Lealana bitcoins wallet key lookup

[tarzan2]

so i just purchased a bunch of lealana unfunded 2013 physical bitcoins.. they have partial addresses view able on the front like 12CBvVtq but no block explorer that i can find can give me the full address so i can fund them myself.. anyone got a clue?

[pooya87]

i found this thread on bitcointalk: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=315440.0
maybe you can ask the OP, or in that thread.

but you can not find a bitcoin address just by having the 8 first characters, that is for sure.

[alexpeterson91]

i found this thread on bitcointalk: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=315440.0
maybe you can ask the OP, or in that thread.

but you can not find a bitcoin address just by having the 8 first characters, that is for sure.

The 8-character code you see on the outside of the coin is the first eight characters of the Bitcoin address assigned specifically to that coin.  You can verify the coin's balance on Block Explorer.  There is a mathematical relationship between the Bitcoin address and the private key inside the coin. The digital bitcoin is actually located on the public "block chain" stored on the internet, but it is completely inaccessible to anyone unless the private key from the coin is loaded into a Bitcoin wallet.

From https://www.casascius.com/

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mini_private_key_format

[tarzan2]

i found this thread on bitcointalk: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=315440.0
maybe you can ask the OP, or in that thread.

but you can not find a bitcoin address just by having the 8 first characters, that is for sure.

The 8-character code you see on the outside of the coin is the first eight characters of the Bitcoin address assigned specifically to that coin.  You can verify the coin's balance on Block Explorer.  There is a mathematical relationship between the Bitcoin address and the private key inside the coin. The digital bitcoin is actually located on the public "block chain" stored on the internet, but it is completely inaccessible to anyone unless the private key from the coin is loaded into a Bitcoin wallet.

From https://www.casascius.com/

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mini_private_key_format

its not the private key im getting at.. obviously i could peel off the holograms and get those.. i simply want to know the wallet addresses so i can load them, i dont know how to get that from the trunctuated 8 key coded on the back.. the block explorer linked in casascius does not work for this.. i truly have no idea

[snarlpill]

I know blockr.io works for First Bits lookups of addresses that have had a transaction, but probably won't find the addresses if they've never been funded.

You will probably have to contact the person who sold you the coins to get the full addresses. It might get trickier if they're not the first owners, but whoever bought them new should have the full addresses. If that doesn't work, contact user "smoothie" on here, as he is Lealana, or the maker of Lealana coins.

[tarzan2]

I know blockr.io works for First Bits lookups of addresses that have had a transaction, but probably won't find the addresses if they've never been funded.

You will probably have to contact the person who sold you the coins to get the full addresses. It might get trickier if they're not the first owners, but whoever bought them new should have the full addresses. If that doesn't work, contact user "smoothie" on here, as he is Lealana, or the maker of Lealana coins.

figures, i thought that might be the case.. i wonder if smoothie still has the addresses from 2013- i hope so!
thanx