Quick answers, I'll try to find the time to answer more precisely soon
1) the file you downloaded is not pywallet. Maybe a 404 HTML page. Open it with a text editor to be sure
2) --recov-device is either a drive or a file, depending on what you want or need
Topic: Pywallet 2.2: manage your wallet [Update required] - page 22. (Read 207981 times)
Im trying it now, but i have two basic questions 
I download the latest pywallet version, placed it in the same folder i had my previous one after deleting the first.
In the previous version (1.1 i think), when doing from command line a pywallet.py --version it would return the version, but in this case, when i simply do from the windows command line a pywallet.py --version, it returns this:
C:\Users\unknown user\Desktop\pywallet>pywallet.py --version
File "C:\Users\unknown user\Desktop\pywallet\pywallet.py", line 4
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
And second question:
in the command option s "c:\path\to\your\wallet.dat", if i am supposed to search within a deleted hard drive for wallets/keys, how can i point to a wallet? Should i point to the location where my wallet was before i erased the files?
thank you!
I download the latest pywallet version, placed it in the same folder i had my previous one after deleting the first.
In the previous version (1.1 i think), when doing from command line a pywallet.py --version it would return the version, but in this case, when i simply do from the windows command line a pywallet.py --version, it returns this:
C:\Users\unknown user\Desktop\pywallet>pywallet.py --version
File "C:\Users\unknown user\Desktop\pywallet\pywallet.py", line 4
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
And second question:
in the command option s "c:\path\to\your\wallet.dat", if i am supposed to search within a deleted hard drive for wallets/keys, how can i point to a wallet? Should i point to the location where my wallet was before i erased the files?
thank you!
Ok I see! I think the file is badly corrupted
You should use the recovery: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2794856
The rest should be obvious
Tell me if anything goes bad
If this doesn't recover the keys you wanted then I really think they're gone
You should use the recovery: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2794856
Code:
python pywallet.py --recover --recov_device c:\path\to\your\wallet.dat --recov_size 30Gio --recov_outputdir c:\recoveredwalelt
The rest should be obvious
Tell me if anything goes bad
If this doesn't recover the keys you wanted then I really think they're gone
So as far as i can see, the recovery option will search for the wallet patter within a whole hard drive?
I thought it would try to fix a wallet, already recovered using some file recovering sofware as i did, instead.
Ok, tomorrow i'll try to use the tool over my old hard drive where i detected i had my old wallet deleted, i haven't used it ever since.
Ill let know how it works
thank you!
Ok I see! I think the file is badly corrupted
You should use the recovery: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2794856
The rest should be obvious
Tell me if anything goes bad
If this doesn't recover the keys you wanted then I really think they're gone
You should use the recovery: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2794856
Code:
python pywallet.py --recover --recov_device c:\path\to\your\wallet.dat --recov_size 30Gio --recov_outputdir c:\recoveredwalelt
The rest should be obvious
Tell me if anything goes bad
If this doesn't recover the keys you wanted then I really think they're gone
Im checking now your message.
I deleted by mistake my wallet (with all my computer info) and i was able to recover it using a program named "recuva", but i haven't been able to make it work.
I think i had my wallet encrypted too. So i dont know what to do to recover the coins (cents) in this case, is not just the money, but being ableto save the wallet and learn a procedure just in case this happens again.
I deleted by mistake my wallet (with all my computer info) and i was able to recover it using a program named "recuva", but i haven't been able to make it work.
I think i had my wallet encrypted too. So i dont know what to do to recover the coins (cents) in this case, is not just the money, but being ableto save the wallet and learn a procedure just in case this happens again.
Sent you a PM
Could you tell us what happened to this wallet?
Could you tell us what happened to this wallet?
Hi again, sorry for the delay reaplying.
Yes, i actually did try to open the wallet with bitcoin -qt and it keeps returning the error in the capture attached below.
Of course its OK senting it to you, i really want to know whats going wrong and how to solve this again if it happens in the future.
http://i39.tinypic.com/2v8ipls.jpg
Yes, i actually did try to open the wallet with bitcoin -qt and it keeps returning the error in the capture attached below.
Of course its OK senting it to you, i really want to know whats going wrong and how to solve this again if it happens in the future.
http://i39.tinypic.com/2v8ipls.jpg
Ok I got it but I had to do the rescan again. BTC really isn't ready for prime time when stuff like this happens.
I want to thank you for pywallet, but I wish the GUI was more informative...
I'll soon replace pywallet with another softwareI want to thank you for pywallet, but I wish the GUI was more informative...
