Can i get my bitcoin back?

[Tricks221]

A friend of mine had some Bitcoin on his phone a couple of years ago and he's lost that phone which stored the private keys on without any other backup. We can see his balance on the blockchain and he knows his password for the private keys. Is there a way of creating the private key from the bitcoin address and the known password?

[Hatcher]

Nope.

[batang_bitcoin]

A friend of mine had some Bitcoin on his phone a couple of years ago and he's lost that phone which stored the private keys on without any other backup. We can see his balance on the blockchain and he knows his password for the private keys. Is there a way of creating the private key from the bitcoin address and the known password?

It's the keys duty to open up your treasure chest (wallet). And if you lost the keys there's no way to open it for you mate. The only possible way to recover those bitcoins is when you had recovered the phone and check the private keys and restore your wallet. This is a lesson learned, try to write your keys on a plain paper next time.

[Tricks221]

Cheers guys I thought as much, i'll break it to him gently that it's gone for good.

[equator]

Cheers guys I thought as much, i'll break it to him gently that it's gone for good.

This is the only option left for you to just go and tell him that no one can help you with recovering your bitcoin as private keys are main to rebuild the wallet and use your bitcoins. Just forget and move forward in life.

[keithers]

What type of phone was it, was there any type of cloud storage on that phone?  Since you said there is no other backup, I am assuming that means no.

Did he have 1password or any other program on that phone that could have potentially backed up and of the important files that are needed?

Those could theoretically be somewhere in the cloud if any of his apps were writing backups to dropbox or something like that...

[CuriousInvestor]

Nope...Just curious, how many bitcoins is it? lol.

[lighpulsar07]

A friend of mine had some Bitcoin on his phone a couple of years ago and he's lost that phone which stored the private keys on without any other backup. We can see his balance on the blockchain and he knows his password for the private keys. Is there a way of creating the private key from the bitcoin address and the known password?

No. Private keys is the only way to access your bitcoin but if you lost your private keys, you cannot access your address so, your coins will be lost forever. If you are thinking that you can brute force it, forget it. It will take a million years or longer before you can found your private key so, next time make a back up of your private keys..

[Tricks221]

He lost 0.58 so nothing major, he can still see the balance on the blockchain so he no doubt he'll be watching that balance grow in the future, he remembers it was worth around $110 at the time.

[Baofeng]

He lost 0.58 so nothing major, he can still see the balance on the blockchain so he no doubt he'll be watching that balance grow in the future, he remembers it was worth around $110 at the time.

.58BTC? its worth 10x by now if his initial investment is $110. And just like what others have said, you need your private keys to retrieved your friends bitcoin. I also have lost bitcoins in the past, and the only thing that cheers me up is that I can earn that bitcoin back. It will took me months though to be able to at least break even with my investment.

[macartem]

nope not yet. Easier to restore the phone

[SvenBomvolen]

Cheers guys I thought as much, i'll break it to him gently that it's gone for good.

This is the only option left for you to just go and tell him that no one can help you with recovering your bitcoin as private keys are main to rebuild the wallet and use your bitcoins. Just forget and move forward in life.

I have a similar story without the happy end. A friend of mine remind that he bought 20 BTC years ago just for fun and forgot about it, he remind about it one evening when I was talking about Bitcoin and what success it reached, and he was like: "hey man, I have some, but I don't even remember where it is blah blah"

[Arambol]

no way. Unfortunately

[cengsuwuei]

A friend of mine had some Bitcoin on his phone a couple of years ago and he's lost that phone which stored the private keys on without any other backup. We can see his balance on the blockchain and he knows his password for the private keys. Is there a way of creating the private key from the bitcoin address and the known password?

if online wallet lost private key and password you lost bitcoin, if still remember paswrod and then you can login, you can use bitcoin balance
if use coinbase i think can reset password
dekstop wallet lost private key you lost bitcoin and never back again

[john2231]

First i think you must share first if what actually the software or wallet you are using in the phone i don't see any wallet name you mention above.. i just clarify that what wallet you are using if you are using a wallet that can recover even in email account you can recover your wallet in other phone..
But if you using a wallet without adding an email and only gives seeds  and private key for recover and you are not holding it.
Expect that there are no ways to recover your bitcoin except if you can get your phone back..

[LouVandetta]

Sadly it's a no.
Just kindly tell your friend to let it go and forget about it.
Take this as a lesson, so in the future he will have a backup beforehand.

And it was around BTC.58? wow, that's a lot you know.

[BurstIncomeAsset]

Really no way to recover the phone?

If reverse a public key would be possible for us, then there would not be Bitcoin anymore by now.

[jualidbitmixer]

A friend of mine had some Bitcoin on his phone a couple of years ago and he's lost that phone which stored the private keys on without any other backup. We can see his balance on the blockchain and he knows his password for the private keys. Is there a way of creating the private key from the bitcoin address and the known password?

I don't think you can open that wallet anymore mate, it's different if you use web wallet like blockchain, you can easily clcik the forget one to email, the last time i forgot my wallet is using that and it works, i don't know about know though, so CMIIW.

[Vasilije69]

I think there is no possibilty to do such a thing. Tell him to start posting here or maybe invest in some cryptocurrencies. He won't be sorry for that

[carlfebz2]

A friend of mine had some Bitcoin on his phone a couple of years ago and he's lost that phone which stored the private keys on without any other backup. We can see his balance on the blockchain and he knows his password for the private keys. Is there a way of creating the private key from the bitcoin address and the known password?

No you cant get it back, once you lose the keys then its lost forever and the one who have possible access is the one who holds the phone.If hes knowledgeable he would would anytime get those coins and steal it.Its just an easy money for him. Theres no way to create another private key on that wallet and this is how bitcoin works. 1 address= 1 unique key, once lost then say goodbye completely into your bitcoin.