Old account revival

[TheBTCRat]

Hi.

I've been away for a long time and I guess my account was archived.

Is there anyone who can revive it for me. My user and email are the same if that helps.

I'd love to look back at my old posts and see what a knob I was back in the day.

Much appreciated

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[Xal0lex]

First of all, move the topic to the Meta section. This is not the place for it. And secondly, what account are we talking about? Write down which account you are talking about. No one will tell you anything without the account name. There are no psychics here.

[ineedhelpplease]

What was your account?

[tbct_mt2]

I've been away for a long time and I guess my account was archived.

Is there anyone who can revive it for me. My user and email are the same if that helps.

Did you try the account recovery guides?

Account recoveries are moving again
Recovering hacked/lost accounts
FYI: "ownership change queued"

If you posted your Bitcoin address or Ethereum address in your posts, quoted by some forum members, and now you can sign a message from those addresses, it will be so helpful for your account recovery.

But if you still have access to your email, you can recover your account easily with Forgot my password, and use password reset through email. Did you try it?

[Adbitco]

If you still have access to the email then i don't think you need to worry since you can just restore your account using the mail to reset your password back and nothing much, except you aren't the real owner of that account or you completely lost access to the email account before you could need additional help to get your restored.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

If you still have access to the email then i don't think you need to worry since you can just restore your account using the mail to reset your password back and nothing much, except you aren't the real owner of that account or you completely lost access to the email account before you could need additional help to get your restored.

It can be the account is locked. In that case, the email has to be the first email that was used when the account was created. People changes their email address later but I can suggest everyone that you need the first email address to help you to recover your locked account. In the case of hacked and other recovery, it is also important too.

[TheBTCRat]

First of all, move the topic to the Meta section. This is not the place for it. And secondly, what account are we talking about? Write down which account you are talking about. No one will tell you anything without the account name. There are no psychics here.

Done.

Sorry, totally the wrong place.

My old account was:

Name:   Ratters
Posts:   507
Activity:   378
Merit:   250
Position:   Sr. Member
Date Registered:   November 09, 2013, 09:49:41 AM
Last Active:   November 02, 2017, 02:14:26 PM

[hugeblack]

Done.

Sorry, totally the wrong place.

My old account was:

Name:   Ratters
Posts:   507
Activity:   378
Merit:   250
Position:   Sr. Member
Date Registered:   November 09, 2013, 09:49:41 AM
Last Active:   November 02, 2017, 02:14:26 PM

Since your last login was November 02, 2017, you need to follow this ---> Recovering hacked/lost accounts

If you can still access these addresses^[1], then attach the signature of the message from one of these addresses to the email and the account recovery process will speed up, or sign a message here containing

This is TheBTCRat UID (3600171), I lost access to my old account @Ratters UID (159141) today is January 05, 2024, last bitcoin block hash is .....

you can find last block from ---> https://mempool.space/


[1]

Code:

0x8D82F99bAe8E8119b4db23A15c0dadA4baC9c197
1NbyAR3YeU1efCqrdsDctZobUEDWazN4y2

[Marvelman]

My old account was:
Name:   Ratters

Why do you believe that your old account is archived? I don't see anything registered in the Meta Log. What message do you get when you try to log in?

Read this post from theymos:  Recovering hacked/lost accounts

If you get a message similar to "your account is locked"

You should be given an email address in the error message. Send an email there and you will be given further instructions.

[logfiles]

You can still recover your account mate, the most important thing is access to the original email address you used for registering the account. You can write to the team that helps recover accounts using that email address and follow the instructions in the links shared by one of the members, especially "Recovering hacked/lost accounts"

You should be sorted in a couple of weeks or less, unlike some years back where people would have to wait for months or years before even getting a response from the admin.

[Doan9269]

Snipped

Now that you're already giving information about your old account how could it be revived or you get information on the status of the account, was it that you're banned or you just left it dormant being inactive for long and couldn't remember the login info, but if you have the account username with you then you can possibly search for it and go through it's post history to see for yourself what you have made in the past on your profile.

[TheBTCRat]

Thanks All.

I think It was just me getting my user name wrong, its been a long time!

Hopefully I will just be able to log in now as I can see its still active.

Thanks for the help.

[TheBTCRat]

So...

I've not been able to get into my old account. Pretty sure I know the email.

I looked through my own posts and it looks like I/ME stopped posting in 2015. My last post was WTB GPU.

Then the account was dormant until 2017 and most of the posts from that year are in broken English or Russian, I also appear to have a Russian Sig!

I'll bet that around that March 2017 my email address was changed as I have tried to reset it and received no email.

I guess my account got taken over, very strange.

[Lucius]

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I guess my account got taken over, very strange.

