If the porn mode was used with Firefox then only place where the URL might be stored by chance is the swapfile.
Being over paranoid sometimes is counterproductive if something is not done properly.
Topic: Instawallet URL lost - Is there any hope? BTC FOR HELP! (Read 2800 times)
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Thanks for all replies but computer has now been power cycled so coins are gone.
Power cycling is not so bad as letting OS and software to write data to it. When something is lost from hard drive by deletion the best action is pull out the power cord to write as less information as possible.Quote
Anyone who thinks they may be able to crack it then you're welcome to the booty!
For that I need the physical hard drive or at least properly made sector by sector copy of it. I doubt anyone will trust me with such information as I might recover other data.Lol yeah I don't think I'll be sending any shadow copies of my drive, especially to recover about $200.
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Thanks for all replies but computer has now been power cycled so coins are gone.
Power cycling is not so bad as letting OS and software to write data to it. When something is lost from hard drive by deletion the best action is pull out the power cord to write as less information as possible.Quote
Anyone who thinks they may be able to crack it then you're welcome to the booty!
For that I need the physical hard drive or at least properly made sector by sector copy of it. I doubt anyone will trust me with such information as I might recover other data.
Thanks for all replies but computer has now been power cycled so coins are gone.
Anyone who thinks they may be able to crack it then you're welcome to the booty!
P.S if you do crack it please be kind enough to send me the 3 BTC and you can keep the 10!
Anyone who thinks they may be able to crack it then you're welcome to the booty!
P.S if you do crack it please be kind enough to send me the 3 BTC and you can keep the 10!
I would use HxD to search for this string with harddrive connected to another machine.. But as I said the chances are very slim.
It may be possible to boot off a forensic live CD such as Deft Linux, mount the raw disk partition, and scan the entire drive for "instawallet.org/w". If the url was written anywhere on the disk (even page file) and not properly erased, this may discover it.
The question is not what online wallet to use in future. Problem is that OP lost 13 BTC. I wish I could steal them!
Yeah I noticed that after messing around with random integers! Although I never really thought about creating a custom string of characters.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing!
Useless for your current situation, but possibly useful knowledge for future use of instawallet...
After playing around with the instawallet URL a bit it appears that the site will accept any 31 character alphanumeric string and produce a useable bitcoin address. So if you are only briefly storing your coins there with plans to forward them on somewhere else rather quickly, and you are willing to accept the risk of using a URL that isn't randomly generated, you could come up with your own (easier to memorize) URL.
Examples that seem to work (Probably best not to use these now that I've posted them here, but you get the idea, just come up with your own string easy for you to remember):
https://instawallet.org/w/bitcoinbitcoinbitcoinbitcoinbit
https://instawallet.org/w/1111111111111111111111111111111
https://instawallet.org/w/0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstu
https://instawallet.org/w/IamANidiotFORusingAguessableURL
After playing around with the instawallet URL a bit it appears that the site will accept any 31 character alphanumeric string and produce a useable bitcoin address. So if you are only briefly storing your coins there with plans to forward them on somewhere else rather quickly, and you are willing to accept the risk of using a URL that isn't randomly generated, you could come up with your own (easier to memorize) URL.
Examples that seem to work (Probably best not to use these now that I've posted them here, but you get the idea, just come up with your own string easy for you to remember):
https://instawallet.org/w/bitcoinbitcoinbitcoinbitcoinbit
https://instawallet.org/w/1111111111111111111111111111111
https://instawallet.org/w/0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstu
https://instawallet.org/w/IamANidiotFORusingAguessableURL
I think its safe to say the coins are gone.
yup.
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BitcoinFog doesn't keep any logs 
I think its safe to say the coins are gone.
Thanks
I think its safe to say the coins are gone.
Thanks
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What sort of identifying information could I relay to the webmaster thats not readily available on the blockchain?
Prove that You own the sending addresses to the transaction of yours. Giving Instawallet admin access to the Bitcoin Fog account to see history will show that You have sent the coins. You will lose privacy but you can possibly get your coins back.I have not used Bitcoin Fog for long time, don't even know how it looks now or does it have history saved somewhere.
Recent Firefox versions overwrite the data when deleting browsing history.
The chance to recover is very small. Better chances of success is providing the Instawallet owner with information that only You know (such as access to Bitcoin Fog account from what the coins is sent) and that cannot be harvested from blockchain or some other source to prove that it is you who sent the transaction.
