Pywallet 2.2: manage your wallet [Update required]

[Muhammed Zakir]

Out of curiosity: how can I calculate the version of a coin? As far as I've read, it has to do with the public address... but can't seem to find a way to see the version of a specific crypto.

http://btpp.jampa.eu/get_coin_version/?address=Xg7DzZQt3Fax69ozwJreFAmiBHxVoWWroc


It's just the first byte of DecodeBase58Check(address)

Thank you! Which Python should I use? 3.4.1 or 2.7.8 ? Which one are you using?

  ~~MZ~~

Pywallet runs only with 2.x but DecodeBase58Check should work with 3

Okay! When I read the comparison table of Python 2.7 and 3, I think 3 is bit better but still most of them are non-compatible with 3. So, will Pywallet be compatible with 3 in future?

  ~~MZ~~

[jackjack]

Out of curiosity: how can I calculate the version of a coin? As far as I've read, it has to do with the public address... but can't seem to find a way to see the version of a specific crypto.

http://btpp.jampa.eu/get_coin_version/?address=Xg7DzZQt3Fax69ozwJreFAmiBHxVoWWroc


It's just the first byte of DecodeBase58Check(address)

Thank you! Which Python should I use? 3.4.1 or 2.7.8 ? Which one are you using?

  ~~MZ~~

Pywallet runs only with 2.x but DecodeBase58Check should work with 3

Okay! When I read the comparison table of Python 2.7 and 3, I think 3 is bit better but still most of them are non-compatible with 3. So, will Pywallet be compatible with 3 in future?

  ~~MZ~~

Not in the near future, I don't have much free time and I prefer focusing on fixes and features

[superresistant]

 
Just to be sure.

Pywallet need Bitcoin Core right ?

[Muhammed Zakir]

Just to be sure.

Pywallet need Bitcoin Core right ?

Yes, but I think it can be used for wallet.dat by changing the directory, I am not sure about it though.

   ~~MZ~~

[unamis76]

Just to be sure.

Pywallet need Bitcoin Core right ?

It does not, it can be used standalone.

[sbrzol]

I recovered my bitcoin qt (0.85,32bit) wallet.dat (999 424 bytes) with pywallet in June. (salvage error)
I used the same password/passphrase at recovery.
i installed Armory but probably not created any wallet with it (no entry in armory log and no .wallet on my computer)
I installed Bitcon Core (64 bit), probably that caused the salvage error that i copied my wallet.dat file  :  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=667168.msg7534327#msg7534327
The bitcoin core/armory/0.85 datadir changed many times , because i have no enough space on C.
Last week i opened Bitcoin (probably bitcoin Core, not the 0.85) but got an "error salvage" again, i replaced the wallet.dat (999 424 bytes, corrupt file) with another wallet.dat i have found (712 704 bytes) and the Bitcoin Core opened, but i was not able to send btc because my passphare is wrong

I recovered the corrupted wallet.dat (999 424 bytes) again the same way earlier but this new wallet.dat is only 278 528 bytes  (more less than 712 704 bytes, i have found earlier, i do not understand why is 500 000 bytes difference between these 2 wallat.dat , should be about the same )  i could load it into bitcoin core but i cant send any bitcoin , passphrase is incorrect ,   available balance shows that probably i did not make any new transaction ( i use the passphrase that i set at pywallet dump recovery , i cant imagine that i modifed passphrase or reencrypted my wallet with bitcoin qt after it loaded)

I tried to recover wallet.dat (712 704 bytes) with pywallet, but the passphrase is wrong.

What is happening here?      

I am sure (99%) that i gave the same passphrase at my first recovery, and after i recoverd my wallet.dat 99% that i did not make any transaction , so probably i would not have been able to make any transaction in June too with this recovered wallet too.