It is not at all strange considering that in the first half of 2015 the forum was hacked and many BTT accounts were compromised after that. If by any chance you were active at that time, this would not have happened because you would have changed your password.

Do you have a staked address? That's the only thing you can prove your ownership with, since I doubt the admins can do anything about the IP address, since it's been a long time since you last logged in with that account.

[Xal0lex]

I guess my account got taken over, very strange.

You have your quoted bitcoin address on the forum.

Bitcoin address: 1NbyAR3YeU1efCqrdsDctZobUEDWazN4y2
Starting posts:  335

Thanks, you've been added.

Do you have access to this address? Can you sign a message this address? If you can, your account can be restored. To do so, check out this topic Recovering hacked/lost accounts and do as it says. In this case, the probability of recovering your account is quite high.

[TheBTCRat]

I'll check when I get home.

It's probs one of my multibit addresses!

[TheBTCRat]

I think 1NbyAR3YeU1efCqrdsDctZobUEDWazN4y2 is an old exchange.

I can see I received from this address to my multibit wallet

460dce78c0796661d38358fe6efd1ed4bfcae7f4dd0224b18e2452cb5a2737fc
a02c3e7ea4def124dd25337d674ae3b399f7dd1f652e8ec23fa03a661a3b9d13
f924422f2d5b701fb26c3ccdcf64f213a0b2c29f2929d7a62be2609965d7fe53

I have no idea why I would have set that as a Sig campaign address!

Perhaps it was my first BTC wallet address but that wallet will be long gone i think.

Thanks for the help guys, guess my old account remains dead!

[Adbitco]

~snip~
I guess my account got taken over, very strange.

It is not at all strange considering that in the first half of 2015 the forum was hacked and many BTT accounts were compromised after that. If by any chance you were active at that time, this would not have happened because you would have changed your password.

Do you have a staked address? That's the only thing you can prove your ownership with, since I doubt the admins can do anything about the IP address, since it's been a long time since you last logged in with that account.

Just checked from ninjastic.space and I noticed only one wallet he has used so far that is associated with that account, the other address was eth address so I don't know if he also has access to both addresses and his post above seems he has no access anymore.

[TheBTCRat]

Hi,

Thanks for checking.

Looks like the ETH one was posted by whoever took my account to get the bounty for my new Russian Sig!

I have never been in ETH as far as I can remember.

[SamReomo]

Looks like the ETH one was posted by whoever took my account to get the bounty for my new Russian Sig!

I think you can still recover your account if you have access to your main e-mail that you used the register the account on the forum. I don't know if you will get access to your account or not but I still suggest you to try to recover your account from your main e-mail address. The chances are low but still there are some chances.

[logfiles]

Thanks for the help guys, guess my old account remains dead!

If you don't have access to any, only bitcoin address where you can sign a message from. Just write to them about why you can't sign a message too. A staked address is not a must but increases your chances of having the account recovered. What is a must is access to the original email address you used for registering.

They will also look at the IP logs of your account, before and after you lost access to it. That will be used to confirm that indeed your account changed hands.

[TheBTCRat]

Thanks for the help guys, guess my old account remains dead!

If you don't have access to any, only bitcoin address where you can sign a message from. Just write to them about why you can't sign a message too. A staked address is not a must but increases your chances of having the account recovered. What is a must is access to the original email address you used for registering.

They will also look at the IP logs of your account, before and after you lost access to it. That will be used to confirm that indeed your account changed hands.

Many thanks,

I know the email, who is the best person to message?

[acroman08]

Thanks for the help guys, guess my old account remains dead!

If you don't have access to any, only bitcoin address where you can sign a message from. Just write to them about why you can't sign a message too. A staked address is not a must but increases your chances of having the account recovered. What is a must is access to the original email address you used for registering.

They will also look at the IP logs of your account, before and after you lost access to it. That will be used to confirm that indeed your account changed hands.

Many thanks,

I know the email, who is the best person to message?

check the post I quoted below(It is posted by Theymos, one of the forum admins). it shows there the instructions on how to recover your account, who to message, and how to prove that you own the account you want to recover.

If you get a message similar to "your account is locked"

You should be given an email address in the error message. Send an email there and you will be given further instructions.

If you are banned

Your ban message may have an email address which you can email. If not, then appeals are unlikely to be accepted.

If your account was hacked

Email recoveries_2021_xxlgg@bitcointalk.org, ideally from the account's email address. Include your username and a brief description of the details of how/when the account was hacked. A signature will likely be required (see below).

If you forgot the password or similar

Try using the email password reset. Check that the email isn't ending up in your spam folder. If that doesn't work, email recoveries_2021_xxlgg@bitcointalk.org, ideally from the account's email address. Include your username. A signature will likely be required (see below).

