32 number and letter private key

[IwantMoonBefore2020]

Hello guys i found my old private key with 32 digit and number how can i convert it to wif import format ? thank you

[Charles-Tim]

How many characters is the private key? I mean the alphabets, numbers or other characters in total?
Does the private key start from 5, K or L?
If not start from 5, K or L, but is it consisting of 64 or 44 characters in total?
Or, does the private key start from 6P?

If you mean the total character to be 32 in total, that is not a bitcoin private key.

[IwantMoonBefore2020]

32 character starting with 917b

[LoyceV]

32 character starting with 917b

There's this:

Private Key in uncompressed Hexadecimal Format is 32 bytes, or 64 characters in the range 0-9 or A-F.

If the characters are all 0-9 and A-F, it's hexadecimal. If that's the case: could it be you're holding half the key?
If I enter 917b917b917b917b917b917b917b917b917b917b917b917b917b917b917b917b in Bitaddress.org's Wallet Details tab, it produces a valid private key. But that's 64 characters.

[IwantMoonBefore2020]

32 character starting with 917b

There's this:

Private Key in uncompressed Hexadecimal Format is 32 bytes, or 64 characters in the range 0-9 or A-F.

If the characters are all 0-9 and A-F, it's hexadecimal. If that's the case: could it be you're holding half the key?
If I enter 917b917b917b917b917b917b917b917b917b917b917b917b917b917b917b917b in Bitaddress.org's Wallet Details tab, it produces a valid private key. But that's 64 characters.

I have another one with 32 number and letter starting with 02e9

All characters are all 0-9 and A-F

[Charles-Tim]

I have another one with 32 number and letter starting with 02e9

All characters are all 0-9 and A-F

You can see an example of hexadecimal bitcoin private key below, the letters can be in lower case too. But such private keys are not 32 characters, it consists of 64 characters.

Private Key Hexadecimal Format (64 characters [0-9A-F]):
5D417D7FAB15759F1C3671A09C5AE7B132569D08A2647A49F3B4AF6B29226A38

Check very well, if the private key consists of 64 characters like the one above, all you need to do is to use https://www.bitaddress.org wallet details to generate the WIF private key (the keys that start with 5, K or L)

[BrewMaster]

I have another one with 32 number and letter starting with 02e9

just concatenate the two parts together and enter it in bitaddress.org (download the source from github and run it offline). once with first part first and the other time second
917b<first 32 char part>02e9<second 32 char part>
02e9<second 32 char part>917b<first 32 char part>

[HCP]

Hello guys i found my old private key with 32 digit and number how can i convert it to wif import format ? thank you

What makes you think that this is a Bitcoin Private key?

Was it written on a piece of paper (or in a text document etc) labelled "Bitcoin Private Key" or something similar (like a paper wallet printout etc)? Or was it just 32 hex characters that you had noted down somewhere? Are there any notes or indications as to what software/system these 32 characters came from?

If you can identify where these 32 hex characters from, you might have a better chance of figuring out how it leads to a private key.

[Charles-Tim]

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According to what OP posted already, he had two different 32 characters that are in hexadecimal. So, if taken together, it will be 64 characters, which could be a hexadecimal private key. I think OP should have tried that out, run bitaddress offline to generate the WIF to know if it will work.

[IwantMoonBefore2020]

Hello guys i found my old private key with 32 digit and number how can i convert it to wif import format ? thank you

What makes you think that this is a Bitcoin Private key?

Was it written on a piece of paper (or in a text document etc) labelled "Bitcoin Private Key" or something similar (like a paper wallet printout etc)? Or was it just 32 hex characters that you had noted down somewhere? Are there any notes or indications as to what software/system these 32 characters came from?

If you can identify where these 32 hex characters from, you might have a better chance of figuring out how it leads to a private key.

I invested in 2010 2011

[IwantMoonBefore2020]

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According to what OP posted already, he had two different 32 characters that are in hexadecimal. So, if taken together, it will be 64 characters, which could be a hexadecimal private key. I think OP should have tried that out, run bitaddress offline to generate the WIF to know if it will work.

I tried but i have nothing maybe its mining ? i need to put private key it in bitcoin core ? or Electrum ?

[Charles-Tim]

I tried but i have nothing maybe its mining ? i need to put private key it in bitcoin core ? or Electrum ?

