Looking to buy 1-2 Bitcoin for GBP, preferably UK Bank Transfer. Please PM or post any offers. Many thanks

5 bitcoin received in good time with good communication throughout. Thanks will trade again in future.

Bought 5 Bitcoin off this chap. All received ok, there was a delay in receiving the Bitcoins after I had paid but in fairness it was over the Christmas period and he seems an honest seller. Would be willing to trade again.

Yes this makes perfect sense as there was 1 BC showing in the account when I loaded backup instead of the 5 that should have been there. As you state the 1 bitcoin would have been the independent 'tester' transaction. So it is the 'change' I have lost form the 9 bitcoin transaction. So it seems the only way possible to recover the 5 bitcoin change is to remember (I wish!) or crack the encrypted password.

I am cursing my utter stupidity to have lost such a thing. I was sure I thought I knew what it was but have tried it so many times now and still no joy.

Unless I can crack this passphrase I think maybe I have to give up and start again!

Hi DannyHamilton. Sorry I just saw your reply after making my last post. Yes this is exactly my line of thinking. I did see a thread in here on another section which was about a similar thing. I believe my password would have been around 10-12 characters total. I know the words and numbers that I would have used but cannot remember combination!
I have limited knowledge in this area unfortunately and I could not understand howto implement and execute such a thing in windows. Would likely need some sort of 'idiots guide' (the idiot being me of course)
 

Hi psy thanks for your reply. I seem to have the exact problem you mention as I am in my wallet and I can see the 2 incoming transactions of 1 and 9 bitcoin from when i set up my bitcoin wallet. This is correct as somebody transferred 10 bitcoins to me originally in that exact format, 1 bitcoin as a test I had it setup ok and could receive bitcoin, then sent me the other 9 once i confirmed everything was ok.
Like you say though I had made a transaction since that outgoing but it is showing as the full 9 bitcoin had been transferred out when I only transferred 4!
Is it that this 5 bitcoin is permanently lost now? I have a copy of my encrypted wallet.dat that I do not know passphrase for. Is it possible me to brute force exploit/crack this in any way as I know roughly what letters and numbers I used when i set the passphrase just cannot remember correct combination. Have tried so many times.
I know it seems a lot of hassle over 5 bitcoin (£40), it is just I do not like to lose money (of any currency)!  

Hi Motoma and thanks very much for your reply. I had not deleted any of the block chain files so I will try this now and see what the result is. Thanks once again for your help. I will reply back if I am successful or not.

Hi all, relatively new to the forum and I think it is only possible for me to post in this section at present.

Experiencing some difficulties unfortunately! Really hoping someone maybe kind enough to offer some advice. I'll try and describe my situation as best as possible. New to the whole Bitcoin thing. I had a Bitcoin account setup on my PC running Windows 7. Made a backup of my wallet.dat which i have safe. This backup was made before I encrypted the wallet I'm pretty sure. Unfortunately I clicked the encrypt wallet a few weeks/months ago set a passphrase but didn't back it up again at this point I don't think.

I am in the terribly embarrassing situation of having forgotten my passphrase. I know roughly the letters and characters I used, but have tried repeatedly to find it but no luck! I was sure I had recorded it somewhere have searched the house but still to no avail.

I tried renaming my wallet.dat to another name and restoring a backup of my original wallet.dat (before encryption) it loads the wallet but there is no bitcoins showing in there and the transaction history doesn't make sense (I don't recognise what is there)! I think i may have lost my Bitcoins

Any help would be really appreciated. I'm sorry there was only about 5 bitcoins in the wallet, so can't really pay anyone a substantial amount to help me. Its more a matter of principal now! 

 

Hi, new member here with an interest in Bitcoin. Am looking to trade with some members on the site, as have been having difficulty finding a straightforward way to purchase Bitcoin in the UK at current time. Unfortunately due to access restrictions can't seem to PM or post in most threads. Was hoping this could be lifted. Certainly have no intention of spam etc. Look forward to becoming part of the community. Cheers.