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1  Bitcoin / Wallet software / Re: Alternative methods to transfer BTC from an old Coinbase multisig Vault on: February 07, 2023, 06:02:01 AM
I tried running the modified script that Andrew Chow posted, however, it appears that the pybitcointools library has been deprecated.

At this point, I'm open to trying the forked Coinbase recovery tool, though I'm not entirely certain how to run the tool locally. I'll try to figure it out myself how to do so, but any simple guidance you could provide would be greatly appreciated as well.


Edit: I was able to successfully recover the funds from my old Coinbase multisig vault using the forked Coinbase tool (for anyone's reference: https://github.com/dlajarretie/multisig-tool)

Thanks again for your help through all this, o_e_l_e_o
2  Bitcoin / Wallet software / Re: Alternative methods to transfer BTC from an old Coinbase multisig Vault on: January 26, 2023, 08:58:13 PM
Ok. This is where things unfortunately are going to get rather complicated. Looking in to it a bit more, it appears that Coinbase don't just use the WIFs they give as normal WIFs like any other wallet does to generate a single private key. Instead, they use the WIFs to generate a seed to then generate a master private key. This is a very weird way of doing things and I'm not aware of any other wallet or service which does this.

You have two option. The first is more secure but much more complicated. It will involve your airgapped computer, installing Linux, installing various Python tools, using those tools to decrypt your BIP38 encrypted key, and then following the instructions here (with a little modification) to generate your two xprvs, before using those two xprvs and your other xpub to recreate your vault in a wallet such as Electrum.

The second option is far easier, but not as secure. There is a fork of Coinbase's vault tool here (https://github.com/dlajarretie/multisig-tool) which replaces the now defunct BitPay API with BlockCypher's API which is still working just fine. However, I've never used this myself so cannot vouch for it. I've skimmed the code and it looks fine, but you will still be importing all your private keys on to an online computer with internet access, which is always a risk.

I'm open to trying the Python script approach. Regarding the modification you mentioned, are you simply referring to replacing the USER_PUB and USER_SEED values in the script? Assuming the case, then I feel reasonably confident with the first approach. In any case, I'll try the first approach and let you know whether I'm able to successfully restore the wallet using Electrum afterwards.
3  Bitcoin / Wallet software / Re: Alternative methods to transfer BTC from an old Coinbase multisig Vault on: January 25, 2023, 06:00:26 AM
1. To your first question, yes, the encrypted shared seed begins with the characters "6P".
2. To your second question, the user seed begins with the character "L" and it is 52 characters long.
Great. I think this should be relative straightforward then, although since I've never used Coinbase vaults myself I can't confirm for certain.

Your key which starts with "L" and is 52 characters long is a compressed private key in the wallet import format (WIF).

Your encrypted shared seed which begins with 6P is an encrypted private key which uses the BIP38 standard. All BIP38 encrypted keys start with 6P. When you decrypt this with your password, it should (hopefully) provide you with a second key which mirrors your other one - starting with "L" and 52 characters long.

The combination of these two private keys alongside the third Coinbase public key should be enough to recover your wallet. We might hit a stumbling block regarding individual addresses or derivation paths, but we can cross that bridge when we get to it.

Next question: What format is the Coinbase public key in? Does it start with something like "xpub" or does it start with "02", "03", or "04"?

For the next steps, you are going to need to start importing these keys in to a wallet or other software. Doing this on a computer with internet access brings risk of your keys being compromised. Do you have a spare computer or laptop which you can disconnect and do the next steps offline?

1. To your first question, the Coinbase public key begins with the characters "xpub"
2. To your second question, yes I do have a spare laptop I can use.

Additionally, if it is of help, see below the vault Coinbase multisig vault wallet configuration information below.

Multisig P2SH addresses: BIP16
HD wallets: BIP32
Seed format: Bitcoin private key in WIF
Seed encryption: BIP 38
Seed to BIP32 wallet: BitcoinJS
Order of pubkeys in P2SH: lexicographical
BIP32 paths: m/n (m/0, m/1, ...)
4  Bitcoin / Wallet software / Re: Alternative methods to transfer BTC from an old Coinbase multisig Vault on: January 24, 2023, 05:27:30 AM
Therefore, my question is, what are some other alternative methods to access the funds in my legacy Coinbase Vault 2/3 multisig wallet? Note, that the options should be prioritized in terms of technical complexity, with less technical methods preferred.
Have you by any chance tried contacting Coinbase exchange and BitPay support for help?
Coinbase probably removed all vaults since 2018 but I see they still have page about that multisig vault available on their website, so they could help you to overcome unavailable Bitpay API.
https://www.coinbase.com/blog/multisig-vaults-on-coinbase

You can also download files and tried doing everything locally instead web tool, just follow this instructions:
https://github.com/coinbase/multisig-tool

Yes, I tried contacting support but they were unable to provide any help, they simply just referred me to the 2018 Coinbase blog re: discontinuing support for the multisig vault tool. And I'm fairly certain the issue has to do with the Bitpay Insights api endpoint referenced in the code--as it appears to no longer be maintained (i.e. SSL handshake error). As such, I would prefer to access the funds using a regular wallet application vs. potentially running into issues trying to fix the code in the Coinbase recovery tool myself.
5  Bitcoin / Wallet software / Re: Alternative methods to transfer BTC from an old Coinbase multisig Vault on: January 24, 2023, 05:21:07 AM
I remember trying to help the user in that quoted thread at the time. If I remember correctly, he told me in another thread that his encrypted shared seed began with the characters "6P". Is this the case for you? Two additional questions regarding your user seed. Does it start with "5", "K" or "L", and is it 51 or 52 characters long?

If the answer to all those questions is yes, then it should be fairly easy to recover your vault in a wallet such as Electrum. If not, then we'll need to figure out exactly what format your two seeds are taking.

1. To your first question, yes, the encrypted shared seed begins with the characters "6P".
2. To your second question, the user seed begins with the character "L" and it is 52 characters long.

I greatly appreciate your help.
6  Bitcoin / Wallet software / Alternative methods to transfer BTC from an old Coinbase multisig Vault on: January 20, 2023, 07:39:07 PM
Issue: I am trying to access funds I had stored in a legacy Coinbase Vault 2/3 multisig wallet using the Coinbase multisig recovery tool (https://coinbase.github.io/multisig-tool/) . I have all of the necessary information to access the wallet, including the Coinbase xpubkey, the Shared xpubkey and the User xpubkey. Additionally, I have both the User seed and the Shared seed (encrypted) including the password.

However, I am encountering an issue with the recovery tool whereby the Vault wallet balance is not displaying upon entering in the xpubkeys in Step 1. Upon further research, it appears that there is an issue with the recovery tool referencing a Bitpay API endpoint that is no longer active. As such, the Coinbase multisig recovery tool is no longer functional. For reference, see the Reddit post and Bitcointalk forum post I'm referring to. Note, that I am experiencing the same issue described in the Reddit post (i.e. I have all of the necessary information to access the vault wallet).

1. https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinBeginners/comments/ndvhom/coinbase_multisig_vault_recovery_tool_wtf/
2. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5316286.0

Therefore, my question is, what are some other alternative methods to access the funds in my legacy Coinbase Vault 2/3 multisig wallet? Note, that the options should be prioritized in terms of technical complexity, with less technical methods preferred.

Thanks
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