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I am looking for an example of a wallet.dat from 2009 (empty please). I need verify the signatures I am using in my data recovery program are accurate. I'm trying to locate a deleted wallet from that year.

The client I used was 0.1.3
I've since found it, ran it on a parallels vm running XP, and it looks exatctly like I remember.

I am using photorec to scour old media looking for a the file.

The photorec sig I am using is

dat 0x0 0x00061561
dat 0x0 0x61150600
dat 0x0 0x00053162
dat 0x0 0x62310500
dat 0xc 0x00061561
dat 0xc 0x61150600
dat 0xc 0x00053162
dat 0xc 0x62310500
dat 0xc 0x00042253
dat 0xc 0x53220400
dat 0xc 0x00040988
dat 0xc 0x88090400

Either a wallet.dat or confirmation that photorec will find the file in a disk image using the above ~/.photorec.sig ( when running photorec you have to go into options and enable custom signatures as well ). This would set my mind at ease.

Thank you very much.

#backstory

I read the cryptonomicron in 2008 and got in to crypto, I found out about bitcoin on a usenet forum in early 2009 and tried it out for a bit.

I mined bitcoins for a week or so in feb of 2009, on my childs p3 600 computer, when done I deleted the program, but kept the wallet on the desktop. I backed up the wallet to a 3.5 floppy disk, which was easily forgotten. The computer went into storage for 8 years.

The event that triggered the memory of this, was the destruction of my backup media, it had become a fidget toy on my desk, I ran over it with my chair a few weeks back, and had the memory of creating the disks contents only after the disk had made its way to the trash. The original computer was donated to charity, and crushed earlier this year. I saw the wallet.dat file still on the desktop when I fired it up to verify the machine still worked, but didn't know what it was. I normally keep the harddrives, but the thought of young kids getting to play some fun games made me happy.

I had taken the computer out of storage briefly in late 2013, but the girls new ipads rendered it unused. Just before I put it away, I looked at and hopefully copied the contents of my floppies ( i planned on getting rid of the computer ). I saw the wallet.dat file for sure on the floppy, and the desktop of the computer.

I think I copied the contents of the floppies to other media, but need the bytecode signatures for the btree wallet to identify them. I have found the sigs elsewhere, but have now way of verifying against that era wallet.



 

sign is
uchar pat1[] = {0x01, 0x30, 0x82, 0x01, 0x13, 0x02, 0x01, 0x01, 0x04, 0x20}; //old wallet  (<2012)
uchar pat2[] = {0x01, 0xd6, 0x30, 0x81, 0xd3, 0x02, 0x01, 0x01, 0x04, 0x20}; //new wallet

exsample:

wallet.dat or disk open is hex editor

01308201130201010420 -sign later [key]
good luck

almost same story here....

01308201130201010420 - it was not work for me (but you have to try)

I think first wallet.dat might have different hex code

If you find something, please let me know