[overview] Recover Bitcoin from any old storage format - page 2.

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Quote from: LoyceV on May 19, 2021, 06:15:00 AM

Quote from: tomm144 on May 19, 2021, 06:00:49 AM

i've imported old wallet.dat backup
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i'm prety sure that something is wrong, but i don't know what.

Any chance you've imported an altcoin wallet into Bitcoin Core? I've never tried it myself, but from what I've read, this is the most common mistake.
Common guesses: it could be either Litecoin or Dogecoin.

damm man! you were right

. thank you.

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Quote from: tomm144 on May 19, 2021, 06:00:49 AM

i've imported old wallet.dat backup
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i'm prety sure that something is wrong, but i don't know what.

Any chance you've imported an altcoin wallet into Bitcoin Core? I've never tried it myself, but from what I've read, this is the most common mistake.
Common guesses: it could be either Litecoin or Dogecoin.

tomm144

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Hi everyone,
hope that here i get help.
i've imported old wallet.dat backup but the behavior looks strange to me. (i know the passphrase)
1. i see unknown transatcions with large amount (i have never had such amount of btc)
2. these transactions in overview are still unconfirmed despite blockchain download is beyond this point.
https://imgur.com/ZVdVQ3j
3. i don't event see spend or receivine addresses

i'm prety sure that something is wrong, but i don't know what.

thanks for help!

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I think bitaddress handles base 64 to wif as well. As has been said, use the offline version with a computer that is offline.

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Quote from: Fredyla011 on May 07, 2021, 08:45:21 AM

The only problem it won't show the latest data like transaction history or the current balance of that wallet.

That's not a problem, you don't need transaction data to extract private keys. By the time you're using an offline system for private key recovery, I assume you already know which addresses you're looking for.

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Quote from: TheArchaeologist on August 27, 2018, 09:04:08 AM

Quote from: LoyceV on August 27, 2018, 08:54:47 AM

How about this: "do this offline!!"?

Sounds great! I know the old one probably would be good enough for most people but somehow you will always run into a comparateur assurance chien few slower ones like me

The only problem it won't show the latest data like transaction history or the current balance of that wallet.

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thanks. in case it helps anyone, it turns out that the old blockchain.info wallets encode the keys as BASE58 (RAW).

So just convert that from base58 to hex through any means and then generate a WIF like through bitaddress.org

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Quote from: bhlpr on April 27, 2021, 01:11:41 PM

hex comes out as 64 chars starting with f5: (listed in pairs, though only 64 chars without trailing zeros - e.g. counting 5 instead of 05)

I have no experience personal recovering old wallets from blockchain.info, but if you ended up with a 64 character HEX, you might be on to something:

Quote from: LoyceV on August 26, 2018, 08:09:32 AM

Private Key Hexadecimal (64 characters [0-9A-F]) (less common).
Example: CA9A061710B8BC582E1B8BB60D0F3F2751791888AB5C18737620087ABDF74A05

I'd try to enter this on the Wallet Details tab on an offline and air-gapped downloaded version of Bitaddress.org.

bhlpr

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Trying to recover from an old blockchain.info (wallet.json.aes).

Know the password, managed to extract a 44 CHAR string as the private key.

But not clear to me this is the key base64 encoded - as a text decoding comes up as a mess, and hex comes out as 64 chars starting with f5: (listed in pairs, though only 64 chars without trailing zeros - e.g. counting 5 instead of 05)

Anyone have any idea what this is, and how I can convert this to a WIF?

Thanks

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Just leaving this here:

Quote from: ranochigo on April 15, 2021, 06:02:47 PM

.key extension was most commonly used with Multibit.

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Quote from: NotATether on February 24, 2021, 04:24:25 AM

I think you should redirect people to blockstack_recover: Extract private keys from blockstack-client wallets instead of that topic.

I've added the link, I'll leave it to the reader to ~~choose~~ read everything.

Quote from: ?? on ??

Quote from: LoyceV on August 26, 2018, 08:09:32 AM

If you quote the entire OP, your entry will be deleted.

... would it be possible to put all above into a windows 10 executable which performs a low level scan of the local drive/s, then displays possible files with a % of certainty based on the details found above? while you are building it, perhaps you can also scan for privkeys and anything else bitcoin useful, add in a checkit live switch on the blockchain for possible value. I'll buy a copy and be the first customer!

I've removed your post (because of the large quote), but answer it anyway: no, that's not possible.

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Quote from: LoyceV on February 05, 2021, 03:39:55 AM

Bump with a new storage format added:

Quote from: LoyceV on August 26, 2018, 08:09:32 AM

Blockstack
If you have Bitcoin in a CLI Blockstack node, read this topic.

I think you should redirect people to blockstack_recover: Extract private keys from blockstack-client wallets instead of that topic.

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Bump with a new storage format added:

Quote from: LoyceV on August 26, 2018, 08:09:32 AM

Blockstack
If you have Bitcoin in a CLI Blockstack node, read this topic.

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Quote from: Hoppy09 on January 02, 2021, 08:54:51 AM

Error opening file for writing
c\programme files\bitcoin\bitcoin-qt

If you don't have any other instance running, what version of bitcoin core do you have installed ?
And where did you download it from ?

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Quote from: LoyceV on January 02, 2021, 09:18:28 AM

Quote from: Hoppy09 on January 02, 2021, 09:01:48 AM

Why do I have these files and are they related to BTC that I may have mined?

"Chainstate" and "blocks" are part of Bitcoin Core, but have nothing to do with your own wallet. The only old file that matters is your wallet.dat.

That's what I thought but was hoping wasn't the case. Don't think I have any hidden treasure but I'll now try and get Bitcoin Core installed and check this way to be sure....

Thanks for your help.

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Quote from: Hoppy09 on January 02, 2021, 09:01:48 AM

Why do I have these files and are they related to BTC that I may have mined?

"Chainstate" and "blocks" are part of Bitcoin Core, but have nothing to do with your own wallet. The only old file that matters is your wallet.dat.

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Quote from: ranochigo on January 02, 2021, 09:01:01 AM

Quote from: Hoppy09 on January 02, 2021, 08:54:51 AM

Error opening file for writing
c\programme files\bitcoin\bitcoin-qt

Click abort to stop the installation

The same error comes up for each file the installation tries to install. May be my anti virus???

It usually happens when the program is still running and thus it cannot be replaced. Is the instance still running? Can you try rebooting your computer?

No luck unfortunately??? Anti-virus maybe???

Hoppy09

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In my original Bitcoin folder, I have a folder called 'Chainstate' and contains numbered files (microsoft serialised certificate store). When I enter the number into the blockchain explorer it appears that there are block numbers containing transaction details. Why do I have these files and are they related to BTC that I may have mined?

I also have a 'Blocks' folder with BLK and REV .dat files??

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Quote from: Hoppy09 on January 02, 2021, 08:54:51 AM

Error opening file for writing
c\programme files\bitcoin\bitcoin-qt

Click abort to stop the installation

The same error comes up for each file the installation tries to install. May be my anti virus???

It usually happens when the program is still running and thus it cannot be replaced. Is the instance still running? Can you try rebooting your computer?

Hoppy09

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Error opening file for writing
c\programme files\bitcoin\bitcoin-qt

Click abort to stop the installation

The same error comes up for each file the installation tries to install. May be my anti virus???

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