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Title: Where's the Bitcoin address directory gone ?
Post by: cyptomania on April 08, 2020, 04:17:23 PM

I found some old picture files on my computer,I used to take pictures with my camera of my bitcoin accounts back in the day,I found all the addresses except one picture is glared by light when I took it years ago,I have most of the address and all but the last 8 characters of the private key,I will try to find the correct key or have someone here do it for me for a price if there is anything in it still,it had 5000+ at one time many many years ago but my other addresses did too and they all had less than 2 BTC in them combined now but I'd still like to know what this has in it but I can't find the old bitcoin directory or how to search a partial key.

The one I'm looking for is 13mi8nN36wEjR279pvwMYyPaVi that's all I can make out.

The "mi" is fuzzy and might not be correct,mJ mt nJ I don't know,the "8" I'm 99% sure is a 8 and not a 3.

nN36wEjR279pvwMYyPaVi should be enough to find it but I don't know where to look.

All other characters are correct,100% clear to read.

Any advice ?

Title: Re: Where's the Bitcoin address directory gone ?
Post by: BitMaxz on April 08, 2020, 07:07:02 PM

There is an old thread here on the forum I found while searching on Google and it includes a script or code where you can use to brute force the missing character.

You can try it and compile it with your own.

Check this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1624496.0

About the default directory, if you are using Windows OS check this below.

Code:

C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application data\Bitcoin (XP)

C:\Users\YourUserName\Appdata\Roaming\Bitcoin (Vista and 7)

For Linux or mac check this wiki from here https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Data_directory

If you can't find the directory well, your final bet is to brute-force the private key.

Title: Re: Where's the Bitcoin address directory gone ?
Post by: cyptomania on April 08, 2020, 08:00:21 PM

Hi,I'm looking for the wallet address Sir not the private key,I can try something like you mentioned but all these types of programs need the wallet address to work.

Title: Re: Where's the Bitcoin address directory gone ?
Post by: HeRetiK on April 08, 2020, 11:21:01 PM

Here's an online tool where you can validate (non-bech32) Bitcoin addresses in batches:
https://awebanalysis.com/en/bitcoin-address-validate/

I tried the permutations you mentioned:

Code:

13mj3nN36wEjR279pvwMYyPaVi
13mj8nN36wEjR279pvwMYyPaVi
13mJ3nN36wEjR279pvwMYyPaVi
13mJ8nN36wEjR279pvwMYyPaVi
13mt3nN36wEjR279pvwMYyPaVi
13mt8nN36wEjR279pvwMYyPaVi
13nj3nN36wEjR279pvwMYyPaVi
13nj8nN36wEjR279pvwMYyPaVi
13nJ3nN36wEjR279pvwMYyPaVi
13nJ8nN36wEjR279pvwMYyPaVi
13nt3nN36wEjR279pvwMYyPaVi
13nt8nN36wEjR279pvwMYyPaVi

Generated using this little JavaScript:

Code:

var first = 'mn';
var second = 'jJt';
var third = '38';
var begin = '13';
var end = 'nN36wEjR279pvwMYyPaVi';

for (var i = 0; i < first.length; i++) {
  for (var j = 0; j < second.length; j++) {
    for (var k = 0; k < third.length; k++) {
      var a = first.charAt(i);
      var b = second.charAt(j);
      var c = third.charAt(k);
      console.log(begin+a+b+c+end);
    }
  }
}

But none of them appear to be valid. Any other parts of the address that might be not fully readable?

Title: Re: Where's the Bitcoin address directory gone ?
Post by: Coding Enthusiast on April 09, 2020, 07:12:34 AM

I've added address input type to The FinderOuter, ~~will commit the code today (need to do some more tests)~~. Edit: The code is now updated (https://github.com/Coding-Enthusiast/FinderOuter/commit/ce787d0157de41787df4ae697cda4e86a5d3d0f9) to let you find the correct base-58 encoded address with missing characters at known locations.

With the following input I can not find any valid address. Other characters might also be wrong.

Code:

1****nN36wEjR279pvwMYyPaVi

https://i.imgur.com/SrMhjeB.jpg

Title: Re: Where's the Bitcoin address directory gone ?
Post by: NeuroticFish on April 09, 2020, 09:32:43 AM

Quote from: HeRetiK on April 08, 2020, 11:21:01 PM

But none of them appear to be valid. Any other parts of the address that might be not fully readable?

Quote from: cyptomania on April 08, 2020, 04:17:23 PM

I found some old picture files on my computer

@cyptomania can't you just simply post the image or the relevant part of the image? (Of course, work with a copy, keep the original safe).
Of course, if the image also has private key info you'll have to hide that or cut it out.
I mean that if you share the image of the address (without other info) no harm is done and some extra pairs of eyes may be able to help.

PS. I hope that you are aware you'll also need the private key if you want to spend those coins.

Title: Re: Where's the Bitcoin address directory gone ?
Post by: LoyceV on April 09, 2020, 09:44:15 AM

Quote from: cyptomania on April 08, 2020, 04:17:23 PM

nN36wEjR279pvwMYyPaVi should be enough to find it but I don't know where to look.

From Get list of all addresses with a balance over x? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=267618.0), I got to https://balances.crypto-nerdz.org/, which gave a long list of addresses with balance. I tried many different parts of your address, but didn't find a match. If the address is empty, it's not on that list.

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all but the last 8 characters of the private key

That includes the checksum, which means brute forcing shouldn't take too long.

Title: Re: Where's the Bitcoin address directory gone ?
Post by: wecanbothwin on February 13, 2021, 08:47:49 PM

you ever figure it out?

Here is your address.

13mJ8nN36wEjR279pvwMYyPaVioi5yWg5G

could this NOT be your address? sure, but if you're right about the beginning, this is the only address that starts like yours that has been a part of a transaction on the blockchain.

in the future, you can use this site to search --

https://www.smartbit.com.au/

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