1% is that i gave another passphrase than earlier, i tried at least 50 passwords, but none of them was good,  earlier i used 12 characters , which is only 6 but repeated twice
(What is the shortest lenght for passphrase?   if 12 then my (new) password is only 6 but  repeated  twice )

please give me some hint , thx

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=56424.msg9263763#msg9263763    
here i have another 3 posts , first time i thought it was Armory but now i am not sure about it.

i found this topic to https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=790407.0  Bitcoin Core won't take my passphrase
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=646449.0   Bitcoin-qt Passphrase stopped working after clone/ghost of hard drive

[davo]

Hello i have a question,


i have a corrupt wallet.dat file with coins in it. and i like to get them back.
now i also have a wallet that's working very good, now for  a test i copied the wallet.dat from appdata to my C:
now i have done this:

Install Python 2.7 and download pywallet to your c:\ drive.
Copy wallet.dat file to c:\
Open a Command Prompt and type:
C:\>pywallet.py --dumpwallet --datadir c:\  --wallet=wallet.dat --recover --recov_device=c:\wallet.dat --recov_size=416Gio --recov_outputdir=F:\
It should extract all the keys to a new wallet on F:\ Copy the new wallet.dat to the c:\users\USERNAME\Appdata\Roaming\Bitcoin folder


when i have done that i have those files on my F: drive:
pywallet_partial_recovery_1413857812.dat
recovered_wallet_1413857869.dat
log.0000000001
__db.006
__db.005
__db.004
__db.003
__db.002
__db.001


then i copied all the files to my \appdata
i renamed: recovered_wallet_1413857869.dat to: wallet.dat
then restarted the QT.
Now in the original wallet i used for the test i had, 0.8 coins (not BTC)
But when QT has started i don't see the 0.8coins back ?
i did not delete the:
chainstate
blocks

from the \appdata.
do i need to delete those folders before i copyed the files to \appdata ?
or am i doing something also wrong ?
Cot the info to do this from google.


any help i appreciated


Greatings

[btchris]

i could load it into bitcoin core but i cant send any bitcoin , passphrase is incorrect ,   available balance shows that probably i did not make any new transaction ( i use the passphrase that i set at pywallet dump recovery , i cant imagine that i modifed passphrase or reencrypted my wallet with bitcoin qt after it loaded)

Earlier versions of pywallet prior to September 8th had a bug which would, under some circumstances, cause it to create a recovered wallet with a password that didn't work in Bitcoin Core. It might be possible that you were affected by this bug.

I'd try this:
  1. Close Bitcoin Core, and then make a backup of all of your current wallet files (preferably onto a different drive or USB stick).
  2. Download the current version of pywallet from here (the download zip button is on the right): https://github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet
  3. Choose a wallet.dat file that was showing the correct balance in Bitcoin Core, but whose password wasn't working, and run a pywallet recovery on it.
  4. Check if you can send a transaction, or simply sign a message, in Bitcoin Core with the recovered wallet.

Let us know if this works with one of your wallet files, or if it fails with all of them. Good luck.

Edited to add: I agree with those responding to you in the Armory thread that you probably never created an Armory wallet, and that Armory is probably unrelated to any of your Bitcoin funds (because you're able to see your balance in Bitcoin Core).

[btchris]

Hello i have a question,
...
Now in the original wallet i used for the test i had, 0.8 coins (not BTC)
But when QT has started i don't see the 0.8coins back ?

You'll need to run bitcoin-qt with the -rescan option, e.g. close Bitcoin Core, then go to Start -> Run, and type "C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -rescan".

[davo]

Hello i have a question,
...
Now in the original wallet i used for the test i had, 0.8 coins (not BTC)
But when QT has started i don't see the 0.8coins back ?

You'll need to run bitcoin-qt with the -rescan option, e.g. close Bitcoin Core, then go to Start -> Run, and type "C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -rescan".

Thanks! that fixed it, now i can try to get my coins back.

Thanks again


Greating

[sbrzol]

i could load it into bitcoin core but i cant send any bitcoin , passphrase is incorrect ,   available balance shows that probably i did not make any new transaction ( i use the passphrase that i set at pywallet dump recovery , i cant imagine that i modifed passphrase or reencrypted my wallet with bitcoin qt after it loaded)

Earlier versions of pywallet prior to September 8th had a bug which would, under some circumstances, cause it create a recovered wallet with a password that didn't work in Bitcoin Core. It might be possible that you were affected by this bug.

