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Hello I just found my private keys bitcoin but completely impossible to remember how I had done if I had encrypted them ????

I pay 20% of what has on the wallet for the person who explains how I can recover my bitcoin

i give you my team viewer and you do all you want just help me please really please my file was found on my first computer in 2013 ...

( i have alot of btc ) help me

photo :

https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2017/35/6/1504320164-my-private-key.png

i know the type of this private key !

Well what format is the private key in now? What letter does it start with? Do you remember encrypting it with a password?

Impossible to remember ...  doing 4 years ... i'm retarded

i think it's crypted cause of =

if you want and i think you have alot of bitcoin cause your are a hero here i can send you the file and if you find or have any idea ... don't lose your time but if you want help me ...

 That looks like it is base64 encoded.  Decoding it might be a start but I would imagine it's some sort of password hash which isn't going to help you too much.

Hurts my heart to read stories here of long lost/forgotten wallet.dat files with hundreds of bitcoins on them. Then they are found after 4 or so years, long buried in their encrypted graves. Without the passwords, those bitcoins will never see the light of day.

Imagine if you had the private keys for these three addresses:

https://blockchain.info/address/1CPaziTqeEixPoSFtJxu74uDGbpEAotZom
https://blockchain.info/address/1P1iThxBH542Gmk1kZNXyji4E4iwpvSbrt
https://blockchain.info/address/1ucXXZQSEf4zny2HRwAQKtVpkLPTUKRtt

You wouldn't need health insurance. Neither would you have to compete with others for that 9 to 5 job in today's difficult economy. Nor would you have to worry about setting aside $500 every month for your retirement.

You think it's not possible to find the pass word or something like that ? with the file i will check with my possible password used normaly

Try this interesting website to check how long it would take to crack a password:

https://howsecureismypassword.net

I tried my phone number and it would take 25 milliseconds to crack it. 25 MILLIseconds. That's less than 3% of a second. Computing power is a fascinating thing. But when I added a single letter "P" at the end of the number, it would take a full day to crack it. The site is fun while also encouraging a security minded approach to keeping accounts safe.

As for your private keys, if you secured them with a complex password and if you can't remember even parts of that password, it will not be easy to decrypt and access your wallet. 

Normaly in 2013 i use random passwork of 7 caracter i think it was my girlfreind so i will test that ??? but i need to find decrypt all of this key etc

Tried do decode from base64, the file starts with "Salted__" and then seems there are some binary data

I found out it seems a header for encrypted data: https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/8776/what-is-u2fsdgvkx1
In that post the OP speaks about 3Des, but it may be also other algorithms

EDIT: probably it was encrypted using OpenSSL, that probably supports many algorithms https://scottlinux.com/2013/10/13/how-to-encrypt-a-file-with-openssl/

Damn thanks for you help !! maybe i will possible recover my wallet ...


I'm french mecanician.. Binary code etc are chinese for me ^^

But i will try thanks <3

What i need to put exactly on OpenSSL ? all the key ?

I found this tool but probably is not very user-friedly https://github.com/glv2/bruteforce-salted-openssl

well, it seems strange that if you are a "noob" you used openssl to encrypt files  ???

However, good look with this cracking

yes, i think you should pass to OpenSSL the entire file, but I never used OpenSSL, so I don't know the details

EDIT: here there are some details about syntax: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16056135/how-to-use-openssl-to-encrypt-decrypt-files
however, this method is useful only for trying some passwords "by hand", you will need a password-craker software to try brute-forcing the password

Thanks i will install linux then

And if i remember i'm looking YT video

that are .aes.json blockchain crypted wallet file
use https://gist.github.com/anfedorov/2757171 or
https://github.com/blockchain/my-wallet-backup-decryption-tool
or https://github.com/gurnec/btcrecover
or https://github.com/prof7bit/wallet-key-tool
im wainting for my bounty :)))))) lol

if i recover my wallet i will give to all member helped me some satoshi

other easy way to try - install to phone https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.schildbach.wallet
and use option recover backup

yes, that's more probable than my idea. But maybe they are the same thing? Blockchain that uses openssh to encrypt?

However, hashcat it's probably the faster program, it says it supports "Blockchain, My Wallet" and "Blockchain, My Wallet v2":
https://hashcat.net/hashcat/
maybe this is the case of OP's wallet?

 lol private help from newbie on whatsapp.
Sounds like a great way to lose your coins a second time.

 I don't answer PMs from newbies due to the inherent danger.  Also, I don't need your help but thanks for offering.

You still own that computer?

What i would do i s run a hard disk recovery program, recovver all documents and start sifting through that is well. Instead of trying to crack the code you surely most have kept it in a document on your PC or somewhere else!

I could help you with what programs you should run. Don't worry i'm not a fraud. Hope you find your bitcoins, if you don't you will have to move on and remember it is never a bad time to get into crypto.

Good luck!!

You were willing to give him the password? How do you know the password when you just registered here and haven't even spoken to him yet? I believe you have other plans.

And you insist on speaking privately or on whatsapp and not on this platform. You should understand that this makes one feel suspicious. If you can help the OP, you should transparently discuss your intentions here. Or were you hoping to impose a fee of some kind which, let me guess, should be paid upfront?

Have a look at other posts on this thread. If you have decent intentions, you would discuss your proposed solution here.

No advancement for the moment, i do nothing in private i need help from the big community of bitcointalk

But if a Hero or a legendary want to that in private i'm ok

It is always better to do it in a message thread like this vs in private.  While many people are honest, there are enough who are not that it is better to be safe. 

Okey man, thanks for you avertissement

I will do that only in private, do you have any idea ?

You did not answer my question... i work at IT in a very big company that you will defenatly know about. If you want i can show you some ID and proof. It is up to you offcourse.

OP do not give anyone your privkey/pass or access through teamviewer!
Let anyone that helps you help you through this thread so they cannot deceive you.

try https://www.google.com with your emails see if your password is on any leak list.
also try https://haveibeenpwned.com/
also https://hacked-emails.com/

Thanks i do that and it's ok my password is the same like my 24 leaked mail :'( ...

i don't use this mail now it's was my "family" adress

Thanks for your help man

i doing all, all all, and 0 back up of the wallet of something like that ...

What do you mean all, all all? You should run a deep scan on that hard drive:

http://www.minitool.com/free-tools/minitool-partitionrecovery.html

Depending on the size of the disk and available space you may need to recover on a external disk.