Bought some Ethereum before release, how can i activate? .json file WILL TIP!

[gloryninja]

hello,

Ok... i purchased some Ethereum when the pre-sale was on... i got my wallet file or the file i downloaded but i did not activate it yet. Is it still too late?

 file name is ethereum-wallet-f19a9d44****************37faf41ef82e205f64.json

have been away for a quite a while and realise i bought enough eth to buy a new car :O

i will tip who ever can help me!

[gloryninja]

I have quite a few so will give generous tip to who ever can help me redeem my coins

[Johny Depp]

hello,

Ok... i purchased some Ethereum when the pre-sale was on... i got my wallet file or the file i downloaded but i did not activate it yet. Is it still too late?

 file name is ethereum-wallet-f19a9d44****************37faf41ef82e205f64.json

have been away for a quite a while and realise i bought enough eth to buy a new car :O

i will tip who ever can help me!

With the ether address, u may check your balance here...

https://www.ethereum.org/ether

You may also check this subheading in the above link - Importing from the presale wallet.

Also, these might help to import & use presale ethers - https://ethereumwallet.com, https://www.myetherwallet.com

My Ether Address: 0xf5b070cac54304a398af82838d4f31695c384888

[calkob]

Check out this site you just upload the json file and your done, this site is fully trusted and i have used it myself.  check it out first if your not sure ask on the ethereum forums.  hope this helps

https://www.myetherwallet.com/#send-transaction


my wallet incase your feeling generous.....

0x1f1944f1519b498d827ddcf0d18e3a8ba9d9b2a3

[calkob]

i would stay clear of https://ethereumwallet.com/ still very buggy

[gloryninja]

so i kind of forgot my password .... any way around it.?  i will stick to my promise who ever can help me as i got quite a lot.

[calkob]

so i kind of forgot my password .... any way around it.?  i will stick to my promise who ever can help me as i got quite a lot.

I hate to break it to ya but i fear your screwed if you have forgotten your password......

trying every password you have ever used is prob your only chance, other than some sort of brute force software.  unfortuanatly that is as far as i can go man. best of luck with it 

[gloryninja]

so i kind of forgot my password .... any way around it.?  i will stick to my promise who ever can help me as i got quite a lot.

I hate to break it to ya but i fear your screwed if you have forgotten your password......

trying every password you have ever used is prob your only chance, other than some sort of brute force software.  unfortuanatly that is as far as i can go man. best of luck with it 

thanks man. When i get it sorted... ill hook you up for the effort

[calkob]

found this post this morning might be useful:  also here are the original requirments: greater than or equal to 8 chars, at least one of of each: uppercase,lowercase,number,symbol; no inclusion of strings from a dictionary of most frequently used passwords

Hi guys. Here are the standard steps that we offer from helpdesk on password recovery:

If you need help jogging your memory, you can visit our old sale site at: https://stage.ethereum.org -- this sometimes helps if you have a standard algorithm that you use for generating passwords without a password generator.

For brute-force password recovery, you can try using https://github.com/burjorjee/pyethrecover (requires Python and the bitcoin package from python-pip). If you know at least part of your password, you can use this program to automate the testing of permutations of your known password characters (just add them all to a text file).

The forked version of pyethrecover (linked above) does offer some options for generating permutations around known blocks of your password; try that tool. We don't yet have a tool that will generate a dictionary list of possible password combinations; I'll look around for something useful.

[stoat]

Sell now and buy a new car or wait 6 months and buy a new car every 4 months from the staking fees.

[vlom]

so i kind of forgot my password .... any way around it.?  i will stick to my promise who ever can help me as i got quite a lot.

ahh, you want to steal ETH from who? sorry but this really sounds suspicious.

otherwise everything you need to know (after you found the PW:

https://www.ethereum.org/ether

[LucyLovesCrypto]

so i kind of forgot my password .... any way around it.?  i will stick to my promise who ever can help me as i got quite a lot.

ahh, you want to steal ETH from who? sorry but this really sounds suspicious.

otherwise everything you need to know (after you found the PW:

https://www.ethereum.org/ether

If he is trying to steal it from someone hopefully they have a very strong password. If this request is legitimate then you are probably out of luck.

Always encrypt and back up your passwords someplace safe!

[gloryninja]

So me asking help to retrieve my ethereum coins i bought from pre-sale long time ago suddenly becomes the topic of thievery? i mean... i been here long enough, just been away for nearly a year but do not accuse me of such silliness. 

I do not even know how it can be stolen? If someone has my .json file then im screwed but this is the crypto world... the other person owns it now.

But i have proof of purchase anyways but why bother showing. If someone truly can help me retrieve this or help me think back during the pre sale , i will show you my email confirmation and what ever else.

[achow101]

So me asking help to retrieve my ethereum coins i bought from pre-sale long time ago suddenly becomes the topic of thievery? i mean... i been here long enough, just been away for nearly a year but do not accuse me of such silliness. 

I do not even know how it can be stolen? If someone has my .json file then im screwed but this is the crypto world... the other person owns it now.

But i have proof of purchase anyways but why bother showing. If someone truly can help me retrieve this or help me think back during the pre sale , i will show you my email confirmation and what ever else.

Install the wallet software with these instructions: https://ethereum.gitbooks.io/frontier-guide/content/platforms.html
Then follow the instructions here: https://ethereum.gitbooks.io/frontier-guide/content/wallet.html to import the wallet.

[gloryninja]

Sell now and buy a new car or wait 6 months and buy a new car every 4 months from the staking fees.

You bring out a good point... i need to catch up on the progress of this coin!

[sofu]

hello,

Ok... i purchased some Ethereum when the pre-sale was on... i got my wallet file or the file i downloaded but i did not activate it yet. Is it still too late?

 file name is ethereum-wallet-f19a9d44****************37faf41ef82e205f64.json

have been away for a quite a while and realise i bought enough eth to buy a new car :O

i will tip who ever can help me!

https://www.kraken.com/ether

[gloryninja]

During the password phase on the pre sale... did they randomly generate a PW for us or did we get the chance to chose our own PW?

[sofu]

During the password phase on the pre sale... did they randomly generate a PW for us or did we get the chance to chose our own PW?

You chosed you own password

maybe this will help https://github.com/burjorjee/pyethrecover

[noobtrader]

During the password phase on the pre sale... did they randomly generate a PW for us or did we get the chance to chose our own PW?

im sure you set it yourself on the web when you buy presale. then you get the wallet from email... how come you forgot

[gloryninja]

Got the help! i PMED the person who sorted it out for me... ready to send tip tippy tip!

also... everyone! buy ether before its too late!!! :O:O:O