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Title: Bticoin core recover wallet from bitcoin address Post by: erotavlas on September 07, 2015, 10:49:02 AM Hi,
I have used bitcoin core for two years. I just upgraded it to latest version 0.11 (64 bit windows 8.1) and now it does not start any more and I get an unrecoverable error. I tried to reinstall it many times and finally I cancelled both program and data folders. So now I have a fresh working bitcoin core, but without my wallet. I tried to trivially copy my wallet (which is updated on May) inside the data folder, but it does not work. I know my bitcoin addresses, but I do not have access to import keys. How can I do to recover my wallet? Thank you Title: Re: Bticoin core recover wallet from bitcoin address Post by: ranochigo on September 07, 2015, 11:04:26 AM To spend Bitcoins in a Bitcoin address, you need a private key. If you don't have the private key, you won't be able to spend it even if you have the address. Try to find a backup of the wallet. You can also try to recover the files, assuming if its not overwritten by using recuva (http://www.piriform.com/recuva). Do not bear too much hope as your files might have been overwritten when a new wallet is created.
Title: Re: Bticoin core recover wallet from bitcoin address Post by: OmegaStarScream on September 07, 2015, 11:06:20 AM You should know that it's impossible to recover a wallet/coins from only the adresses otherwise the whole world will get his coins hacked , right ?
So, If you have the wallet.dat file which is supposed to have your public and private keys etc ... you should be able to get your coins back by importing it here : https://blockchain.info/wallet/import-wallet Make sure to send them to your Desktop wallet once you do that , because keeping your coins in a Online wallet for a long time isn't a good idea . Title: Re: Bticoin core recover wallet from bitcoin address Post by: abartels on September 07, 2015, 12:46:58 PM You can't recover a wallet from a public Bitcoin address theres what we call a private key which needs to be inserted to unlock the wallet/funds if you will. without that you will lose everthing
Title: Re: Bticoin core recover wallet from bitcoin address Post by: swogerino on September 07, 2015, 02:21:37 PM You have to have the wallet.dat file to recover the wallet. There's no other way apart from that, unfortunately. If you can't find it, say goodbye to your coins.
Title: Re: Bticoin core recover wallet from bitcoin address Post by: unholycactus on September 08, 2015, 12:04:09 AM You should know that it's impossible to recover a wallet/coins from only the adresses otherwise the whole world will get his coins hacked , right ? So, If you have the wallet.dat file which is supposed to have your public and private keys etc ... you should be able to get your coins back by importing it here : https://blockchain.info/wallet/import-wallet Make sure to send them to your Desktop wallet once you do that , because keeping your coins in a Online wallet for a long time isn't a good idea . This should work since you mentioned that you have still have wallet.dat available. It's crucial to make a proper backup of your wallet. If wallet.dat wasn't available, you would have totally lost control of your coins. Wallet.dat isn't a proper backup. |