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1  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: Encrypted wallet.dat, lost password, any solutions? on: March 09, 2014, 06:49:02 PM
Hey guys,

I wanted to share my recent experience for people having a lost Multibit password.  I am very new to this cryptocoin world.  Upon a friend's recommendation I got a Multibit wallet, encrypted it, and started mining.  Of course I made up a different type of password than I normally use for added security, and after 20 days of mining I went to cash out my 1 bitcoin and had forgotten the password.  Didn't write it down or store it anywhere... whoops!  After searching the net and these forums., it seems like the Multibit wallets are the hardest to hack with the scripts found in this thread (great for your security, bad if you forget your own info!).  I'm clueless at programming, and after doing the usual suggested things (going back to where you put the password in, going to relax and hope it comes to you, and trying to brute force it with things you think you might have put/errors you could have made/extra char's/spaces/caps/nearby character errors, etc.) I had pretty much written my coin off.  

I had read about a guy named Dave at www.walletrecoveryservices.com and figured sending him my wallet info was worth a shot, since the worst case scenario would be losing my coin, which I had already essentially managed to do anyway.  After a couple days Dave was able to break into my wallet using the info I thought I knew about the password.  He then took his 20% fee, as we had agreed upon, and sent me the password to recover the remaining balance of my coins.  He could have taken the entirety of the wallet but he was fair and honest in the transaction.  If you're out of options, losing 20% of your wallet is a lot better than losing 100%  I'm really grateful to Dave for getting my coin back so I figured I should let the community know about my experience.  If you have any questions feel free to message me.

Gary


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