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March 08, 2015, 11:54:00 AM |
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I have recovered about 20 old wallet.dat files from a hard drive, some are bitcoin wallets, some are altcoin wallets (don't remember which is which, and which altcoins...) some are encrypted, some might be corrupted.
So what are my options to recover them? install every client and try to import every wallet with each client?
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March 08, 2015, 12:54:26 PM |
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It used to be possible to import Bitcoin wallet.dats at blockchain.info. The rest - don't know.
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unamis76
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March 08, 2015, 01:11:11 PM |
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You can use a tool like pywallet to "scan" for addresses and private keys inside the wallet. That way you'll know to which coin they belong to
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someone2 (OP)
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March 08, 2015, 04:54:57 PM |
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hmm, no Luck pywallet always tells me to quit bitcoin:
C:\New>D:\Python27\python.exe C:\New\pywallet.py --datadir C:\\New --dumpwallet ERROR:root:Couldn't open wallet.dat/main. Try quitting Bitcoin and running this again.
but there is no Bitcoin installed on this PC.
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March 08, 2015, 06:38:39 PM |
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hmm, no Luck pywallet always tells me to quit bitcoin:
C:\New>D:\Python27\python.exe C:\New\pywallet.py --datadir C:\\New --dumpwallet ERROR:root:Couldn't open wallet.dat/main. Try quitting Bitcoin and running this again.
but there is no Bitcoin installed on this PC.
Try copying wallet.dat to the same folder as pywallet. Or at least the same drive.
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March 08, 2015, 07:11:16 PM |
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It used to be possible to import Bitcoin wallet.dats at blockchain.info. The rest - don't know.
You can still import wallet.dats at Blockchain. I have recovered about 20 old wallet.dat files from a hard drive, some are bitcoin wallets, some are altcoin wallets (don't remember which is which, and which altcoins...) some are encrypted, some might be corrupted.
So what are my options to recover them? install every client and try to import every wallet with each client?
Try importing wallet.dat on BC you might find the bitcoin wallet.dat https://blockchain.info/wallet/import-wallet
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unamis76
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March 08, 2015, 07:25:44 PM |
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hmm, no Luck pywallet always tells me to quit bitcoin:
C:\New>D:\Python27\python.exe C:\New\pywallet.py --datadir C:\\New --dumpwallet ERROR:root:Couldn't open wallet.dat/main. Try quitting Bitcoin and running this again.
but there is no Bitcoin installed on this PC.
Pretty strange, do you have your wallet on the default folder? That's where pywallet scans for files. Create a Bitcoin folder on %appdata% and put the wallet.dat there.
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someone2 (OP)
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March 08, 2015, 11:44:18 PM |
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Create a Bitcoin folder on %appdata% and put the wallet.dat there.
Did exactly this and Pywallet could scan 3 of my wallets, (all empty bitcoin wallets ...) So the rest would be corrupted? Is there any documentation about the wallet.dat file format, or do I have to read the code to understand it?
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March 08, 2015, 11:55:02 PM |
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Pywallet should work for Bitcoin but not for the others, also you can only extract things if unencrypted or you know the PW.
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March 09, 2015, 12:29:54 AM |
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Create a Bitcoin folder on %appdata% and put the wallet.dat there.
Did exactly this and Pywallet could scan 3 of my wallets, (all empty bitcoin wallets ...) So the rest would be corrupted? Is there any documentation about the wallet.dat file format, or do I have to read the code to understand it? You should check them for CLAM[1], maybe the wallet had something left when they were distributed. [1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=623147.0
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March 09, 2015, 12:32:23 AM |
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Create a Bitcoin folder on %appdata% and put the wallet.dat there.
Did exactly this and Pywallet could scan 3 of my wallets, (all empty bitcoin wallets ...) So the rest would be corrupted? Is there any documentation about the wallet.dat file format, or do I have to read the code to understand it? You should check them for CLAM[1], maybe the wallet had something left when they were distributed. [1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=623147.0Yes, but I think he is far away from the point of even accesing them in the first place.
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March 10, 2015, 12:05:17 PM |
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you can use python tools to extract the addresses
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March 11, 2015, 01:33:49 AM |
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If the wallet is encrypted with a password and you do not know the password it is pretty much worthless to try and import it now. You will need to wait until computers are able to crack passwords at a crazy rate. It can take you years just to figure out a 8 letter passcode.
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April 01, 2015, 05:36:43 PM |
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It used to be possible to import Bitcoin wallet.dats at blockchain.info. The rest - don't know.
You can still import wallet.dats at Blockchain. I have recovered about 20 old wallet.dat files from a hard drive, some are bitcoin wallets, some are altcoin wallets (don't remember which is which, and which altcoins...) some are encrypted, some might be corrupted.
So what are my options to recover them? install every client and try to import every wallet with each client?
Try importing wallet.dat on BC you might find the bitcoin wallet.dat https://blockchain.info/wallet/import-walletThanks for your direction ! This is the first time I know about this.
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April 02, 2015, 02:17:22 PM |
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It used to be possible to import Bitcoin wallet.dats at blockchain.info. The rest - don't know.
You can still import wallet.dats at Blockchain. I have recovered about 20 old wallet.dat files from a hard drive, some are bitcoin wallets, some are altcoin wallets (don't remember which is which, and which altcoins...) some are encrypted, some might be corrupted.
So what are my options to recover them? install every client and try to import every wallet with each client?
Try importing wallet.dat on BC you might find the bitcoin wallet.dat https://blockchain.info/wallet/import-walletThanks for your direction ! This is the first time I know about this. Oh ! I am too. I am newbie about crypto currency so I just know a little about Bitcoin wallet even I still have not yet known how to use it well. This is the first time I know this. Thanks for great information !
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