I got it!! It worked!! ahhh!!!!!!!!!!!

I was so close, yes I had put together my own custom lists first using excel, then I used the mask function and mask processor.  I created a few hundred million possibilities and they didn't work.  I see my password now, I was extremely close.  For reference, it's not an easy password, it's a long complex password hardcoded in my brain.  I knew there had to be something small that I possibly changed when I created it, but it turns out it wasn't the type of change I was thinking, it was something else.  I created a custom rule set this morning that would have taken a few days to exhaust and still not have found it, now that I see what it is.  It's possible I eventually would have added this variable into the rules, but it wasn't in my mind for the past few days.  So, I was searching online for more info and I found this custom rule set below and it cracked the password within 11 seconds on my 1080ti and all I did was use it in combination with a small master wordlist of what I thought it should be.  Perfect timing too as I was about to order more cards today.

Thanks a ton everyone.  Hashcat is awesome!!

Here is the ruleset I used.  And thank you to the people who created this ruleset.
https://www.notsosecure.com/one-rule-to-rule-them-all/

Just a note to anyone who reads this too, I got the GPU to work in btcrecover as well and it was also fast.  GPU is disabled by default, I didn't realize that.  But hashcat still went through the lists faster.  Both are great.  

I couldn't believe it when 11 seconds later it stopped and said status "Cracked".  

For any other newbs reading this, to get full speed using rules, you are going to need to pipe it.  Read here: https://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=frequently_asked_questions#how_to_create_more_work_for_full_speed

I used windows and this is the line I entered into cmd as an example:
hashcat.exe --stdout wordlist0.txt -r rules/OneRuleToRuleThemAll.rule | hashcat.exe -m 11300 hash.txt

hash.txt being your extracted wallet hash, of course. make sure there are no spaces in the file.

Shred your wordlists and anything with your info of any part of your pass on it of course in a file shredder program when you are done.

I wish I would have known my wallet was screwed up before I sold my mining rigs.  I might have to buy some more GPUs, after I just sold them all earlier this year.  I wasn't spending funds, only depositing, so I only used the password on the initial creation of that new wallet, I was certain it was the same password as my previous wallet, but apparently it's not.  I've tried more than a few hundred million precisely created variations so far, which worries me that it might not be anything near what I thought at all.

I was just looking into that actually, you guys are awesome thanks a ton.  I just did a test run and my 1080ti flew through a list in a few minutes that my 8700k took almost a whole day.  This is fantastic, now I need to customize some hardcore lists. I really hope I can get this to work.

Hello, need help please.  I'm using btcrecover, I currently have an 8700k and it's been plenty sufficient for checking the couple million variations I made in the passwords list.  But it hasn't found my password yet and it's time to step it up in the tokens file so I need something stronger, and I'm not willing to spend more than a grand on a CPU.

Would a 2950x 24/48 or a 3950x 16/32 be faster for this program?  Logically the more cores makes sense, but I remember reading Threadripper Gen2 had an efficiency issue with the design and you can see it in the benchmarks where it severely lacks.  But at the same time it wouldn't be doing anything hardcore other than checking passwords against a wallet file.  So which would be better for this?  I know the Ryzen 9 3950x is much better as an all around daily driver, but this would be just for this purpose and sold once the wallet password is recovered.

What do you guys think?

The conclusion is here if you guys need help: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5211027.msg53409785#msg53409785

Is there a way to determine the number of characters in the wallet password?  I haven't used mine since April 2018 and for some reason the password I remember using isn't working.  I installed the btcrecovery in python and have tried a few lists of possible variations of my password up to 109k possibilities, but still nada.  If I knew how many characters it was, it would help a lot for making my password lists.  And ideas?  It's very important, of course.  I don't think anyone could have messed with it because I had the wallet.dat file backed up in a rar stored away safely.  I tried two completely different backups of the wallet file.

ditch wifi, run cords.

Please fix power limit for nvidia cards.  it doesn't work properly with the allium algo.  I just got my bill last month and it was way higher than the previous month doing the exact same thing using windows. no other changes around the house.

Also this is confirmed, when I use windows my cards run nice and coool.  When I use Hive I am having a very difficult time keeping them cool because they won't under power properly.

Thanks alani123 we do appreciate it. 

looking forward to nvidia autofans option, summer is here and could definitely use it  hot days and cool nights, would save many fan cycles being able to slow down at night.  and would help having auto during the day also to maintain target temp.  but don't want fan speeds going over 70-80%.

What do you guys run you cards at in the summer?  What is safe 24/7?  Mine ran nice and cool in the winter but it's warming up now.  Have too many cards for AC, so I use exchange with outside air.  For 1070ti's and 1080ti's

Pretty sure you only have to do it the first time on older versions.  But there is this now.

Regardless, as long as people are mining and trading the coin it isn't dead.  If you don't want to deal with the thread then just lock it.  Titling it "dead" is misleading and unprofessional.

It makes sense to just lock the thread and point to the other thread if one doesn't want to deal with it. Labeling the thread Dead will just confuse people.

Official Thread
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2893116.0

Could you please just state that in the first post then and remove the dead from the title.

or at least then lock the thread and have it point to the other one.

Thank you.

Must run intensity 18 or less to avoid power peak issues.  18 is still plenty fast enough and power draw is smooth.

do we have to install the new images fresh or can we just click update?

That would be fantastic. new settings of; min speed, max speed, and target temp would be awesome.

any update on eta for Nvidia Fan Control feature?

I recall multiple people speaking in the old chat feature that they were in the Indonesia area, which makes their statement on the site of being UK based seem sketchy.

AMD guys just go somewhere else. There's tons of coins to choose from.