Based on your screenshots, it would appear that the 12 word recover phrase that you have written down, is not the correct phrase for the wallet you were originally using and receiving your BTC to. If it was the correct phrase, you would see all your history. Electrum seed phrases are "versioned", so it should automatically detect what type of seed phrase you enter... and indeed that seems to be the case, as it created an "old" keystore type: and second wallet showed information
wallet type - standard
script type - P2PKH
seed available-TRUE
keystore type - OLD
lightning - Not available for this wallet
That would line up with a wallet that was created back in 2014. However, as your transaction history is empty, and the wallet is synced (green dot in lower right corner), then it's safe to assume that this wallet is in fact empty. You either need to recover your original wallet file, or you need to find the correct seed phrase, because the current seed phrase you have is not the one you need to recover your funds. |
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You cannot copy/paste the seed, you literally have to type it in but probably you didn't save the file.
That's not entirely true... What happens is that Electrum simply blanks out the clipboard when you click "next" to goto the seed entry screen, so if you try copy/paste, you'll end up "pasting" an empty string into the box...  Unfortunately, what happens is that if you click "back", Electrum will actually generate a completely new random seed... invalidating the previous one.  (Sidenote: I have a suspicion that this may explain how some people end up with multiple seeds written down or copying down the wrong seed etc.) Anyway, what you can do to copy/paste, is that you can first copy/paste the seed to an external application (like notepad etc) and then click next... the clipboard gets wiped but you can simply go back to the external app and copy the seed from there and then paste it back into Electrum   Almost sure that if the version of electrum I used required the seed phrase, I did something like Next/Next/Next/Accept (yeh, I didnt care much back then)
Electrum requires you to re-enter the seed to confirm it... so you can't just next/next/next/accept etc... you would have had to have copied the seed and then either typed it back it manually or used the hacky copy/paste method I described above Lot's of users in the past have copy/pasted into .txt documents, or taken screenshots... and ended up losing funds as a result of this... but, poor security practices aside, TheBeardedBaby was simply suggesting that you might want to look through any recovered .txt and image files to see if maybe you had done something similar. It's not guaranteed, but it's worth a shot. |
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Hi thanks for the reply, ill just concentrate on one pc then, I have bitcoin core and the correct version running on this pc
That's a good start... now, is Bitcoin Core fully synced and not running in "pruned" mode? That is to say, do you have the 350+ gigs worth of blockchain downloaded? And if so, what is the "datadir" that Bitcoin Core shows in the "Window -> Information" screen?  |
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I'm confused as to where in the process that you're having issues?  Does Electrum actually recognise the Nano S device when you create the wallet using "Standard Wallet -> Use a hardware wallet"? Are you able to get the wallet created and it's a "syncing" issue? |
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Unfortunately i found 0BTC eventhough i can see hunderts of green receiving transactions but on blockchain it does not show any btc sent .
If you have restored your wallet from seed... and it shows transaction history, but the final balance is 0... then all the Bitcoins have been sent to an external address of some description. I'm not sure what you mean by "on blockchain it does not show any btc sent"? Do you mean you looked up the addresses on Blockchain.com? If so, what do the "amount received" and "amount sent" values say? What drives my gears is that 1. of my wallets showed information
wallet type- standard,
script type- P2WPKH ,
seed available-false ,
keystore type -bip32
lightning -enabled
This looks like a relatively "new" wallet... as it is a Native Segwit ("bc1"-type addresses)... but no seed?!?! So, I'm guessing you restored that one from a BIP39 seed phrase... and it wasn't an Electrum seed. and second wallet showed information
wallet type - standard
script type - P2PKH
seed available-TRUE
keystore type - OLD
lightning - Not available for this wallet
Looks like a wallet created from an "old" Electrum seed, likely created a long time ago... What transaction information do you see in Electrum for each of these wallets? Do they both show transaction history? Also, what version of Electrum did you download/install? Did you get 4.0.9 from electrum.org? |
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When I create the raw transaction, my node is giving me an error about the data I want to include.
