Stick the hard drive in a working computer and copy off the wallet.dat file, it's all you need. Install bitcoin-qt to the functioning computer and replace your old wallet.dat then rescan.
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Be really careful you don't mess up the change and send it as a fee instead.
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I've never seen a private key that started with a 9, what type is that?
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Here's my private key 5KMWWy2d3Mjc8LojNoj8Lcz9B1aWu8bRofUgGwQk959Dw5h2iyw
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It sounds more like you stole his private key than the other way around.
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You mean 3*63 years. If there were to be 1e24 addresses in use there would be a much bigger problem: blockchain storage, transaction volume, and the aliens who have come and generated 1e16 address each.
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How fast do you need them? I used sx newkey and it generated 1000 random private keys in 46.9 seconds on one core. It looks like generating from a seed takes 148.5 seconds, almost 3x.
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Though 96 hex characters is too many, I think it should only be ~ 56 if it's a hex private key. Can you post the whole thing, but blank out the hex info?
Here's what an unencrypted backup looks like: { "guid" : "some hex", "sharedKey" : "some hex", "options" : {"pbkdf2_iterations":10,"fee_policy":0,"html5_notifications":false,"logout_time":600000,"tx_display":0,"always_keep_local_backup":false,"transactions_per_page":30,"additional_seeds":[]}, "keys" : [ {"addr":"base58addr","priv":"56 or so hex characters","created_time":0,"created_device_name":"javascript_web","created_device_version":"1.0"} ] }
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It could just be a compressed private key, non-encrypted. You should be able to use libbitcoin or similar to convert it from hex to base58.
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It sounds more like blockchain.info fucked up your account more than you had some 1 / 10^160 chance collision
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It's also possible that you still have 0.86 installed in your path somewhere, since they now have two differently named programs to run.
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You could use another client and sweep the key. Or use something like sx and do it yourself.
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It's called a fee for a reason. You were able to send older coins without a fee for > 1 BTC transactions, but I think those days are over now that there's so many transactions.
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That is what they told me too. But it looks not like this. It looks like RIPEMD-160 collision .... I am telling you ... as Nothing was stolen from my wallet, just another public address wwas created without letting me know, and someone is using it's private key, as I can see his transactions ... and even this second person with same pvt key was keeping here for example 0.1 BTC for less than a day, I could just transfer it to another address ... so you think some hackers would be so stupid? We will see. I think it might be due to RIPEMD-160 collision and if I am right - this will be huge case. Now I'm confused. Are you saying that someone else has created a new address inside your blockchain.info online web wallet and it's being used by someone else? Are you sure it's just not a change address of some sort?
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not sure that I trust my knowledge of change wallets enough to do this. I'd prefer just to send all the BTC I have in each wallet at once; is there anything that could go wrong if I do this?
You'd have to only purchase items that cost all of the money you have, it's kind of silly. You have to learn about change addresses if you want to use bitcoin.
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You want it to go to a change address anyway, you shouldn't reuse addresses.
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Can anyone answer my question about the change addresses?
You need to tell us how you're sending the coins first.
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I do not believe any more in private key safety. As two days ago I realize someone is in posses of my private key... And what is funny - I believe they stole it from Blockchain.info due to those attacks from 1/28/2014.
And Blockchain.info support is not really helping in my case.
It's because you stored a backup of your blockchain wallet in your email or dropbox, or you entered your info into one of the fake blockchain websites.
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That looks totally legit. I just recently went to a Bank of America that was run out of a back alley, definitely the real thing, I gave them my social security number and bank passwords, they're also holding my checkbook for me because they said it needed refilling.
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Are you sure you want to store your bitcoins instead of converting them to dollars?
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