I'd try this:
  1. Close Bitcoin Core, and then make a backup of all of your current wallet files (preferably onto a different drive or USB stick).
  2. Download the current version of pywallet from here (the download zip button is on the right): https://github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet
  3. Choose a wallet.dat file that was showing the correct balance in Bitcoin Core, but whose password wasn't working, and run a pywallet recovery on it.
  4. Check if you can send a transaction, or simply sign a message, in Bitcoin Core with the recovered wallet.

Let us know if this works with one of your wallet files, or if it fails with all of them. Good luck.

Edited to add: I agree with those responding to you in the Armory thread that you probably never created an Armory wallet, and that Armory is probably unrelated to any of your Bitcoin funds (because you're able to see your balance in Bitcoin Core).

Thank you very much, it worked,   (first time 0 balance, but with -rescan parameter now it is  Ok, passphare works again)

[btchris]

Thanks! that fixed it, now i can try to get my coins back.

Thanks again


Greating

Thank you very much, it worked,   (first time 0 balance, but with -rescan parameter now it is  Ok, passphare works again)

Great to hear, but don't thank me, thank jackjack!

[uncaer9]

Hi
Thanks for this Pywallet tool, and keeping it up to date !
I managed to dump my wallet.dat to a file.
But in this file, how can I list my receiving addresses only?
This mean I don not want the pool addresses, the transaction addresses, the addresses I sent BTC to.....

Example, if I do :
grep "addr" mywalletdump.txt I get more than 100 records... and most of them DO have private keys... but I don't know what these addresses are.
What should I "grep" to find only my own bitcoin addresses ?

Thanks !

PS : also I wonder... about all these unknown addresses with a private key... are these those "already prepared" if some day I create a new BTC receiving address in my client?

[btchris]

I managed to dump my wallet.dat to a file.
But in this file, how can I list my receiving addresses only?
This mean I don not want the pool addresses, the transaction addresses, the addresses I sent BTC to.....

Example, if I do :
grep "addr" mywalletdump.txt I get more than 100 records... and most of them DO have private keys... but I don't know what these addresses are.
What should I "grep" to find only my own bitcoin addresses ?

Try this to get the same list of addresses that's displayed in the GUI (they all have a reserved:0 in the wallet dumpfile):

Code:

python -c "import sys,json;s=open(sys.argv[1]).read();print '\n'.join(k['addr'] for k in json.loads('{'+s[s.index('keys')-1:])['keys'] if not k['reserve'])" THE_WALLET_DUMPFILE.TXT

PS : also I wonder... about all these unknown addresses with a private key... are these those "already prepared" if some day I create a new BTC receiving address in my client?

The other addresses with keys are a result of change and the key pool.

[zoro1]

can this program be used with other coins?
i have a dogecoin corrupted wallet
thanks

edit: yes it can, but the wallet is so corrupted that nothing can be shown 

[topcoinking]

Thanks i think i will look into this

[terrytibbs]

can this program be used with other coins?
i have a dogecoin corrupted wallet
thanks

edit: yes it can, but the wallet is so corrupted that nothing can be shown 

You might be able to recover the private keys using this tool: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=25091.0

Pass it the corrupted wallet directly:

Code:

./wallet-recover corruptedWallet.dat recoveredWallet.dat

[jackjack]

can this program be used with other coins?
i have a dogecoin corrupted wallet
thanks

edit: yes it can, but the wallet is so corrupted that nothing can be shown 

It should work if dogecoin has the same wallet format than bitcoin. If not then it won't find anything.
Try recovering a working dogecoin wallet: if pywallet doesn't find anything then I'll have to edit pywallet a bit to find dgc wallets

[Mithril1977]

JackJack,

do you have any plans to support AES encrypted JSON wallets in future releases? I've toyed around with PYwallet and its cool!

[btchris]

JackJack,

do you have any plans to support AES encrypted JSON wallets in future releases? I've toyed around with PYwallet and its cool!

Are you talking about Blockchain.info wallets? That's the only wallet client I can think of that uses AES encrypted JSON. Or something else?