For example, I tried to convert "I am FractalEncrypt" to hex and I get this:
4920616d204672616374616c456e6372797074
When I try to insert this string into the data field below I get
Error: Error parsing JSON:
createrawtransaction \
'[{"txid": "txid1", "vout": vout1},
{"txid": "txid2", "vout": vout2}]' \
'{"address1": Amount1,
"address2": Amount2,
"address3": Amount3,
"data": 4920616d204672616374616c456e6372797074}'
Maybe try wrapping your "data" in " "'s? I just used this on the Bitcoin Core console: createrawtransaction '[{"txid": "TXID", "vout": 0}]' '{"Address1": Amount1, "data": "4920616d204672616374616c456e6372797074"}'
And it immediately created the rawtransaction, which includes the following when I decoderawtransaction: ...
{
"value": 0.00000000,
"n": 1,
"scriptPubKey": {
"asm": "OP_RETURN 4920616d204672616374616c456e6372797074",
"hex": "6a134920616d204672616374616c456e6372797074",
"type": "nulldata"
}
...
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Okay it worked! The private key is 52 characters and starts with cV and ends in gk
So now I should try to import it into Electrum?
That doesn't look like a Bitcoin private key... Bitcoin private keys (in WIF format) start with "5", "L" or "K". I honestly think that your best chance of success is to get blockstack working and use that, as it would seem that it is using some sort of proprietary format or method of storing private keys. |
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All the Electrum wallet files start with QklFMQN (I tested this on a differnt wallet files).
NOTE: Only fully encrypted wallet files start like this... wallet file with no password and wallet files that are "password-protected" but do not use the "Encrypt Wallet File" option just look like standard, plaintext JSON files. A "password protected" wallet file is created if this box is not checked during the setting of the wallet file password:  Also, wallet encryption was only added in version 2.8.0 - March 2017 # Release 2.8.0 (March 9, 2017)
* Wallet file encryption using ECIES: A keypair is derived from the
wallet password. Once the wallet is decrypted, only the public key
is retained in memory, in order to save the encrypted file.
NOTE: The password-protected, but not fully encrypted files, still have the private keys and seeds etc stored as encrypted text withiin the plaintext wallet file. |
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If i use electrum as source of btc...will electrum recognize this raw unbroadcastx and deduct from the remaining btc balance?
As a general rule... wallets can only report on the data contained within: - The blockchain - Their current "mempool" If the transaction you create is not included in a block that has been added to the blockchain, nor broadcast into the network... then it is highly likely that your wallet will not reflect the "spending" of those coins in it's balance. However, electrum has the concept of "local" transactions, which are transactions that you have finalised and signed but are not as yet broadcast to the network:  But it will display in your "transaction history" as a "local" transaction:  And show next to the balance as "unconfirmed":  (in other news, I wish I had as much real BTC as test BTC  ) |
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After some mucking around today... I finally figured out that the "derivation path" that is required to restore your "Bitcoin Wallet for Android" into Electrum using the BIP39 seed extracted from the decrypted wallet file) is as follows: For the "bc1" addresses, you select "native segwit (p2wpkh)" option and set path to: m/1'  If you have any legacy addresses (from "Request to legacy address" option), then you select "legacy (p2pkh)" and set path to: m/0'  Note: this is working from a Bitcoin Wallet for Android wallet generated in the current version of Bitcoin Wallet for Android (version 8.08) I just used the openssl to decrypt the wallet backup file, then opened it in a text editor... the 12 words are right at the beginning: openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -a -md md5 -in <your_encrypted_wallet_backup_file> -out <destination_of_your_unencrypted_wallet_file>
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This is your problem right here: 2021-01-07 11:02:07 (WARNING) -- SDM.py:518 - bitcoind exited, bitcoind STDERR:
2021-01-07 11:02:07 (WARNING) -- SDM.py:520 - : You need to rebuild the database using -reindex to go back to unpruned mode. This will redownload the entire blockchain.
