Problems with Bitcoins Mined in 2009 - page 2.

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Quote from: nc50lc on June 22, 2022, 12:21:05 AM

You must be talking about P2PK UTXOs, if so, Bitcoin Core can spend those.
Just import the "Private Key" into a new non-descriptor wallet and it should be able to find those transactions.

If OP really has 50 (or more) Bitcoins mined to pubkey, he shouldn't mess with it on an online computer. Sync Bitcoin Core and unplug your internet. Then import the private key, without risking any online exposure. Create, verify and sign a transaction offline, copy it, and broadcast it online.
Alternative: Import the pubkey, let Bitcoin Core sync until 2010 (that shouldn't take long), and if anything shows up, you can take it offline to import the privkey. Or let it sync completely to be sure the funds are still there.

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Quote from: minkpump on June 21, 2022, 06:53:04 PM

Public Key is outdated, no satoshi-era updates to current protocols have been made.

everything is still in 32 bit..

You must be talking about P2PK UTXOs, if so, Bitcoin Core can spend those.
Just import the "Private Key" into a new non-descriptor wallet and it should be able to find those transactions.

If the Private Keys are "32 bit" as well (64-character HEX), you just have to encode them into WIF using conversion tools.
Your Public Keys can't be used to spend those bitcoins.

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Quote from: minkpump on June 21, 2022, 06:53:04 PM

I have some bitcoin addresses mined in 2009 with problems.

And how did you come upon these addresses? Did you by any chance get them from a scam "brute force" project?

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Public Key is outdated, no satoshi-era updates to current protocols have been made.

Public keys are never outdated and there hasn't been any updates from the very first day that bitcoin was introduced which would affect the keys. In other words any key generated in 2009 is still valid today and can be used.
In any case you need private key to spend coins not public key.

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everything is still in 32 bit..

What do you mean by this? Private keys are 32 bytes but wallets don't show them as bits, they convert them to a human readable format using base58 encoding and call them WIFs.

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What is your backup?
Seed phrase do not exist yet in the year 2009 and the public key you mention won't be able to use for recovery.

Maybe if you have wallet.dat file or private key then you can recover your old wallet. Do you have any of these?

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I have some bitcoin addresses mined in 2009 with problems.

Public Key is outdated, no satoshi-era updates to current protocols have been made.

everything is still in 32 bit..

I can't spend the btcs this way.

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