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Quote from: Bennoko on August 15, 2022, 11:54:44 AM

Bitcoin qt is not working with seeds i think in that time.

Right. Even now, bitcoin core doesn't support seed phrase.

Quote from: Bennoko on August 15, 2022, 11:54:44 AM

All of my attentions re on electrum somehow.

If all words exist in the old electrum word list, there's a big probability that the wallet has been generated by electrum.
Maybe, the wallet hasn't been funded at all and that's simply why you don't see any balance.

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Quote from: BlackHatCoiner on August 15, 2022, 11:31:18 AM

The first bitcoin wallet software was Bitcoin-QT, which was a Bitcoin client as well. You can still download and run the very first binaries: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/v01-68121. In 2011, MultiBit was launched, which was very popular at that time. Then, Electrum which probably one of the most used. Later, in 2012, Armory.

You should move this to the Wallet Software board.

Looking for a wallet with 12 words type around 2011
Bitcoin qt is not working with seeds i think in that time. i dont think its multibit also. All of my attentions re on electrum somehow. ecsda.electrum i also remember with a black page. What am i doing wrong

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The first bitcoin wallet software was Bitcoin-QT, which was a Bitcoin client as well. You can still download and run the very first binaries: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/v01-68121. In 2011, MultiBit was launched, which was very popular at that time. Then, Electrum which is probably one of the most used. Later, in 2012, Armory.

You should move this to the Wallet Software board.

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I also remember in console tab, there re showing the people with names and how much donations they sent the server. Does anybody remember that? is that electrum are we sure?

i tried my seeds from all versions which is in electrum deposit. Also tried with debian 10 before 0.40 versions

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I got to know about Bitcoin somewhere around 2011 and remember Bitcoin-Qt only as wallet of choise. Don't remember if it was called already Bitcoin Core in 2011. I was not too happy about the need to have only a file backup of your wallet and you had to be careful to always have a backup of the most recent version of your wallet, as there was the possibility to loose keys and funds when your most recent backup was outdated and your last copy of your wallet. (Not going into too much detail why.)

I don't remember when I first heard about Armory which to my knowledge first implemented some sort of deterministic key derivation (not compatible to todays HD wallet derivation schemes). Early Armory didn't use normal words, though.

Quote from: Bennoko on August 15, 2022, 10:56:50 AM

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Could be something with derivation path (but I wouldn't assume this to be a topic in those early years)?

Which software version did you use to check your old mnemonic words?

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Yes 12 different words, no chance to be before 2012?i deeply remember it must be earlier 2011, cause bitcoin was around 0.2dolars something and it was showing total funds below. My seeds exactly fits the old electrum mnemonic v1 wordlist, its also says old type but i can not see any transactions and no balance

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Quote from: khaled0111 on August 15, 2022, 10:27:45 AM

If you have a 12 word seed then your wallet certainly can't be older than 2012.

Not quite true.
Take a look at the topic created by ThomasV in November, 2011.
In that time, electrum was using a 12 word seed. That seed was created using a different algorithm from a word list containing 1626 words.

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I believe it's safe to assume that the most used wallet back in 2010-2011 was bitcoin core and the name of the software was bitcoin-qt, if am not wrong!
However, HD wallets and bip32 was introduced in 2012. So if you are certain your wallet is older than that then it should be in the form of private keys or a file usually named wallet with no extension.
If you have a 12 word seed then your wallet certainly can't be older than 2012. Try to import it into Electrum or a wallet that supports bip39 standard and see if it works.

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Quote from: Bennoko on August 15, 2022, 09:17:33 AM

bluewallet was exist in 2011?

No.

Quote from: Bennoko on August 15, 2022, 09:17:33 AM

Am talking about the past, what wallets people were using btw end of 2010 or q1 2011.

One type of wallets people were using that time was paper wallet. It was a combination of an address an a private key written on a paper.
The other wallet I know people could use that time was bitcoin core.

Quote from: Bennoko on August 15, 2022, 09:17:33 AM

I ve seeds from the past and I remember its electrum but couldn’t get it work with electrum

If I'm not wrong, in the very old versions of electrum, there was a seed phrase which was created using a different algorithm and a different word list.

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bluewallet was exist in 2011? Am talking about the past, what wallets people were using btw end of 2010 or q1 2011.
I ve seeds from the past and I remember its electrum but couldn’t get it work with electrum

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It can be 12, 15, 18 or 24 words, but 12 and 24-word BIP39 wallets are the most common.

For bitcoin, I prefer Electrum, it has its own own seed phrase differently, you can import BIP39 seed phrase on Electrum, but you can not import Electrum wallet seed phrase on BIP39 wallets, except Bluewallet. Electrum support lightning payment.

I like Bluewallet also, newbies can use it for lightning payment and support BIP39 and Electrum.

Never reveal your seed phrase to anyone, anyone that knows it can spend you coin.

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Quote from: Bennoko on August 15, 2022, 05:53:33 AM

Hello guys, i want to ask to old people who follows bitcoin since the beginning or anyone which has a knowledge about.
What kind of desktop wallets re using in that time? What were the wallet names for windows? With the 12 mnemonic seeds

Thank you

12 words seeds only began in 2013 in bip 39 standard
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BIP_0039

One of the oldest and safest wallets is electrum, which is compatible with mnemonic seeds.

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Hello guys, i want to ask to old people who follows bitcoin since the beginning or anyone which has a knowledge about.
What kind of desktop wallets re using in that time? What were the wallet names for windows? With the 12 mnemonic seeds

Thank you

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