Wallet.dat Inquiry

[Coin_trader]

I recently browse this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5424403.0 about wallet.dat recovery service. I remember I have my old Bitcoin wallet.dat file save on my google drive before, that I already lost the password. I’m not sure exactly what’s the exact amount in there but it contains my faucet savings that I collected last 2014 to 2015.

I just want to know if there’s a way to check what’s the wallet address for that file? I want to check the total balance on the blockchain to know whether this wallet is worthy for a recovery or not. I used a strong password before that stored on a notepad saved on my desktop. Sadly my computer got corrupted that wipe out all my keys and password to all my wallet. I became over confident that my computer will be remained unharmed due to my AV and cautious usage. Physical back up is really a must.

FYI: I’m not good on coding, Please explain in layman terms in case there’s a way. Thanks

[hosseinimr93]

You can easily export all your receiving addresses from your wallet and check their balance on a block explorer.
To do so, open your wallet, click on "Window" button at top of the window and select "Receiving addresses".

You can also go to "console" and use the following command.

Code:

listreceivedbyaddress 0 true

Note that if you have ever made any transaction from the wallet, it's possible that your fund is on your change addresses.

[BitMaxz]

If the above suggestion do not work would you mind to try the method below using pywallet

try this (datadir is where your wallet is)
python pywallet.py --dumpwallet --datadir=/tmp | \
grep addr | sort | uniq | awk -F'"' '{print $4}' > \
~/tmp/wallet_dump.txt

If you want to see the value for each address, do this
python addrep.py ~/tmp/wallet_dump.txt

/KX

Let's see if it can able to retrieve it without your password. There is also other guides that I couldn't remember but what I remember is that it uses a hex editor or viewer to find the line that includes your addresses.

[nc50lc]

You can also go to "console" and use the following command.

Code:

listreceivedbyaddress 0 true

Take note that addresses in his "Sending addresses" list will also be included in the command's results.
Don't know why they implemented it like that though.

I just want to know if there’s a way to check what’s the wallet address for that file? I want to check the total balance on the blockchain to know whether this wallet is worthy for a recovery or not. I used a strong password before that stored on a notepad saved on my desktop.

Just load it to a fresh Bitcoin Core install and let it sync, it will check for the balance even if the wallet is password protected.
I'd recommend v24.0 (github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/releases/tag/v24.0) for this since loading the wallet is as easy as using the menu "File->Restore Wallet...".

[Coin_trader]

Thanks guys for all the suggestions. I will lock this for now since I’m still waiting for my Desktop to be repaired by the service center. I will try all the suggestion above  especially the Bitcoin core since I’m more familiar on it and it doesn’t have any code required to check my balance. I will come back and unlock again this topic once I finally try all to give a feedback.

Thanks everybody!