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If your wallet.dat file is stolen, you may still have access to your coins if you already have set a passphrase. If you don't set one, you will lose everything.

If the wallet was already stolen there will be no possibilities to recovered unless it will return it back to you. I hope that there will be additional security for our wallet like in every transaction there will be approval key number to our cellphone before transaction proceed to prevent wallet stollen.

That's right, there will be no way to retrieve it back. I was stolen wallet ETH but no way to change the password so I accept losing it.

I have not heard of cases when it was possible to somehow restore the wallet file. probably if you lost a file then you can really say goodbye forever to your savings

If you have you magic words you should be able to recover this wallet.

maybe with another provider.

That's correct so if you'll create a wallet, make sure that you wrote your seed or passphrase to a paper and make some copies.
Losing bitcoin now is like a suicidal that you can't afford to lose.

Also if you plan to hold it long term, store it in a nano or trezor drive.

If your wallet or file get stolen by someone its hard to recover because they change everything in your file. But if you put recover phrase or password you can recover it. The big problem when your wallet was stolen your funds will be gone because they will still everything and it is totally bad.

If there is a wallet file stolen, it will depends on the password strength of the wallet.
For example in eth, if the wallet file password are not complex, it will be easy to brute force it, and get the password.
Maybe it will be the same in bitcoin wallet, if you have the wallet file, you will have chance to recover it.

I understand that the risks of losing a wallet is very high compared to losing physical wallet with you because if you lost physical wallet, you are still able to called up banks to close down your account so thief cannot use the card except for the physical money that have in the wallet. However, wallet file can led in losing everything once it's stolen. So the most important things to do is secure your wallet properly and the right place where no one knows except yourself and to always remember your password.

If you lose your wallet file, I think there is no way to recover it. It is best to keep it more careful. You should store it in your computer or store it on your gmail with google Drive

it depends on
1. whether the wallet file had any passwords or not
if it had no password then the theft is 100%, but if it had password then:
2. how strong was the password
an simple password can be brute forced a lot faster than a complicated long one
3. if the thief had any information about your password to brute force it.
for example knowing how long it is and what it contains. for instance knowing it is 4 English words from a song with 3 symbols makes it easy to brute force.
4. what method of encryption the wallet used.
using certain methods are more secure than others.

When your wallet is stolen you have forget your asset there, your balance bitcoin and altcoin will be lost and stole, you have recovery and back up again looking for how to get bitcoin by invest or trade, you have created new wallet and always safety first for your account.

if it stolen, forget your bitcoin and move on. I know it is painful but there is nothing you can do about it to get your coins back. A stolen wallet can not be retrieved thats why one has to be extremely careful.

Depends on whether it had any Bitcoins in it first of all (empty wallet won't get the hacker anything), second is the password (if set) and third is the phrase that can be used if password needs to be reset based on the forgotten password attribute. Though the wallet file contains all the information from having the private key(s) of your address (es) and all their transactions, it's next to impossible to decrypt those private keys and the only way to steal everything is to know the password - so setting up a strong password is the key to save your coins from being stolen.

If you lose your Wallet file, it is not possible to lose everything when Crypto has not moved out of your wallet yet. But always keep your Wallet file and store it securely

When the time that your wallet file is stolen specially including your password and private keys this will be the time that your world destroyed also because imagine all your effort amd sacrifies also your money investment will disappear.So make sure thatvyour wallet file will always secure. Dont trust other people even in your close friends or even your family. Remember that your bitcoin transactions that needs a privacy because this is investment so the risk and loss will always included so be carefull and be secure all the time.

of course if the file is lost then all assets in the swallow cannot be accessed, and that is very detrimental. therefore data backup is very important to anticipate bad things

First, lock your email account with two-factor authentication to keep the hackers in the first place. You should also do the same with your bitcoin storage service. In the case of Coinbase, the company has requested a two-factor login process including passwords and SMS text. However, as text may be blocked, you should take advantage of the option of verifying by an application such as Google Authenticator.

If your wallet file gets stolen,the best thing anyone could do is just to move on and forget whatever funds you have in there.
There's no known measure for recovery as it is.
So one ought to be very careful and ensure this important details are safely stored and protected against third party unauthorized access.

Well if your wallet file will be stolen, then there will no other way for you to recover all your funds in that wallet. Better for you to take it and move on. Once you don't have a back up for that, you cannot access it unless that someone will give it back to you. Well, it would be better if your wallet has another security measures like it will text your phone before someone can open it.

When your wallet file has been stolen, the coins inside your wallet for sure will be gone forever and your wallet is not safe anymore because the next coins to come are possible to be stolen too. It is now to better to change tge wqllet you are using and immediately change the address of the coin you are waiting to receive.

