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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=183.0


Had a conversation with some friends recently that jogged my memory about claiming those 5 coins back in 2010. I am now currently trying to track down my old hardware to see if I can get at the wallet address that I'm assuming would be on it somewhere?

It took me a while to remember enough to even find this forum, but here I am. Is there any other way of seeing whether I have those coins or any other step/action I can take to locate them or my access to them?

Thanks.

To perform an upto date sync and 'claim back' the BTC, you will need the private keys, not the public address - if you have these, you can import to Electrum or Mycelium wallets and gain access, on a side note, never expose or link your private keys with online wallets, if you do not expressly own the privkeys, the coins are not entirely yours!

Unless you find your private keys, your coins are lost forever. I hope you find them, 5 Bitcoins worth the time you spend digging in your old hardware.

Hey, thank you both for the response! I've caught up enough to know it's worth the time. It's kind of bewildering to me that something from back then that just struck me as an interesting idea could be so valuable now.

So this private key (or these private keys) I am looking for I imagine will be some value saved somewhere in bitcoin related files on my old hardware? Sorry it has been a long time since I've looked into any of this. I guess I'm just asking what exactly I should be looking for when I go look?

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Yup all that he needs is his Private Keys then he will be able to access his wallet. Try and find it before you lose it.

No you can only get the private key if you backup them before you can't find it in the bitcoin wallet files..

If you had the seed phrase you can recover your wallet to other wallet like electrum wallet..
But better to share to us if what wallet you are using..

The best way for your problem is try to go in META section. They are only approachable ang legitimate to know what to do about this situation.

That time the wallets were mainly (or only) desktop wallets, so you need to search your old hard drives for something in connection with bitcoin. (If you find a file called wallet.dat, you're half way there). The other possibility that you have created a paper wallet to store the bitcoins, that's the hardest way to find it, if you have moved or you are a kind of person who usually throw out old things, if so, there's a little hope.
Or, if you have saved your public and private key to a .txt file those days, you can also search for those. (that time there were no malwares looking for your keys, so there were no problem storing them on your hard drive). Good luck!

Wrong. There are several better sections where this question could be asked.
Try here OP: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=4.0

I'm guessing you had a bitcoin wallet installed somewhere on your machine. Search your disks for wallet.dat, bitcoin-qt, or just bitcoin. If you find your old wallet files chances are you'll be able to get the coins back.