Using a hex editor to search is explained here. You could try using a hex editor to do a sector-by-sector search of your hard drive for these bytes 01 03 6B 65 79 41 04 For each occurrence of those bytes you can find there is probably a Bitcoin private key nearby. This is a hex editor with a suitable search function for a Mac. Its sourceforge files also include Windows and Linux versions. https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxhexeditor/files/wxHexEditor/v0.23%20Beta/wxHexEditor-v0.23-MacIntel.dmg/downloadThis quote gives more detailed instructions, and the thread it's from might be worth reading. I have been doing some tinkering around, thinking about other people's wallet disasters, and believe I have come to the following conclusion...
If you have lost your wallet.dat for whatever reason (deleted it, formatted your drive, file corruption, etc.) it's possible that it may still be lurking on your computer. If so, recovery is no longer purely theoretical. With a little knowledge of what to search for, you can use a hex editor to potentially find usable remnants of your wallet.dat file and get back your bitcoins, even if the original file isn't fully recoverable.
So here goes...
If you can use a hex-editor to do a sector-by-sector search/edit on your entire hard drive, then search your entire hard drive for occurrences of the following byte sequence:
01 03 6B 65 79 41 04...........
the middle four of these bytes represent the string "keyA" in ASCII.
Each time this byte sequence occurs, a Bitcoin private key is probably stored nearby, about 180 bytes later. The 32-byte private key is the only thing you need to recover your bitcoins!... as long as you find the right one(s).
Approximately 180 bytes after this sequence, you may find the byte sequence 04 20 (hex). These two bytes seem to precede every private key (the 0x20 suggests a length of 32 bytes). If you find this sequence, the thirty-two bytes that come after 04 20 are the private key representing a Bitcoin address and might be the private key that recovers some of your lost bitcoins! Your wallet will have numerous private keys (at least one hundred, due to the pre-allocation of keys)... get as many as you can find. Carefully search the sectors adjacent to any sector containing the "keyA" sequence above. Then yell for help! (But don't share the private keys in public, unless you want to give away your wallet.)
An example of a hex editor that can scan an entire disk volume for specific byte sequences for Windows is WinHex. In WinHex, use Tools, Open Disk (F9), and choose the disk you want to scan. Scanning a full disk can take hours. WinHex must "run as administrator" to be able to scan a physical disk. Someone please recommend a good way to do this in Linux, preferably with a known Live CD, if possible. Also, any time you are scanning a disk for potentially lost data, you should NEVER boot the disk you're searching - always boot from another disk and install the target disk as secondary.
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i have already restarted a few times, nothing changes, i see i only got one peer at the moment, i am not sure but could it be that this is not enough ? here would be my raw data: 010000000a6e2996818f0dfa8c20eed57d3aa9e8ff521b6994ee9369c03694f9f6039eac6800000 0006a473044022017bf31128d1d627b6580332760bce850bd715fbc43b306296a9316737d86be55 02206b09ce4a5e16324cf881ed8b02d121e40d35f0db0c7ba82679f179d19e77c9660121039a6c7 645682d4aeee5af64bf6c7ad35d37dc70abe94f4c33ea9b9b5d8b28fe87ffffffffb89321b49a36 3b1a2ab44b8f2ffe0ab3994f5b38d8829641e86d021d237e4a0eb70100006a473044022049105d7 0d0005cfd273a75f1e05e5fe286ea0cadcdaf61b3c61ec41daf55596202207e3d183d4e8e0779ce 57e7def3165c48287408a1e45beaa86e16d872420b54b0012103d6a89e681ae68e5dd1b55535e86 b1871f04cab7a2a21786597ac010009c5f81cffffffffc8fb204e20c59e907a0947ec63045ae7dd 61d7007f11cff7a776fd21fbd85502000000006a473044022055d02bf562a40c0ec0a184e450af8 35444e27d8d6b076503574b5188529c935d02201935f0b14f021ff8f7d06b45ef2ad2a5b9e76ea4 c0fa722e43b363837cf8be6f012103b8834ed67db93969ac30d8ef2a58d4af3d6d619576b6e0430 0825421c9786fb8ffffffff75b3731a3e72f15830385325b912ff5b58df29d121d41f17ba65ca30 0063947c000000006a47304402204155612f16915a7a068d4dc85a34b17a5f36b967ed6dd865f4e 64ce4d22f87220220685052209768640bc2e7de6915f39c0c8634b8c8debe26683654047e515fd8 1c012103a0dca1a5880761ac99b23f7eab865ae6bc829ff9d7350c1712dae4fca96cf1e8fffffff fe051247a1bf9a0780771a8e61564957e4115762a703d3658d5707417ce9281e8010000006a4730 4402203176c889dcad535f473f10227ecba51ac1bf6be471f139a320ca480ca8c5d5f4022073308 ea94d4f91b7849b8380baae698dd35739a7cdb749cd26c939eb6d05fe9e0121029bf3e72b0fa03b a0f3b3b569671786ed500290c54c6bf80d81832f7c781f47f2ffffffff0a33a83987bbd85ae9d64 b442ba0435dd52678bafbb7b3901d38e592ccd63dd9080000006a47304402200c744bfef106fbfb 