If you still have your passphrase then you may still be lucky to find your coins still intact ,that is if the person that stole it haven't move your funds out ,or else its going to be empty ,stay away from phishing websites and emails

Though it depends on which type of wallet provider such is using. But I think whenever a waller file is been stolen, I think that's the end of the wallet because the hacker is already in control of all the coins and valuable things inside the wallet.

Your wallet gets stolen then there is no way to get back it again. At the same time, you would lose all your funds even next coming coins also be lost which means your wallet will be under control by hackers. So you need to store back up file for taking instant so after being stolen your wallet.

Stolen file can't recover i think because it's already transferred in third party hand and there are no back up. If your password make by numeric word than hacker can't log in your wallet because password is more stronger. As usual random password is very risky to use in sensitive place.

All posts here seem to claim that your coins are instantly lost after the wallet file has been stolen. This is wrong!

An attacker needs access to your private keys in order to steal your coins. Access can be achieved in these ways:

• Attacker has access to your computer (e.g. through malware) AND you unlock your wallet (with your password)
• The attacker has a copy of your wallet file AND knows the password

An malicious actor does NOT get access to your private keys by:

• having access to your computer (e.g. through malware), but your do NOT unlock your wallet
• having your wallet file WITHOUT knowing the password

The wallet file itself is encrypted (at least that's the recommended way of storing it; protected by a password).
Without the password, the only chance an attacker has.. is to bruteforce it. No password = no access to the coins.

So, if you have chosen a strong enough password which can't be bruteforced efficiently (e.g. 9+ chars, using letters/numbers/special chars), an attacker does NOT gain access to your BTC by simply owning your wallet file.

yes, you can recover them when you have dot dat and passphrase where you keep on another file or disk. because that you must keep your passphrase wallet on another disk like flashdisk, and you have to write passphrase using manual on paper. i am always writed like that and keep it not on my digital.

If after stoling btc moves tot he another adress and have confirmations by network, this cant be recoverable.
If you know what your wallet file stolen, you need fast move your funds to other walet with maximal comission

Definitely, thats why we need to add more security in lur wallet files. Even on online wallets. That's the main problem of wallet file nowadays, even thou if you have a lot of money already if you lost your file, that will never be restored.

A hacker will usually not just go after your wallet file, he or she will also try to sneak a keylogger onto your computer to get the password you use to access your wallet.

This is why a good anti-virus program with web protection is crucial for Bitcoin and other Crypto currency users, to reduce the chances that a keylogger might be sneaked onto your computer.

A damaged wallet is usually recovered from the Seed that are generated, when you setup the wallet for the first time.  ;)

I think it depends on how your wallet protects you under these circumstances but most of the time if it is stolen, they put money inside your wallet and steal the funds right away and I don't think you will ever recover what you lost.

this is a simple matter if we cannot access and maintain our wallets and the results and fill in all the contents will all disappear and cannot be stopped about this in my opinion and in my opinion should prevent theft of the wallet

Unfortunately an anti-virus software doesn't help much.
What AV's do is to compare signatures of applications run with their database.

This means if the AV didn't yet declare this particular application as malware, it won't be treated as malware.

In addition to that.. anyone who properly knows how to code or create malware, does know how to avoid detection by AV's.
The only kind of malware which will be detected by AV's are either (1) unchanged for several months/years or (2) made by a script-kiddie.




Not every wallet does give a (mnemonic) seed to backup.

Core for example doesn't use mnemonic seeds and doesn't explicitly recommend to backup the seed (master private key).
I'd assume that the majority of core user only have file backups (of the wallet.dat).

There's is no way to recover a stolen wallet unless they give it back. We have almost $5m lost Bitcoin that can't be recover. The same apply to you. That's why the most important way here is make your wallet safe all the time.

It's true what some people said above, that the wallet that has been cracked will no longer be recoverable, and if it is possible, of course I will be very happy because I also experienced it. Where all the tokens in my wallet were used up were stolen by everyone. And at that time I was very sad.

there is no way to recover when your wallet is hacked by someone, or you forget the private key. in other words no one can access your wallet anymore.

Your bitcoin will be gone if the one that stole yours found the bitcoins inside of your wallet.
And for the recovery, I think there is no way to recover it unless you remember or save the recovery passphrase.

If it is already stolen there is no possibility for it to recover because even the wrong transaction is irreversible. You must have to make sure that you have a authentication that connected on your device that can secure your wallet. When your wallet file is stolen you have to transfer all the coin you have into another wallet for it safety and add more security for it.

The question and description are in the different subject, if your soft or hard wallet stolen you can access wallet by a passphrase, and for description, bitcoin is just only some zero one and it will be forever and you can recover it.

This question is really not something you should ask, now tell me what happens if your phone got missing. That means it's gone for ever right but in other words if you save your bitcoin in wallets that really have to back the private key and all the rest necessary information about the wallet oh definitely you can retrieve it back we have lots of wallets out there in which asset's are been save but you definitely will have to look for a legit one to have.

