Topic: Restored armory wallet does not recognize passphrase (Read 158 times)
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Ok. I watched the restore wallet video, and hit merge, but nothing happened...
The prompt says cancel, merge, or overwrite. Which one do I select?
If you are using a paper backup (or have the backup string somewhere), you can restore from that again, it will prompt you to either replace the existing wallet or change the password.
I don't think so. My online system is windows OS. I hit import or restore wallet, and followed the prompts. This is only the second time I've restored a wallet and the last time was years ago as a test.
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When I restored the wallet, I dont remember putting in a passphrase
Did you restore the from root over an existing copy of the wallet?
On the dashboard, it says the wallet is encrypted. When I restored the wallet, I dont remember putting in a passphrase, but if I had, I would have used the same one since its the same wallet... Also, I tried leaving the paraphrase prompt blank to see if it defaulted to no paraphrase, but it still says incorrect paraphrase. At this point I think resoldering the USB micro on the raspi will be easier...
Also, the device is in a location with no internet service right now, so my bits should be safe... Right?
Also, the device is in a location with no internet service right now, so my bits should be safe... Right?
Why would it not recognize my passphrase?
Because you didn't put any there? Paper backups are not encrypted, restoring them without setting a password results in an non encrypted wallet. It requires some serious clicking to refuse to set a password on a restored wallet in Armory btw...
At any rate, your wallet is not encrypted and your private keys are sitting in plain text on your online machine. Get your coins out of that wallet ASAP.
I've had some bitcoins in offline cold storage on an air gapped raspberry pi that I used to sign transactions. I accessed them 3 weeks ago on the raspi, no problem. Now the USB micro plug on the raspi is broken (if this doesn't work, I will try resoldering it...). I swept the wallet onto a new online machine using the 18 sets of 4 random letters. The wallet shows up, with the correct balance, but when I try to unlock the wallet to view the private keys (trying to claim bitcoin cash), it doesn't recognize my pass phrase (I know it's correct. It's a mnemonic that I have used for this wallet for years...). When I try to "send" bitcoins, it never asks for my passphrase... It just says "cannot connect to socket"...
Do restored cold wallets still behave as "watching only"...? It doesn't say watching only on the dashboard... Why would it not recognize my passphrase?
Do restored cold wallets still behave as "watching only"...? It doesn't say watching only on the dashboard... Why would it not recognize my passphrase?
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