2335ab0d702817fae1876cbdebf85fe59a332f7e159642eb02201e91e26de555e8daf0d1fa1b627 9b7e91449b09102521960c5886b5687187771012102248c3ab37cdff7fd54e589e40840343d5c52 6668b6ddb046de54fa7901bd2a73ffffffff31371254e0217683c884b16849d35f2eddd784346b0 a5df3b4f4afb4d04f0c6e000000006a4730440220129d459dcfabea98a18a87ac31b451fc3f2c65 8712e78b72675cd077066e3a4e02201b9ab793281c93627a016c45eb663a4ff4d2b1354251fb5b3 ecbda4656dd5361012102248c3ab37cdff7fd54e589e40840343d5c526668b6ddb046de54fa7901 bd2a73ffffffffd8819ef6567c973bfaa0cb7b0fe486f435dfc34ea9a7fba6c4cbdd546e1055cd0 10000006a47304402200e8fcc0da3b107111553cfd172f6fbaa3b551d54ba10d50f989edc7467ef 1c0802205879ef3a9d7570f1ca34592c0f6a346703ab2a248c0d0c6867c84c8ec3e3dff9012103e 442f72d607e2c0f200000e4e00ec86b86960ac4d4365c29c46485cec37c05d5fffffffffaafe804 cf3f2136bdd61f5ecf91cbac1df2a6d8c8647b52cb99a06b3305a7f6030000006b483045022100f e8d47de65c5b5531291c909c9b1e3118e094d63144d467832e2370063bb27dc0220758d43ec10b2 08e7c94d9c5ac7df0589b04357e1f50623f7dcb90498971bce2f012102248c3ab37cdff7fd54e58 9e40840343d5c526668b6ddb046de54fa7901bd2a73ffffffff05c05e756d3cf4849b9e08002993 adee8919047d836552bbfbe12ee7ae27bdc9000000006a473044022032b7cc32765d95934ddc38d 966cb0e51a431f054fab3d44b77159221e735867b022049c5e3b62c823b53bb0cf3abdd7959d83c 17a04fe64e802afd3ec4784aaca01b012102248c3ab37cdff7fd54e589e40840343d5c526668b6d db046de54fa7901bd2a73ffffffff01a830d800000000001976a914293e79e00a7c59099a227f50 cfe5e4ff2d2a501e88ac00000000 Größe: 1.515 Bytes Thx for your help!  shorena beat me to it, and pushed your transaction first. It's still probably best to accelerate it for fast confirmation using this https://www.viabtc.com/tools/txaccelerator/. I removed the blank spaces from your raw transaction and pushed it through blockchain.info using this page. https://blockchain.info/pushtxBlockchain.info now shows your transaction as pending here. https://blockchain.info/tx/561b229ed0b603b8e5c056daaccf2147755cbb3f1977006e4d80fae0a497e3ddIts fee is fairly low so I tried to accelerate it using the page at this link, but it's currently over the 100 transactions an hour it accepts. https://www.viabtc.com/tools/txaccelerator/ |
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If too many wait to buy at a certain lower price, they might not be able to buy at all. Not everyone can buy at the exact same time.
Not everyone will catch the bottom. Trading is not that different from gambling. But to each their own strategy.
Some traders will wait until they are sure the bottom is in, then buy back. That should result in a significant pump. We are only $100 down from the recent high, and if it continues going back up those traders will have to buy back fast, or lose their profits by buying back at a loss. |
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i bet its gana go F'ing sideways all bloody weekend again
Is the bottom in? It's back to $1155 on stamp, the dumps have stopped, and there's been a few little pumps. the downtrend has not ended imo Maybe... Cointelegraph just write "News is expected imminently of how Chinese authorities will go about regulating Bitcoin and its trading in the country, which historically has exerted considerable influence on the price of a coin." But when is "imminently" I don't think it will be fast, the PBOC is only circulating new draft guidelines. It hasn't enacted them yet, and to comply with them the exchanges have to to install systems for collecting and reporting suspicious trading activity to authorities. The question is how long does it take the PBOC to enact guidelines? http://www.marketwatch.com/story/chinas-new-bitcoin-rules-call-for-identity-check-2017-03-17BEIJING--China's central bank is moving to regulate its domestic bitcoin industry, circulating new guidelines that, if enacted, would require exchanges to identify clients and adhere to banking regulations. A draft of the guidelines says Chinese bitcoin exchanges would be subject to current banking and anti-money-laundering laws, and required to collect information to identify their clients, according to people familiar with the matter. They say the rules, if implemented, would require exchanges to install systems for collecting and reporting suspicious trading activity to authorities. The People's Bank of China would be in charge of handling violations by the exchanges. |
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i bet its gana go F'ing sideways all bloody weekend again
Is the bottom in? It's back to $1155 on stamp, the dumps have stopped, and there's been a few little pumps. |
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Yes, he's stop using the drive to decide what the best option may be. As far as the erase method he used, he remembers setting it to 'wipe' the drive. He said he set it to the least number of passes.
