need help where to start

[stevnmss1]

I have BTC in a armory wallet version 1.35. The wallet was backed up with a paper key and was put cold storage and or backed up on a offline computer. I do not have the paper backup currently, i do have the hard drive. any help where to start would be great. It has been many years ago.

[BitMaxz]

I guess it's an armory wallet version 1.35c?

If you have a backup paper key then just open the paper key and you should see private keys inside that backup
And then you can copy all of those private keys and import it to Electrum.

Or if you are planning to use Armory again then install the latest version that you can download from here https://btcarmory.com/

[stevnmss1]

it is version 1.35 2015/16, has a root key and chain code.

[BitMaxz]

it is version 1.35 2015/16, has a root key and chain code.

If you have the root key then you can import it to the armory wallet it should be compatible with the armory latest version.
And I think you can not able to import the root key to other wallets like Electrum so you can only recover it through the armory wallet.

However, once you import it back to the armory wallet you can just make another backup for private keys if you want to use another wallet.

[NotATether]

Because your wallet is from 2015 the chaincode is redundant and not necessary to recover your wallet because it is derived from the root key.

So just download he latest version of Armory and watch the video contained inside here which walks you through how to restore your wallet from the root key: https://www.bitcoinarmory.com/tutorials/armory-basics/restore-wallet/

[hosseinimr93]

As already suggested, you should import the root key into Armory wallet.

Note that for seeing the balance in Armory and being able to spend the fund, you also have to run Bitcoin Core and download the blockchain.
If you don't want to download the blockchain for any reason, you can export your private keys and import them into a SPV wallet like electrum.

[nc50lc]

I have BTC in a armory wallet version 1.35. The wallet was backed up with a paper key and was put cold storage and or backed up on a offline computer. I do not have the paper backup currently, i do have the hard drive. any help where to start would be great. It has been many years ago.

Digital wallet backups should have a name of "armory_<wallet_id>_decrypt.wallet" or "armory_<wallet_id>_encrypt.wallet".
But that's a literal backup of the wallet, not to be printed on a paper.
If you found something like it, you can restore it using the option "Import or Restore wallet->Import digital backup or watching-only wallet".

"Paper Key", you mean "Paper Backup"? It is basically a printable format (there's no option but to print it);
If you haven't printed it, you may have saved it as a ".pdf" file or other formats that can save it as an image/document/text file.
So the file name may vary.

it is version 1.35 2015/16, has a root key and chain code.

There's an option to select the "Backup Type" in "Import or Restore wallet" menu, there contains "backup version 1.35" checkbox which requires the chain code.
You shouldn't restore the root key alone if your backup has a chain code because it may produce a different wallet.

[HCP]

it is version 1.35 2015/16, has a root key and chain code.

In Armory: Wallets -> Import or Restore wallet



Select the first option from the dialog labelled: "Single-Sheet Backup (printed)"



Then select the first option under Backup type: "Version 1.35 (4 lines)"



This will allow you to enter the "root key" and "chaincode".


Note that after you restore the wallet, for Armory to show any balance, you will require Bitcoin Core installed and fully synced (and NOT prunted!). You will still be able to view addresses/private keys if you want... you just won't see any transaction history or balance.