2021-01-07 11:02:07 (WARNING) -- SDM.py:520 - Please restart with -reindex or -reindex-chainstate to recover.
2021-01-07 11:02:07 (WARNING) -- SDM.py:520 -
-ERROR - 10:59:34: (lmdb_wrapper.cpp:1503) Headers DB has no block at height: 0
-ERROR - 10:59:34: (lmdb_wrapper.cpp:1483) No headers at height 0
-ERROR - 10:59:34: (BlockchainScanner.cpp:445) Missing file map for output scan, this is unexpected
-ERROR - 10:59:34: (BlockchainScanner.cpp:447) Has the following block files:
-ERROR - 10:59:34: (BlockchainScanner.cpp:451) Was looking for id #4294967295
It seems that you're running Bitcoin Core in "pruned" mode... Armory needs Bitcoin Core to have a full, unpruned copy of the blockchain... do you have 350+Gigs of free diskspace to be able to sync the full blockchain? |
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I did some digging and realised you need to have armory on 2 pc's and also have bitcoin core installed, Ive since installed armory on the 2nd pc and also installed bitcoin core and it says its working and I should now be able to see my transactions.
Ive made a copy of the wallet I made and put it on a memory stick and Ive now got the same 2 wallets on each pc, thing is it says both wallets are offline, Im now lost on what to do to find my coins?
That's not quite correct. You do not need to have Armory installed on 2 PC's... that is only required if you wish to use an "online+offline airgapped PC" setup... You can definitely have Armory working fine using just one PC. However, you are correct that you definitely need to have Bitcoin Core installed and fully synced (and not running in "pruned" mode). sorry for the long post, tried usiong pastebin but couldnt gererate a link, one question does bitcoin core need to be 100% downloaded before armory will work?
Yes. If you don't have Bitcoin Core installed and fully synced, then Armory will not function correctly... at the very least, it will likely not show your transaction history or correct balance. This is the software I download on the 3rd and generated the address from, I can download again, Im pretty sure it was from the same site you gave me. The 0.96 was on the other pc with bitcoin core. 2021-01-07 09:35:03 (INFO) -- ArmoryUtils.pyc:1287 - Loading Armory Engine:
2021-01-07 09:35:03 (INFO) -- ArmoryUtils.pyc:1288 - Armory Version : 0.96.5
This is a good start... This PC definitely has the latest version of Armory. 2021-01-07 09:35:05 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1872 - setSatoshiPaths
2021-01-07 09:35:05 (ERROR) -- BDM.pyc:268 - setSatoshiDir: directory does not exist: C:\Users\Gary\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin
2021-01-07 09:35:05 (ERROR) -- ArmoryQt.py:1862 - Failed to setup SDM
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "ArmoryQt.py", line 1857, in startBitcoindIfNecessary
File "SDM.pyc", line 190, in setupSDM
BitcoindError: bitcoind not found
2021-01-07 09:35:05 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1923 - Setting netmode: 0
2021-01-07 09:35:08 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1872 - setSatoshiPaths
2021-01-07 09:35:08 (ERROR) -- BDM.pyc:268 - setSatoshiDir: directory does not exist: C:\Users\Gary\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin
Unfortunately, this is a problem. You do not have Bitcoin Core installed, synced and running on this machine.
I would suggest you focus on getting Armory and Bitcoin Core installed and running on ONE computer... and then you can move to a 2 computer setup later if you want the added security of the online+offline airgapped setup. |
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Hello I have found in my old notebook this: "bitcoin armory wallet and password", is there anything I can do to check if I have any BTC in there?