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I am not sure if there is much hope, If he cannot recover these coins. Do they just remain locked in the blockchain forever?
Yes, they will stay in the same address forever. He will still be able to see them in his address on a block explorer, but he'll never be able to move them again. If he set dban to do the least number of passes it probably overwrote his data with zeros. His files are probably unrecoverable, but it might be worth him asking a data recovery company for their opinion. Overwriting with zeros is the least aggressive scrubbing method dban uses. |
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Can you tell me if chinese are now allowed to withdraw BTC from their exchange platforms? If no, when they begin withdrawals?
I think there hasn't been set a specific date so far. But the chinese can withdraw in Yuan, what they are doing, and then buy BTC back via localbitcoins. It will be sometime after the PBOC enacts its new draft guidelines, and the exchanges have installed systems for collecting and reporting suspicious trading activity to authorities. How long that will take is anyone's guess. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/chinas-new-bitcoin-rules-call-for-identity-check-2017-03-17BEIJING--China's central bank is moving to regulate its domestic bitcoin industry, circulating new guidelines that, if enacted, would require exchanges to identify clients and adhere to banking regulations. A draft of the guidelines says Chinese bitcoin exchanges would be subject to current banking and anti-money-laundering laws, and required to collect information to identify their clients, according to people familiar with the matter. They say the rules, if implemented, would require exchanges to install systems for collecting and reporting suspicious trading activity to authorities. The People's Bank of China would be in charge of handling violations by the exchanges. |
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The ultimate boot Cd has what like 100 different applications? Which one did he use? Assuming he didn't overwrite everything with zeros (if it took a few hours then he probably did this) you're probably screwed but like a previous answer said if it was a quick format the information is technically still there until it's written over. It's a bad analogy but it's kind of like recording over a tape. The original is still there until you write over it.
I just asked. He used one called DBAN, and he said he overwrote over the whole hard drive, it took like 3 hours he said. What dban wipe method did he use to overwrite his data? Even the quick erase wipe method that overwrites with zeros probably destroyed his files. If he used any other wipe method it overwrote with random data and definitely destroyed his files. Dban is a hard drive scrubber, it's designed to irretrievably scrub all data from a hard drive. Your friends files are almost certainly lost. This site explains how it works. https://dban.org/These are some screenshots of it. If he used anything else but quick erase his files are gone, and even if he used quick erase they are probably gone. If he used quick erase then tell him to google for "data recovery" and find a company like the one linked below. They have specialist equipment to recover files, but their services aren't cheap, and even if he used quick erase I would be surprised if they can recover anything. http://www.datarecovery.net/hard-drive-recovery.aspx  |
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The built in windows formatter has a checkbox labelled "quick format". If that's checked when you format then it's possible to use data recovery software like recuva to recover files. If it's not checked formatting takes longer, but is very likely to destroy all the files. What application from the Ultimate Boot CD did your friend format his hard drive with? If it had a "quick format" option, and he used it, then his files might be recoverable. There's other data recovery software available besides recuva. You can find a list of more here. http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/system/fwdatarecovery.html |
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Luckily the enormous amounts of FUD we get every now and then seems to have less and less effect on the price.
For now I stick to my belief that every bitcoin under 1200 is a cheap coin. Have a good one Jimbo!
The next real barrier is £2000 now all the old ATHs are broken. We should break $2000 sooner or later this year. Anyone buying under $1200 will have almost doubled their money by then, and will be wishing he'd bought more when they were cheap. |
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It'll be a total shitshow. The two warring factions will get coins on both chains, so they'll all start dumping on the chain they don't like while alts take over.
What the hell happened? It looks like the price just took a major cack on it's self! Nothing much happened. I couldn't find any really significant news to trigger a dump. Finex hasn't been "hacked" again. Bitcoin's not going to fork in the near future because neither side has anywhere near enough votes. Maybe JimboToronto's right and finex is driving this dump in an attempt to margin call. |
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Selling is gambling. I made lots of profit because of the easy predicted PBOC dumps. But those dumps lately are very hard to predict. ETF was a huge bulltrap. First huge pump so maybe they have inside information, after that huge dump and bulls got rekt. This dump right now, first slowly decrease. Then decrease stopped so that is a bullish dignal. And then dumb whales do their thing and FUD after that. Man traders are idiots.