Did you mean it does not work while you use bitaddress offline? Because the hexadecimal private key with you will need to be converted to WIF, when wanted to convert it, it does not work? Or you are importing the hexadecimal directly?

If it did not work while converting it to WIF using bitaddress, that means it is not a valid private key.

[LoyceV]

I tried but i have nothing maybe its mining ?

If it's really your own private key, you should try to remember what exactly you did back then.

i need to put private key it in bitcoin core ? or Electrum ?

Google tells me Electrum was released november 2011. You do the math whether or not it's possible.

If it did not work while converting it to WIF using bitaddress, that means it is not a valid private key.

I've tried a few, and it looks like any 64 character hex number above 0 is accepted. The address (probably uncompressed) may be empty though.

[HCP]

I invested in 2010 2011

How exactly did you "invest"? Do you just remember "buying some BTC" or something?

The point of my line of questioning is trying to figure out what wallet you might have used... or where you might have bought the BTC from so that you can figure out exactly what these 32 characters are... and whether or not the 2 sets of 32 characters need to be put together to make a 64 character HEX private key... or if they're something else entirely.

Without knowing exactly how you got the BTC, or where you had stored it... these 32 hex characters may have nothing at all to do with BTC...

So, where exactly did you find these 32 characters? were they written down on paper? where they in an email? are they marked as "BTC Key" or with some other notes to indicate that they're actually related to Bitcoin? Or did you just find 32 random hex characters somewhere and you just believe that they're related to Bitcoin because you "invested in 2010 2011"?

[IwantMoonBefore2020]

I tried but i have nothing maybe its mining ? i need to put private key it in bitcoin core ? or Electrum ?

Did you mean it does not work while you use bitaddress offline? Because the hexadecimal private key with you will need to be converted to WIF, when wanted to convert it, it does not work? Or you are importing the hexadecimal directly?

If it did not work while converting it to WIF using bitaddress, that means it is not a valid private key.

its working on bitadress

[IwantMoonBefore2020]

I invested in 2010 2011

How exactly did you "invest"? Do you just remember "buying some BTC" or something?

The point of my line of questioning is trying to figure out what wallet you might have used... or where you might have bought the BTC from so that you can figure out exactly what these 32 characters are... and whether or not the 2 sets of 32 characters need to be put together to make a 64 character HEX private key... or if they're something else entirely.

Without knowing exactly how you got the BTC, or where you had stored it... these 32 hex characters may have nothing at all to do with BTC...

So, where exactly did you find these 32 characters? were they written down on paper? where they in an email? are they marked as "BTC Key" or with some other notes to indicate that they're actually related to Bitcoin? Or did you just find 32 random hex characters somewhere and you just believe that they're related to Bitcoin because you "invested in 2010 2011"?

i used btc core and was mining btc , i take the private key and put it on some pictures i remember it .

[IwantMoonBefore2020]

I invested in 2010 2011

How exactly did you "invest"? Do you just remember "buying some BTC" or something?

The point of my line of questioning is trying to figure out what wallet you might have used... or where you might have bought the BTC from so that you can figure out exactly what these 32 characters are... and whether or not the 2 sets of 32 characters need to be put together to make a 64 character HEX private key... or if they're something else entirely.

Without knowing exactly how you got the BTC, or where you had stored it... these 32 hex characters may have nothing at all to do with BTC...

So, where exactly did you find these 32 characters? were they written down on paper? where they in an email? are they marked as "BTC Key" or with some other notes to indicate that they're actually related to Bitcoin? Or did you just find 32 random hex characters somewhere and you just believe that they're related to Bitcoin because you "invested in 2010 2011"?

they're actually related to Bitcoin, i mined.

[IwantMoonBefore2020]

How see mining transactions if i see no btc in btc explorer ? with electrum ?

[Charles-Tim]

its working on bitadress

Never mind that, it is already correct above. Hexadecimal addresses will work on bitaddress, even if you use random hexadecimal numbers and alphabets. But, if not the one you sent bitcoin to, you will not see anything.

If it did not work while converting it to WIF using bitaddress, that means it is not a valid private key.

I've tried a few, and it looks like any 64 character hex number above 0 is accepted. The address (probably uncompressed) may be empty though.

[IwantMoonBefore2020]

Maybe I lost them but I have files name "Bitsave" with 2 files in it ? Can I recover from it ? Or its lost too cause I see website closed...