This one will be more informative
Thanks for the answer Jack, i still get this error, see captures of web and console interfaces:
PS. "unknown" is my username in this computer, not that the user name is unknown for the system or whatever problem you might figure out of it
Is Bitcoin running when you do this?PS. "unknown" is my username in this computer, not that the user name is unknown for the system or whatever problem you might figure out of it
No Bitcoin client is not running when doing this. Should it be?
I follow these steps:
I open my cmd console, and execute from it on my desktop pywallet.py --web, and get the next message (see capture)
Then i open the web browser in the address http://localhost:8989/ And i get the next info in the console:
And when i set the path to my wallet and try to dump it, i get the next error in the console
Should i follow the first warning and install that package? "WARNING:root:pycrypto or libssl not found, decryption may be slow
'ecdsa' package is not installed, pywallet won't be able to sign/verify messages"
Thank you
Is your file encrypted? If so, would you be ok to send it to me?
Thanks for the answer Jack, i still get this error, see captures of web and console interfaces:
PS. "unknown" is my username in this computer, not that the user name is unknown for the system or whatever problem you might figure out of it
Is Bitcoin running when you do this?PS. "unknown" is my username in this computer, not that the user name is unknown for the system or whatever problem you might figure out of it
No Bitcoin client is not running when doing this. Should it be?
I follow these steps:
I open my cmd console, and execute from it on my desktop pywallet.py --web, and get the next message (see capture)
http://i39.tinypic.com/2uxvbs1.jpg
Then i open the web browser in the address http://localhost:8989/ And i get the next info in the console:
http://i40.tinypic.com/27zkhnn.jpg
And when i set the path to my wallet and try to dump it, i get the next error in the console
http://i44.tinypic.com/2mhy6vk.jpg
Should i follow the first warning and install that package? "WARNING:root:pycrypto or libssl not found, decryption may be slow
'ecdsa' package is not installed, pywallet won't be able to sign/verify messages"
Thank you
Hi - what I am doing is starting the latest pywallet with --web
Bitcoin is not running
I then go to change passphrase and enter the passphase. I get no feedback as to whether it worked or not.
I goto the import key and import a priv8 key. The lines in the terminal says
2013-09-27 21:57:26-0400 [HTTPChannel,0,127.0.0.1] The wallet is encrypted and the passphrase is correct
The gui gives me the key and public key but it does that all the time, even when the password is wrong.
I quit pywallet
I run bitocin-qt
The key isn't there.
PLEASE tell me what I'm doing wrong.
Bitcoin is not running
I then go to change passphrase and enter the passphase. I get no feedback as to whether it worked or not.
I goto the import key and import a priv8 key. The lines in the terminal says
2013-09-27 21:57:26-0400 [HTTPChannel,0,127.0.0.1] The wallet is encrypted and the passphrase is correct
The gui gives me the key and public key but it does that all the time, even when the password is wrong.
I quit pywallet
I run bitocin-qt
The key isn't there.
PLEASE tell me what I'm doing wrong.
Ok I got it but I had to do the rescan again. BTC really isn't ready for prime time when stuff like this happens.
I want to thank you for pywallet, but I wish the GUI was more informative...
Hi - what I am doing is starting the latest pywallet with --web
Bitcoin is not running
I then go to change passphrase and enter the passphase. I get no feedback as to whether it worked or not.
I goto the import key and import a priv8 key. The lines in the terminal says
2013-09-27 21:57:26-0400 [HTTPChannel,0,127.0.0.1] The wallet is encrypted and the passphrase is correct
The gui gives me the key and public key but it does that all the time, even when the password is wrong.
I quit pywallet
I run bitocin-qt
The key isn't there.
PLEASE tell me what I'm doing wrong.
Bitcoin is not running
I then go to change passphrase and enter the passphase. I get no feedback as to whether it worked or not.
I goto the import key and import a priv8 key. The lines in the terminal says
2013-09-27 21:57:26-0400 [HTTPChannel,0,127.0.0.1] The wallet is encrypted and the passphrase is correct
The gui gives me the key and public key but it does that all the time, even when the password is wrong.
I quit pywallet
I run bitocin-qt
The key isn't there.
PLEASE tell me what I'm doing wrong.
I hope the computer I'm currently using will be enough
Notepad++ can't count occurences of a word... I'll work on that later.
I'll try to inflate a wallet and see how the recovery behaves.
Good. As a last resort I'd be willing to remove the vanity/funded keys from this wallet and send it to you.
