Found old bitcoin wallet.dat

[zirt]

The wallet can be opened in Bitcoin Core without you having to synchronize the chain. As soon as you open Bitcoin Core, pause the network download (there's a toggle). Then go into Receiving addresses and copy/paste them. Then check them in any blockchain explorer.

Thanks,
If this is exact it s what I did, and each of the wallet have only 1, and the same receiving address, and explorers shows this adress as empty. So no money for me for this time, right?
Thank you for your help!

[zirt]

When I go in menu "File", then "Receving address..." it displays me an address like this :
https://gyazo.com/af27d73a150ffd936427964e2332c947
I checked on blockchain.info explorer and there is no bitcoin in it.
Does this mean there is no btc at all then no need to download the blockchain? (even with param prune it's slow)
Thank you for your help.

PS : again, bitcoin core is not synched

[Lauda]

Thanks,
If this is exact it s what I did, and each of the wallet have only 1, and the same receiving address, and explorers shows this adress as empty. So no money for me for this time, right?
Thank you for your help!

1) Bitcoin Core will show a balance of 0 until it has been synchronized.
2) If the Bitcoin is on one of the addresses (how many wallets/addresses are we talking about), then this should be visible on any explorer.
3)

(even with param prune it's slow)

Pruning takes exactly the same amount of time (well, almost) as normal synchronization and requires you to download and validate ~145 GB.

[zirt]

Thanks
Then when I see this (same for all wallet.dat), it means only 1 address in the wallet. Then i check on an explorer and that's it?
Thank you

https://gyazo.com/af27d73a150ffd936427964e2332c947

[Lauda]

Then when I see this (same for all wallet.dat), it means only 1 address in the wallet. Then i check on an explorer and that's it?

I would say yes, that is the expected behavior. I can't fully confirm it with a fresh test though. Have you found your money yet?