If the notes you have for "bitcoin armory wallet" looks something like this: abcd abcd abcd abcd abcd abcd abcd abcd abcd
abcd abcd abcd abcd abcd abcd abcd abcd abcd
That is to say, it should be two rows of 9 groups of 4 characters... then it is likely an Armory wallet "root key"... the "password" may have been the wallet file encryption password (not necessary if you have the root key as you can simply set a new password when you restore the wallet) or it might have been a "Secure Print" code used to encrypt the "root key". If you have the "root key", then you can simply install the latest Armory from here: https://btcarmory.com/ and then restore your wallet using the "root key". It won't show any bitcoins until you also install and fully Bitcoin Core, but you will be able to see your bitcoin addresses and could check them on a blockexplorer... or alternatively you could export your private keys and import them into a different wallet like Electrum to check balances/transaction history etc. For private key export, refer: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4746784.msg43255691#msg43255691 |
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final balance is 0 and all the transactions say 0
If the final balance on the block explorer says 0... then the address has 0 coins. So either: 1. It never received any coins. or 2. Any received coins were subsequently spent after being received. By "all the transactions say 0", do you mean that is shows like this address, where everything is 0:  Or that it shows transactions > 0 and has some values for received/sent but final balance is 0, like this address:  |
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The Mycelium fee rates are indeed "dynamic"... So, the rates used by the various options will change depending on what is currently happening with the network. So, you're kinda stuck dealing with whatever Mycelium's current "guess" is for 'low-priority', 'economy', 'normal' and 'priority'. The devs seem more interested in milking the app for whatever gains they can by force feeding user's ads, implementing dodgy ICOs and getting affiliate fees from credit card enabled coin exchanges that have outrageous currency spreads.  It took immense amounts of moaning and bitching by (Android) users to get the scrollable options for the fee rates... It appears that this setting is not available on iOS either. But I do know that my addresses are legacy, and at a first glance I think I can only have one per wallet, unless mycelium creates another address for each transaction I'm about to make. There's no feature for generating more addresses either from what I can see, but at least they give me the xpub of the address. I'm not sure how useful that will be though.
Mycelium is indeed an HD wallet, so it will generate multiple addresses for each "account" that you have... However, like a lot of HD wallets, it doesn't allow you to create a new address until the previous address has been used... in addition, it will do this automatically. So, you click "receive" it'll show you Address A... when it detects that Address A has received some funds, the next time you click "receive", it will automatically show you Address B and so on... I'm guessing my address is at m/44'/0'/0'.
The good news is that Mycelium is BIP39/BIP44 compliant... so yes, your addresses will start at m/44'/0'/0'/0/0 and increment from there... You should also have the 12 word recovery phrase that you can use to migrate to another BIP39 compliant wallet if required. |
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The standout concern for me here is this reliance on a remote server for the "server enforced PIN protection"... does this mean that if the "blind oracle" is offline for whatever reason, that you can't actually use the device? |
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The "other guy" with a closed source controller/element has had numerous instances of theft happening with phished app's etc....
And in how many of those cases were the funds lost because the secure element was breached? HINT: zero In every single case, the end user broke the golden rule and entered their 24 word recovery phrase into a fake website and/or app instead of only entering it on the device itself. It could just as easily happen to someone connecting to a fake "trezor.wallet.io" website. Which has also happened before.Secure Element or not... open source or closed source... All the "security" in the world will be useless if you simply hand over the recovery phrase. |
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Bitcoin Core also supports multiple script types in one wallet... When you use the getnewaddress command on the console (or via bitcoin-cli) you can specify which type you want. It will also automatically generate all three types if you import a private key:  |
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Well it does not go well with bitcoinqt.
I have ubuntu-mate installed but i cant get the bitcoinqt client to work.
Lots of dependencies are missing.
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i tryed the tar.gz file and a .deb file.
What happened when you downloaded and extracted the .tar.gz file and tried to run bitcoin-qt? Can you provide the exact error messages as shown on the terminal? |
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Also, be warned that in a lot of instances, "rooting" the phone will require an unlocked bootloader... if the bootloader is not already unlocked, doing so will often completely wipe the device as a security measure.
From memory, some of the US versions of the S4 were locked... but the "international" versions were generally unlocked and relatively "easy" to root.
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