This is the 3rd 131BTC wallet I'm seeing this week alone to be "missing" ... all from Chinese people...

Strangely enough I have the same wallet info but with a different hash. Same screenshot and same Addy's.

I believe the "real" wallet has a much higher value/amount of BTC as one infamous site advertise 100BTC bounty if you crack one of their hashes.
/KX

try this (datadir is where your wallet is)
python pywallet.py --dumpwallet --datadir=/tmp | \
grep addr | sort | uniq | awk -F'"' '{print $4}' > \
~/tmp/wallet_dump.txt

If you want to see the value for each address, do this
python addrep.py ~/tmp/wallet_dump.txt

/KX

You need to install ecdsa package ( https://pypi.org/project/ecdsa/0.6/ ) and twisted if you want to run the webinterface, twisted is here: https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/Downloads

When packages are installed run
"python pywallet.py --web" (runs pywallet web interface)
in a browser open "http://localhost:8989"
Follow instructions to open wallet.dat to browse it.

/KX

PS. You can also check this thread and run it on the usb stick https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=38004.0

Ok, this is his last lines from his log, the previous are just repetitive

2018-12-13T00:30:22Z UpdateTip: new best=000000000000005d97ffd8e3de49417917eece7c720534d09f167c2139918d82 height=237171 version=0x00000002 log2_work=70.087251 tx=18178591 date='2013-05-21T08:40:56Z' progress=0.050560 cache=105.3MiB(747947txo)
2018-12-13T00:30:24Z tor: Thread interrupt
2018-12-13T00:30:24Z addcon thread exit
2018-12-13T00:30:24Z torcontrol thread exit
2018-12-13T00:30:24Z Shutdown: In progress...
2018-12-13T00:30:24Z net thread exit
2018-12-13T00:30:24Z UpdateTip: new best=00000000000000d7f9fdde1cdb2230d913662746bf9eb11c87b9a97b6ae47990 height=237172 version=0x00000002 log2_work=70.087306 tx=18179155 date='2013-05-21T09:05:47Z' progress=0.050561 cache=105.3MiB(748294txo)
2018-12-13T00:30:24Z msghand thread exit
2018-12-13T00:30:25Z opencon thread exit
2018-12-13T00:30:25Z scheduler thread interrupt
2018-12-13T00:30:25Z Dumped mempool: 0s to copy, 0.064004s to dump
2018-12-13T00:30:44Z [default wallet] Releasing wallet
2018-12-13T00:30:44Z Shutdown: done

Yes, Python is required to run pywallet. The version you need is 2.7, you can find it here: https://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7/

/KX

Looking at the dump, your node is crashing after syncing at block height=237172
And it also seems your wallet.dat is corrupt or in old format.

The fastest and quick/dirty way is open the wallet.dat with nodepad (PC), texteditor(mac) or gedit (ubuntu)
Search for the string "name" and after that you should see a 34 character string starting with "1" which is most probably a bitcoin address which you can check balance online with blockchain.info

Another step I would recommend is to download pywallet from github, https://github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet which can parse the wallet for you and see what version, addresses etc. There is also a web wrapper on port 8989 so its much easier to use. If you have a PC, you can check your ip in a terminal with ipconfig, then use that ip, like 192.168.0.10 and add ":8989" in a browser and you would be able to open the wallet with a friendly interface. You would first need to run pywallet with "python pywallet.py -web" to start it. Then in a browser type "192.168.0.YOURIP:8989"

You could also try to run this command: python pywallet.py –dumpwallet -datadir="yourpath" > wallet.text --passphrase= PASSPHRASE
to try to dump it.

Third step would be to try to "fix" the wallet which is saving data which can be saved, you would need to run the bitcoin core start command in a terminal with the command option "-salvagewallet" ,it will make a dump of whatever is correct data.

If you need more in depth guidance on any above, just let me know.

/KX

If you are in Europe or could travel for the transaction, then one of the most trusted (founded 2013) is https://www.bitcoinsuisse.ch/

They run family office and OTC desk, if you need an introduction, then PM me.

/KX

bump

Still, if you need any help just send me a PM.
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I scanned it and it was absolutely no dice ...

I really appreciate you writing this program for us.

You have no idea how much closure you've brought me.

Thank You!

Brian
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Hi Brian

You should consider the following

1) If you believe the file was inside a .rar or .zip , then collect all of them and unpack them (even though the file name is not wallet.dat) the info inside the file would be not compressed when scanning.

3) Make an image of your entire drive (that would also include deleted files), call it yourdatadump

3) search for the following string 'name"' , i'ts an old trick to find addys inside bitcoin wallets (work even with encrypted wallets), then a 34 character address
   would follow after this string, this is mostly for receiving addys.

