Title: [REQ] Looking for correct information on finding my old bitcoins Post by: mxm on April 02, 2013, 12:21:44 PM Hi
Just posted in the "intro" thread, so guess this is where to ask next. Looking for some [solid] info on where or what is held locally on a harddrive, for BC. Loosely put: Had accounts back in the day [2008ish] Know it had some paid/owed/exchanged BC in it [cannot remember how!] Moved on to other things in life Got laptops|harddrives out of storage Looking to find|cash|re-active BC accounts/worth Seems to be a lot of mis-information about what the early client actually stored or did locally so thought here would be best place for some clarity ;D Note: Not an expert in BC, but do remember nobody wanted to know and buddies thought I was crazy at the time putting $ into BC or bartering with it! Genuine post, so if you flame or advertise guess the mods will notice! Thank you for any help. Title: Re: [REQ] Looking for correct information on finding my old bitcoins Post by: Raoul Duke on April 02, 2013, 12:27:23 PM Bitcoin "accounts" in 2008? Right...
Now, what you need is the file called wallet.dat, search for it using a file explorer or the command line. Title: Re: [REQ] Looking for correct information on finding my old bitcoins Post by: mxm on April 02, 2013, 12:56:33 PM Cheers psy
As said, not sure if they were accounts ??? Think only used 2 of 4 for getting paid and the other 2 for investing Have run a *.dat on most of the drives, have not come across a named wallet file yet. Is there a login format file or data file that is attached to the wallet? EG: an email or ICQ # etc? Guess will have to signup again to see what the proceedure is with the new clients. 2008ish as think it was a bit of C+ soft on beta that was running It's like googles recent treasure hunt spoof, but for real :) Cannot believe how much a BC has gone up in $ value Title: Re: [REQ] Looking for correct information on finding my old bitcoins Post by: Raoul Duke on April 02, 2013, 05:11:57 PM 1- Bitcoin was released on Jan 3, 2009, so, if you had any bitcoin "account" on 2008, it doesn't exist anymore.
2- There is no signup now and never one was needed before 3- Like I said, it's all on the file called wallet.dat. Title: Re: [REQ] Looking for correct information on finding my old bitcoins Post by: tysat on April 02, 2013, 05:21:48 PM It doesn't sound like you used bitcoin before, but something else that you're confusing with it.
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