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Title: Need help troubleshooting recovery of wallet.dat using python and pywallet Post by: larrysing on November 14, 2024, 12:42:22 PM Trying to recover an old (2014) wallet.dat file that I recently located on an old hard drive, that I mined with Bfgminer.
Here is the error I get when running the command that was recommended on another thread: root# python3.13 pywallet.py --dumpwallet --wallet=wallet.dat /usr/local/bin/pywallet.py:22: UserWarning: Python 3 support is still experimental, you may encounter bugs WARNING: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python is loading libcrypto in an unsafe way Abort trap: 6 Anyone have any idea what I can try? Thanks much! Title: Re: Need help troubleshooting recovery of wallet.dat using python and pywallet Post by: BitMaxz on November 14, 2024, 01:01:07 PM Would you mind to tell us where did you get the pywallet.py that use to dump wallet.dat?
Based on the error it seems its a compatibility issue the pywallet only works on version 2.7. Can you try the pywallet.py from jackjack-jj from this link below - https://github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet Make sure to downgrade your python to 2.7 and follow the instruction from the link above. Title: Re: Need help troubleshooting recovery of wallet.dat using python and pywallet Post by: mocacinno on November 14, 2024, 01:17:22 PM I have all the old versions of bitcoin core inside a docker container... If you have access to a linux desktop/laptop/vps/server, you can try to run bitcoin core version from around the time your wallet was made and see if it loads your wallet? You should run the container in offline mode!!
https://mocacinno.com/versions/ Title: Re: Need help troubleshooting recovery of wallet.dat using python and pywallet Post by: larrysing on November 14, 2024, 03:58:43 PM OK, did all that, downgraded my python to 2.7 and my pywallet to the older jj version.
New errors: root# python2.7 pywallet.py --dumpwallet --wallet=wallet.dat WARNING:root:pycrypto or libssl not found, decryption may be slow Warning: 'ecdsa' package is not installed, so you won't be able to sign/verify messages but everything else will work fine Traceback (most recent call last): File "pywallet.py", line 4139, in <module> db_env = create_env(db_dir) File "pywallet.py", line 1489, in create_env r = db_env.open(db_dir, (DB_CREATE|DB_INIT_LOCK|DB_INIT_LOG|DB_INIT_MPOOL|DB_INIT_TXN|DB_THREAD|DB_RECOVER)) bsddb.db.DBRunRecoveryError: (-30974, 'DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery -- /usr/local/bin: No such file or directory') Title: Re: Need help troubleshooting recovery of wallet.dat using python and pywallet Post by: BitMaxz on November 14, 2024, 05:15:51 PM OK, did all that, downgraded my python to 2.7 and my pywallet to the older jj version. New errors: Code: root# python2.7 pywallet.py --dumpwallet --wallet=wallet.dat It seems there are some dependencies that are not installed yet. You need to install them and let's see if this issue is solved. Are you sure that you installed some dependencies from the link I provided? If you are using MacOS you need to install the Macports as suggested from the link above. And then use this command below Code: sudo port install python27 py27-twisted py27-pip py-bsddb python_select Once it's successful now try to dump the wallet again. Title: Re: Need help troubleshooting recovery of wallet.dat using python and pywallet Post by: nc50lc on November 15, 2024, 05:36:11 AM Traceback (most recent call last): This is quite self-explanatory: pywallet can't create database recovery environment in /usr/local/bin because it cannot find the directory.File "pywallet.py", line 4139, in <module> db_env = create_env(db_dir) File "pywallet.py", line 1489, in create_env r = db_env.open(db_dir, (DB_CREATE|DB_INIT_LOCK|DB_INIT_LOG|DB_INIT_MPOOL|DB_INIT_TXN|DB_THREAD|DB_RECOVER)) bsddb.db.DBRunRecoveryError: (-30974, 'DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery -- /usr/local/bin: No such file or directory') The other errors aren't mandatory as stated. If the directory is indeed not existing, you can create one yourself using mkdir (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.1?topic=m-mkdir-command)with rwxr-xr-x permission: Code: sudo mkdir -p -m 755 /usr/local/bin Title: Re: Need help troubleshooting recovery of wallet.dat using python and pywallet Post by: larrysing on November 15, 2024, 12:46:24 PM OK, did all that, downgraded my python to 2.7 and my pywallet to the older jj version. New errors: Code: root# python2.7 pywallet.py --dumpwallet --wallet=wallet.dat It seems there are some dependencies that are not installed yet. You need to install them and let's see if this issue is solved. Are you sure that you installed some dependencies from the link I provided? If you are using MacOS you need to install the Macports as suggested from the link above. And then use this command below Code: sudo port install python27 py27-twisted py27-pip py-bsddb python_select Once it's successful now try to dump the wallet again. OK, thanks. I installed MacPorts from your link, as well as the XCode dev tools from the App Store. However, when I try to run "port" from the command line, I get the error that it cannot find it: root# port -sh: port: command not found Where was it installed? I cannot locate it. Also, I cannot run the install the command line xcode tools: root# xcode-select --install xcode-select: note: install requested for command line developer tools Thanks for your help, so much appreciated. (Since there is no restriction apparently on paying fees for assistance, I can offer a recovery assistance fee if this wallet gets recovered? I will do that if the forum allows it.) Title: Re: Need help troubleshooting recovery of wallet.dat using python and pywallet Post by: Cricktor on November 17, 2024, 06:26:52 PM You located an old wallet.dat file on some of your old drives. Why do you need to use pywallet at all? If the wallet.dat file isn't corrupted then why don't you simply open it in Bitcoin Core (you may use some older versions of Core instead of the very recent one)?
Title: Re: Need help troubleshooting recovery of wallet.dat using python and pywallet Post by: BitMaxz on November 17, 2024, 11:34:38 PM OK, thanks. I installed MacPorts from your link, as well as the XCode dev tools from the App Store. However, when I try to run "port" from the command line, I get the error that it cannot find it: root# port -sh: port: command not found Where was it installed? I cannot locate it. Also, I cannot run the install the command line xcode tools: root# xcode-select --install xcode-select: note: install requested for command line developer tools Honestly, I am not so familiar with the errors. All the suggestions that I provided came from github pages and from that pywallet github page. If it doesn't work for you, then I think you need another device to make pywallet work. Do you have other laptops/PCs with Windows OS? Or you might need a parallel or emulator to emulate a Windows OS in your Mac just for the sake of this tool pywallet. |