4) Try this command to find any possible BTC addys starting with 1; (this is for linux/ubuntu)
    cat yourdatadump | grep -o -w '1[123456789abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ]\{33,33\}'

5) If you believe you did write down the private key, you can search for this string
cat yourdatadump | grep -o -w '5[123456789abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ]\{50,50\}'
which is find all strings starting with 5, followed by 50 base58 characters

Good luck
/KX

Oh well, you seem very informed. Good luck then...   

You might find better luck on sites like upwork ( https://www.upwork.com/ ) or freelancer ( https://www.freelancer.com/ ) where you can see previous experience and rating. Most of your answers here are from newly created accounts.

/KX

If you run bitcoin2john.py on a wallet.dat file it outputs above line, which starts with $bitcoin$ , this is the hash to the password of your wallet.

It has NOTHING to do with your private key, so YES, its safe to send it to a wallet recovery service or whoever helps you with retrieving your password.

The private key is encrypted in the wallet file, but not included in the above hash, not even your public address is included in the hash above, just information regarding the password you used to encrypt your wallet file.

So the person who cracks the hash above with a password, will just get your password. To access your funds, you have to have the physical file, unlock it, then sync it with bitcoin-qt, and finally move funds or export private key to another wallet like electrum etc

/KX

All 3 proposed options do NOT work in this case.
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Oh yes they do....

Look here
https://www.reddit.com/r/Electrum/comments/7333qz/brute_force_to_electrum_password_reward/

Your hash should look something like this
$electrum$2*942782d00d632be27d54c1bac429a693*3b3c918cb07b4e086XXXXXXXXXX (X added to mask the real hash)

/KX

THIS WAS EDITED TO FIT below BOB123s comments

If you have the wallet.dat backupwallet file you can do the following

1) get john the ripper from github and generate a hash from the wallet or here https://www.openwall.com/john/
2) get a password dictionary, preferably rockyou.txt from here https://weakpass.com/wordlist/90
3) download hashcat, and start cracking the password yourself.  https://hashcat.net/hashcat/

Hashcat support for electrum wallets was added on Jan 26, read Jstaubes comment here https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/issues/273

This way you stay in control and can move through the password list. You can also add custom passwords and custom masks depending on your preferences from other passwords you use. There are various example of this on the hashcat wiki forum here https://hashcat.net/wiki/

Either way, good luck to restore your funds.
/KX

Transaction fees are always accountable if you do send crypto currency.

Some wallets have a predefinied cost, some ask you the speed in which you want the receiver to have their funds.

You can also see current satoshi costs and mempool size here:
https://bitcoinfees.earn.com/

/KX

If you have a wallet.dat file with forgotten password and need help with cracking the password contact us.

We can do this in various ways, even agree for paying you for the wallet file upfront if you want to split the funds differently.
(Usually our fee is 20%). You would need to provide the wallet first or using escrow service.

Contact me here with PM or send mail to help@keychainx.io

You can read more on my site http://keychainx.io or follow us on instagram https://www.instagram.com/keychain_x

 
Now also possible to recover lost bitcoin from your Nano Ledger or Trezor

//KX

You guys realize you are replying to a 7 year old post? 

Does a green apple taste better than a red?

Or why is the green apple more expensive than the red?

Its all about marketing and taste. Mac's are not better than PC's, they are just marketed better. Ripple is not better than ETH; it is just better at creating a hype.

I don't even know why Ripple is listed on coinmarketcap. To be honest there should be several sublists on coinmarketcap.

1) Crypto currencies (Bitcoin, Dash, Monero, Eth etc)
2) Stable coins (USDT, Gemini Dollar etc
3) Ripple, EOS (all those centralized digital tokens)

/KX

It doesnt matter if you call it utility token, security token, ICO , STO or whatever. As long as you are raising money above a specific threshold there are regulatory rules.

Ethereum put all this upside down when someone invented ICOs which is basically an IPO but with no guarantee, no regulation and no backup in real assets. it created the classical tulip mania.

If you want to sell something to a small group of people (max 99) and raise less than 1 million EURO, you dont need any prospectus and not to have any license (in EU). It doesnt matter if its shares in a corporation, a bitcoin fund, or a ICO or security token offering (STO). As soon as you go above the threshold you need to create a prospectus and a lot of rules comes into place.

For many reasona STOs will go the same way ICOs did, and probably there will be another three letter combination hype in 2019. (SCO)

/KX

Thats what we ended up doing, but its quite expensive to pay 40-50 USD for an lcd that should cost 5

For unknown reasons, got back a reply from Ledger HQ in Paris, telling me they do not sell parts

/KX