Recovery of old wallets advice

[winder29]

Hi,

I have an old truecrypt archive from 2013 I have just accessed again which has backups of my coin wallets from the time.
Within the folder there is:

├── 3rdinvestmentwallet.key
├── PPCoin-Wallet.dat
├── asic-coin.dat
├── ftc-wallet.dat
├── litecoinwallet.dat
├── multibitbtcfirst.key
├── protoshares.dat
└── zeta-coin.dat`

The two .key files contain 2 line keys.

I have tried importing each of the above into Electrum and Electrum-LTC but get 'asci codec' errors. I think I can recover the litecoin wallet with litecoin core, copying over the wallet.dat file. I have no idea what I can do with the rest though!
Does anyone have any ideas?

[jhenfelipe]

I don't know if all projects you've mentioned are still up, the only way to know is to search for it. Here's what you can do:

1. Visit each project's website
2. Download the latest version of each wallet
3. Open the wallet file and replace the existing wallet.dat with a copy of your wallet.dat back up file
4. Open the wallet and see if it will sync

[Kemarit]

Hmm, the only wallet I'm familiar with is litecoinwallet.dat so most likely you can recover it.

However, the rest seems to obscure my memory, although it looks like Zeta coin is still alive (https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/zetacoin/), so probably you can recover it as well. Are you mining in the early days though? ZET for one can only be generated through mining, if I'm not mistaken. Here is the official Zeta coin (http://www.zetac.org/). You may want to download their wallet software and try if you can can recover your .dat file. Best of luck!!!.

[leowonderful]

Multibit isn't officially supported anymore, though you're still able to download their software from this download link (https://multibit.org/download.html). I've got no idea if the wallet even works still, but you should be able to get the private key from the file named multibitbtcfirst.key and transfer the funds off the multibit wallet to something else that's currently supported such as Electrum for Bitcoin or Bitcoin Core if you want. I've got no idea if the first file in your folder (3rdinvestmentwallet.key) is also a multibit wallet file, but it can't hurt to try.

[Javi_Anibarro]

1. Download the latest wallet from their own source and then try to import it by replacing the .dat file on your AppData
2. If the first option does not work, then download the old wallet and do the same thing as the first option.

if both of those do not work, the .dat file might be corrupted. and it is technically impossible to use other wallets to recover it if it does not work on their native wallet.

[NeuroticFish]

├── multibitbtcfirst.key

Multibit had 2 ways (I know of) to save this file: with encrypted private key(s) or with clear private key(s).
There are commented line starting with #, those we ignore.
The normal lines contain the private key, a space and a date.
If you have multiple lines you may have had more addresses there and you have the private keys for all, separately.

If you import private key into Electrum and it doesn't work, then it's probably encrypted and you'll have to remember the password; in that case you should install Multibit (Classic), import the .key file, then export the key file without password. (on a safe computer!). Then import the keys into Electrum, see that you have the funds. Then create in Electrum a proper new wallet with seed. And transfer (all) the old coins onto a new address of yours. And keep the seed safe.

I don't advise you send the coins from Multibit directly because it's buggy.

Edit: 3rdinvestmentwallet.key may be Bitcoin (Multibit) or may be Dogecoin (Multidoge); does this ring a bell maybe?

[Vitamin_52]

You can used Multibit older version! I don't remember exactly but the old version will support to it, give it a try! Good luck!

I'm afraid that it is no longer supported, it's like with elektrum wallets, the old versions do not work for a long time. I can't say anything about litecoin

[Zeke_23]

You can used Multibit older version! I don't remember exactly but the old version will support to it, give it a try! Good luck!

I'm afraid that it is no longer supported, it's like with elektrum wallets, the old versions do not work for a long time. I can't say anything about litecoin

Yes and if you are not able to upgrade your old version to the newest version, OP will not be able to recover it again. He should move his crypto balance in a safe place where he can still track and keep an eye on it, he seems to abandon his own wallet for a long time and decided to see if all his crypto was still alive. That is the risk of holding a long time, it cant be abandon, you should still keep an eye on your investment, so you can still open it again.

[dcomomal]

I believe that the most of those projects are already dead. But you can still try to get the newest version of existing wallets and just try one after another. Maybe you would get lucky and find some treasures, but realistically the chances are very low.