I hope it won't be necessary though
Thanks for the answer Jack, i still get this error, see captures of web and console interfaces:
PS. "unknown" is my username in this computer, not that the user name is unknown for the system or whatever problem you might figure out of it
Is Bitcoin running when you do this?PS. "unknown" is my username in this computer, not that the user name is unknown for the system or whatever problem you might figure out of it
The "p" in pebkac is either non-existent or really serious . Let me know if your tests run fine, so I'll make a new wallet and recover it, then I'll send you both files.
I still can't look at this in the following days I keep that in mind.. Let me know if your tests run fine, so I'll make a new wallet and recover it, then I'll send you both files.(American) English is my mother tongue, and I agree that JackWallet carries a negative connotation. I don't want someone to jack my wallet. "WalletJack" seems less negative, but I'd still stay away from it,
Thanks for your input, I definitely dismiss *jack*When i try to recover my wallet (comes from thread https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/recover-corrupted-encrypted-wallet-291333) i get the next error on the web interface:
"Error in dump page"
i have installed python 2.7 and pywallet, i made the web interface working by opening a command mode, and placing my pywallet.py and pywallet.bat files on my desktop (where my wallet.dat is too) and running the next command from the windows cmd console: "pywallet --info wallet.dat"
i am probably doing something wrong i known
To run the web interface it's "pywallet --web"."Error in dump page"
i have installed python 2.7 and pywallet, i made the web interface working by opening a command mode, and placing my pywallet.py and pywallet.bat files on my desktop (where my wallet.dat is too) and running the next command from the windows cmd console: "pywallet --info wallet.dat"
i am probably doing something wrong i known
Should work then. Otherwise tell me what is written in the console.
JackJackWallet.
Thanks for the answer Jack, i still get this error, see captures of web and console interfaces:
http://i40.tinypic.com/14x1g9g.jpg
http://i40.tinypic.com/xp0u9d.jpg
PS. "unknown" is my username in this computer, not that the user name is unknown for the system or whatever problem you might figure out of it
I'll try to inflate a wallet and see how the recovery behaves.
Good. As a last resort I'd be willing to remove the vanity/funded keys from this wallet and send it to you.
Oh yeah I misread!
So your wallet has 530 keys but pywallet only finds 255 of them.
I can't do much more where I currently am. All I know is that a brand new wallet is correctly.
I'll try to inflate a wallet and see how the recovery behaves.
So your wallet has 530 keys but pywallet only finds 255 of them.
I can't do much more where I currently am. All I know is that a brand new wallet is correctly.
I'll try to inflate a wallet and see how the recovery behaves.
Well, the 510 is still normal as pywallet imports both addresses for each private keys. 530 != 2*255 though...
And this isn't the recovered wallet but the original one.
Could you use -A 2 () to check that the following lines are
) to check that the following lines are Quote
"secret": "xxxx"
Or maybe Quote
...|grep -w sec -A 2 | grep -wc secret
Yes, "sec" is always followed by "secret".
I love grep, I should really think about using its options!
Well, the 510 is still normal as pywallet imports both addresses for each private keys. 530 != 2*255 though...
I can't reproduce so I don't know where this can come from.
Could you use -A 2 () to check that the following lines are
Well, the 510 is still normal as pywallet imports both addresses for each private keys. 530 != 2*255 though...
I can't reproduce so I don't know where this can come from.
Could you use -A 2 (
) to check that the following lines are Quote
"secret": "xxxx"
Or maybe Quote
...|grep -w sec -A 2 | grep -wc secret
As for the second matter, please grep this instead:
Quote
"sec":
Because there is an "hexsec" entry (which should make the count 510)grep -w takes care of that, "Select only those lines containing matches that form whole words"
.
The first count can be wrong, hence the "X possible keys"
So it's normal than it's above the real number of private keys it imports
For instance with a new wallet (1 shown address + 100 pool addresses) I get that:
I'll check why it's so above though.
As for the second matter, please grep this instead:
I don't know where the 20 remaining occurences can come from
So it's normal than it's above the real number of private keys it imports
For instance with a new wallet (1 shown address + 100 pool addresses) I get that:
Quote
Starting recovery.
Read 0.0 Go in 0.0 minutes
Found 0 possible wallets
Found 0 possible encrypted keys
Found 159 possible unencrypted keys
The wallet is encrypted and the passphrase is correct
Importing:
Importing key 1/101:
You could compare a dump and a recovered wallet.Read 0.0 Go in 0.0 minutes
Found 0 possible wallets
Found 0 possible encrypted keys
Found 159 possible unencrypted keys
The wallet is encrypted and the passphrase is correct
Importing:
Importing key 1/101:
I'll check why it's so above though.
As for the second matter, please grep this instead:
Quote
"sec":
Because there is an "hexsec" entry (which should make the count 510)I don't know where the 20 remaining occurences can come from
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