I think thief will never return the bitcoin that they already steal. Better create new bitcoin wallet because old wallet is not safe. It is important to secure our wallet by keeping safe our private key

when a wallet file is tolen, the bitcoin is gone forever. it can not be traced or money can not be recovered. it is even useless tryng to find out who took your bictoin as it will never be returned. just create a new one and move on with your life

This is totally bad if your wallet already get someone because they are already trying to changeing every info.so hope it will never recover back again.so trying to creating new for your future target.

It's quite pathetic for a wallet user while his wallet getting stolen. If it happens there is no chance to recover it again which means you will lose all your funds and tokens. So always be careful to protect your private keys and make secured wallets details so that hackers and scammers won't able to access your private zone.

if the wallet is stolen then the thief can also fully control the wallet and there is no way to recover it, the next step is to contact the bounty manager to replace the address of the new ETH wallet on the active bounty

And i don't think there's anyway to recover lost wallets. That's one downside of btc being unregulated. So you have to be really cautious since most of the time, it's human mistake that causes someone to lose their wallets.

When your wallet file is stolen, you will lose, because the thief will drain your assets. And from that you must save it in a safe place and use two-factor authentication, so that it will make you safer.

I think that you should do your best to prevent this because it is a difficult situation and you won't be able to get your coins I think or perhaps this will be problematic for you

It is becoming main concern for most financial services authority and governments over the world. The lack decentralized of Cryptocurrency is that there are no ways to recover missing or stolen data in the transactions. Once it was already stolen, it mostly nothing possibility to recover anything. Therefore, before dealing with crypto, anything should be comprehended and understood well to avoid such this problem. The risk is on every users of Crypto.  

Well, its the end. Since crypto wallet is decentralized so the stealers or the theft's identity cannot be identified and its hard to make it back for we have no control already if it is transfered to other wallet, therefore we should to keep our wallet safe.

When your wallet is stolen, the likelihood of getting it back is very low, unless the luggage is returned to you ;D

yup, if it has been stolen, it means that you can't go back anymore, you can only release it and create a new one, because every wallet must be very safe so we must always be careful to save the file and private key.

Basically, if you lose it or someone still from you the key, the fund will totally be gone and no way to recover it again. The next time you store your coins, ut would be better if you'll have secure backup system. Like HODLER wallet, they have a feature called HODLER Secure Backup (HSB), it is an innovative feature developed by HODLER team. It will allow the user to create a backup of their seed alternative to the standard paper backup, it create a PDF file containing QR code of the seed and then packed as an encrypted archive.

Predicting the existence of crypto will be lost or will always be very difficult, if there are still many who are interested and buy lots of coins, then crypto will always live, let's preserve bitcoin to become the main digital currency in the world.

There is no way to recover it, specially when someone who stole it transfer it to his own wallet. On the other case, if you forgot or lose your key, it will forever be in your wallet and no way to recover it unless remember the key.

I don't think there are any way to recover, I will go forever and never come back. That is the reason why you should be careful.

there is no solution, I think it will go forever.The only thing you can do is learn to avoid this situation.

Once your wallet file is stolen and the thief has access to your private key your coins are gone but you have the ability to monitor the transactions made on the wallet

Nothing will have to do if your wallet file is stolen if once it is stolen nobody can get it back. So always be careful to save your wallet file if possible buy a hardware wallet to provide the best security.

Once you loss your wallet file you will loss everything. You will not get access of your account. But if you have the file and someone hack or steal then the thief/hacker will have same power of you.

They have access to your coins, as soon as they move them out they are gone.

If your wallet was encrypted before someone stole your wallet.dat file and they didn't know your passphrase will be almost impossible to find it and spend coins, and you must backup your wallet file or private key offline (usb stick or write down on a paper) when you see that your wallet file was stolen (i don't know how you see that, your wallet file dissapeared maybe) then use your backup and send your coins to a new wallet.

When your wallet file has been stolen, the coins inside your wallet for sure will be gone forever and your wallet is not safe anymore because the next coins to come are possible to be stolen too. It is now to better to change tge wqllet you are using and immediately change the address of the coin you are waiting to receive.

Unfortunately, if you lose your wallet file,  it contained are lost forever.  Don't forget to back up your file .

no one can predict  :-[

If you set you a strong password there then there is a little chance to recover it but most of the cases it cannot be recovered. The investor needs to take better security step to make secure their wallet file because it is extremely important once it got stolen means you lose all the assets.

Once your wallet file is stolen it means there is no way to recover it and you will lose your assets and information. So to make secure your wallet try to buy a hardware wallet which is the top class wallet in the market. Hardware wallet will help you to save your wallet file.

This is true, so you must develop the habit of setting a password for your wallet, which is the last line of defense to protect your assets.

This is a very simple and easy incident that if anyone steals your wallet he won't wait to transfer it from your wallet. So I can't expect to get back my money though I can access my wallet. I said it for the accounts like as Private Key wallet.