This week had a high of $1350 and a low of $975. It's been incredibly volatile, and the price spikes were impossible to predict unless you happened to be a whale buying or dumping. I think most of the spikes triggered stop buys, then stop losses, and cost some traders half their stash. Hodling is the safest bet for this week. |
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Thanks for the help guys. Bitpay does everything you want, but charges a fee for its service.
Do you know if I have to use their payment system, or is this feature provided via an API or something so that I can use it with my own payment system? Bitpay's REST interface API for interacting with your BitPay account is explained here. https://bitpay.com/apiBitpay's Bitcoin Payment Gateway API for interacting with its Payment Gateway is explained here. https://bitpay.com/bitcoin-payment-gateway-apiYou can use it to embed a Bitpay invoice on your website. There are alternatives to Bitpay, but I don't know much about them. This website compares some of the top alternatives. https://alternatives.financesonline.com/p/bitpay/This page gives a bigger list of alternatives. https://payment-gateway.financesonline.com/ |
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If the sequence numbers are all FF FF FF FF, then the transaction's opted out of replace by fee, and the transaction is final.
Bitpay does everything you want, but charges a fee for its service.
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I still don't understand why people are so interested to sell when the price spikes down or interested to buy when the price spikes up, but do nothing when the price is flat.
If I was selling coins, I would have wanted to do that the past few days at 1250, not now and get much less at 1190. But the volume says most people are morons.
I guess that's why speculating is the 20% taking money from the 80%.
They are probably partially influenced to sell by FUD from the like of businessinsider. Its latest article's FUD speculates that Bitcoin's double topping, and the only way is down. Yeah right. http://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-price-charts-show-trouble-ahead-2017-3?r=US&IR=THalf a week ago the media was full of articles hyping Bitcoin, today they it's FUD articles everywhere. |
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Bottom at $1210 because of maximum FUD? Not bad. Even BTC-e is above Finex.
That's way above the old bitstamp and bitfinex ATHs. If Bitcoin stays range bound betwen $1210 and $1260 for another month it's a good thing. If it keeps increasing in value too fast it's going to eventually get a hard correction. Slowly increasing in value is better. |
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They are not Hong Kong based for years by now.
Where are they based now, I thought it was still in Hong Kong? BVI, they have an office in Hong Kong though. Thanks, I just found the small print in their terms and conditions. It sounds like they set up two shell companies in the British Virgin Islands, one for US customers, and the other for everyone else. https://www.bitfinex.com/termsThese Terms of Service constitute the agreement and understanding with respect to the use of any or all of the Services, and any manner of accessing them, between: you and one of the following parties:
a) where you are a U.S. Person, BFXNA Inc. ("BFXNA"); and,
b) where you are not a U.S. Person, BFXWW Inc. ("BFXWW"). 1.4 Governing Law: These Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the British Virgin Islands, and shall be interpreted in all respects as a British Virgin Islands contract |
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It's hit a daily high of $1260 on stamp again. That news about the FED raising the rate might be filtering through to the early risers in China. Lets see what happens when they've all woken up and heard the news. Bitcoin up, Yuan down?
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I have electrum portable wallet, I have dynamic fees and the highest possible fee multiplier, but despite that my transactions always get stuck. https://blockchain.info/tx/ee7a7373bed2c8ae9f66f30635335266fa32d687bdc95292f6f72874dde85560 - this transaction has been pending for more than 2 days and I don't know what to do. How do I fix my electrum wallet, do I change the server that it uses to get the dynamic fee? I tried sending .045 btc 2 days ago but it is still unconfirmed, what do I do? Thank you in advance for your help. There was a bug in older electrum versions that could result in the highest dynamic fee electrum allows being too low for fast confirmations. Either upgrade to the latest electrum version, or try using the fix in the post linked below. Basically opening your preferences, then unchecking and rechecking the dynamic fees checkbox fixes that bug. However, I'm not sure that bug's causing your problem because it results in a maximum fee of 0.001 BTC/KB, but your transaction has a 0.0005 BTC/KB fee. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1814785.msg18079627#msg18079627If that bug fix doesn't work you'll have to upgrade, it's best to upgrade anyway though. I accelerated your transaction using the site linked below. The viabtc pool will now include your transaction in the next block it mines. https://www.viabtc.com/tools/txaccelerator/You can check how often viabtc mines a block at this link. https://blockchain.info/blocks/ViaBTC |
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