The chance to recover is very small. Better chances of success is providing the Instawallet owner with information that only You know (such as access to Bitcoin Fog account from what the coins is sent) and that cannot be harvested from blockchain or some other source to prove that it is you who sent the transaction.
What sort of identifying information could I relay to the webmaster thats not readily available on the blockchain?
I don't want to waste their time by sending them pointless info so any help is muchly appreciated. If I can retrieve the coins there will be some coins in for all that helped to the retrieval, including the webmaster of course!
Thanks
Recent Firefox versions overwrite the data when deleting browsing history.
The chance to recover is very small. Better chances of success is providing the Instawallet owner with information that only You know (such as access to Bitcoin Fog account from what the coins is sent) and that cannot be harvested from blockchain or some other source to prove that it is you who sent the transaction.
The chance to recover is very small. Better chances of success is providing the Instawallet owner with information that only You know (such as access to Bitcoin Fog account from what the coins is sent) and that cannot be harvested from blockchain or some other source to prove that it is you who sent the transaction.
Whoops - shouldn't have cleared your browsing history.
You could try one of those "recover lost files" programs, and see if you can recover the URL in your browsing history. But install it on a different computer, slave the drive you are using, and do it that way, else the installation of said program may overwrite the data you are looking for.
You could try one of those "recover lost files" programs, and see if you can recover the URL in your browsing history. But install it on a different computer, slave the drive you are using, and do it that way, else the installation of said program may overwrite the data you are looking for.
The computer was not turned off and was left running the whole time. I started the bitcoinfog withdrawal about 3pm for 6 hours so finished around 5 minutes ago. The browser was opened and closed numerous times in 'private browsing'
to paraipan, I used instawallet numerous times without issues just by c and p the url to a notepad. I could have sworn I saved it cos I remember typing in the total amount to be received to the wallet. I have checked the 'previous file versions' of notepad and found nothing.
Thanks
Is there any hope for me?
InstaWallet is a low-security wallet, which doesn't require username or password to access the wallet.
Thus knowledge of the URL gives the ability to spend the funds.
Your browser will cache the browsing history, so unless you clear history you should be able to recover the URL from your browser.
I clear everything upon closing the browser
I read a topic of 'brute forcing' instwallet urls. Could this apply to my situation?Thanks
How much was that? From where you received the coins?
From BitcoinFog so multiple addresses and for around 13 coins.
Lol, good luck with that, and welcome to bitcoin. Btw, ctrl-c ctrl-v has never been so powerful at saving money.
Whoops - shouldn't have cleared your browsing history.
You could try one of those "recover lost files" programs, and see if you can recover the URL in your browsing history. But install it on a different computer, slave the drive you are using, and do it that way, else the installation of said program may overwrite the data you are looking for.
You could try one of those "recover lost files" programs, and see if you can recover the URL in your browsing history. But install it on a different computer, slave the drive you are using, and do it that way, else the installation of said program may overwrite the data you are looking for.
Is there any hope for me?
InstaWallet is a low-security wallet, which doesn't require username or password to access the wallet.
Thus knowledge of the URL gives the ability to spend the funds.
Your browser will cache the browsing history, so unless you clear history you should be able to recover the URL from your browser.
I clear everything upon closing the browser
I read a topic of 'brute forcing' instwallet urls. Could this apply to my situation?Thanks
How much was that? From where you received the coins?
From BitcoinFog so multiple addresses and for around 13 coins.
Is there any hope for me?
InstaWallet is a low-security wallet, which doesn't require username or password to access the wallet.
Thus knowledge of the URL gives the ability to spend the funds.
Your browser will cache the browsing history, so unless you clear history you should be able to recover the URL from your browser.
I clear everything upon closing the browser
I read a topic of 'brute forcing' instwallet urls. Could this apply to my situation?Thanks
How much was that? From where you received the coins?
Is there any hope for me?
InstaWallet is a low-security wallet, which doesn't require username or password to access the wallet.
Thus knowledge of the URL gives the ability to spend the funds.
Your browser will cache the browsing history, so unless you clear history you should be able to recover the URL from your browser.
I clear everything upon closing the browser
I read a topic of 'brute forcing' instwallet urls. Could this apply to my situation?Thanks
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