcoin BTC 0

Bitcoin Cash 0

Bitcoin SV BSV 0

whats that mean ?!

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Quote from: nicehome on October 22, 2021, 12:10:49 AM

Quote from: nc50lc on October 21, 2021, 11:50:15 PM

-snip-

finished and all they start 5

You can now import those to a wallet of your choice, or my suggested client: Electrum.
If you use Electrum, let the wallet open for a few minutes for it to sync (blockchain headers - 55mb file).
If there's no balance, those may not be private keys or those are for compressed public keys, in that case, use the tool in the post above.

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