Signatures

Often, you need to prove ownership of the account with a PGP or Bitcoin signature. This has two steps:

 1. You need to show that the PGP key or Bitcoin address is associated with the account, for example by referencing an unedited post in which you posted the address.
 2. You need to sign an appropriate message with that key/address.

For example, this is an example of an appropriate proof of ownership:

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
My account <account> has been hacked/lost. Please reset the email to <email>. The current date is <date>.
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
<insert address here>
<insert signature here>
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

Here is the unedited post where I posted that address: ...

Note the following elements:
 - The message contains the username, the desired new email, and the current date.
 - You specify the address.
 - You include a signature.
 - You link to the association between the address used for signing and the account.

[Xal0lex]

I know the email, who is the best person to message?

If you have access to the email you used to register for the forum and you are confident that the hacker does not have access to that email, you can try setting a new password for your account using the password recovery feature. If you haven't tried it yet.

[Upgrade00]

I know the email, who is the best person to message?

If there was a breach, the hacker 'knows' the email too, it will be on display in your profile before they changed it. Only use the original email it if as suggested above you are the only one with access to it.

[TheBTCRat]

I know the email, who is the best person to message?

If you have access to the email you used to register for the forum and you are confident that the hacker does not have access to that email, you can try setting a new password for your account using the password recovery feature. If you haven't tried it yet.

I have tried to reset and didnt get an email so I suspect it has been changed.

I know the email, who is the best person to message?

If there was a breach, the hacker 'knows' the email too, it will be on display in your profile before they changed it. Only use the original email it if as suggested above you are the only one with access to it.

I am the only one with access to that email address.

Thanks for all your help.


Actually I have found some old emails between me and user funchiestz discussing this project https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=567458.0 and referencing a post I started to solve one of his problems https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=622253.msg6895575#msg6895575

Happy to share these with Admin if it helps. Hopefully that will prove a strong enough link.

Again, amazing support on here. Thanks

[TheBTCRat]

I have emailed the recoveries email address but that was from a very old post.

Does anyone know if it is still active or if there is a better way to contact someone?

Many thanks

[TheBTCRat]

Hi everyone,

Is there a faster way of getting the ball rolling on this? I have emailed the recovery address but heard nothing back. I am keen to get back involved on the forum but reluctant to do it on this new account.

Many thanks.

[logfiles]

Hi everyone,

Is there a faster way of getting the ball rolling on this? I have emailed the recovery address but heard nothing back. I am keen to get back involved on the forum but reluctant to do it on this new account.

Many thanks.

You have to email them through the original address, that is the number one proof that you are the original owner of the account and so you still have control of the original email address. Did you do so? If yes, please give them about a week and see if they will respond to your request.

And yes, this is the email address they still use to receive messages for account recoveries

Email recoveries_2021_xxlgg@bitcointalk.org, ideally from the account's email address.

[TheBTCRat]

Thanks Logfiles

Yes I have emailed form the correct account on the 7th Jan.

Thank you for confirming the recovery email address for me, that is the one I used.

[TheBTCRat]

Still no reply here.

I would really like my old account back!

[Upgrade00]

Back in the day account recoveries used to take months, but for a while now they've been getting sorted out within a good timeframe. Try sending a reminder email and then giving it a few days.

[DaNNy001]

Back in the day account recoveries used to take months, but for a while now they've been getting sorted out within a good timeframe. Try sending a reminder email and then giving it a few days.

To be honest, I never even knew someone here can help you recover your account as I thought it's done manually as you are already having the email used for the registration, I thought clicking the  forgotten password option to reset the password by accessing the email sent to you is the way to go back the issue. Well since the account hasn't been recovered yet, I think sending whosoever that's responsible a reminder mail is probably only what you can do and ofcourse hope that the issue is attended to.

[Upgrade00]

To be honest, I never even knew someone here can help you recover your account as I thought it's done manually as you are already having the email used for the registration, I thought clicking the  forgotten password option to reset the password by accessing the email sent to you is the way to go back the issue.

Forgotten password will work if you forgot your password and cannot access it or if a hacker gets into your account and changes the password.

But if your account is locked, maybe through trying to recover the account using 'secret question' option or if it was archived, then you'll need to request for it to be unlocked.

[TheBTCRat]

They have emailed back now so hopefully we can get things moving now.

The problem was/is in the 2015 hack my account was taken over and the email and password changed.

Now I just have to prove who I am!

Thanks for all the help.

[FatFork]

Now I just have to prove who I am!

If you no longer have access to bitcoin address: 1NbyAR3YeU1efCqrdsDctZobUEDWazN4y2, and you cannot sign a message, that may turn out to be more difficult than it sounds. Especially if the email address associated with the account has been changed.

[TheBTCRat]

Yep, it is proving difficult but I will plod on out of principle!

[TheBTCRat]

I have reached out to someone who may be able to verify my identity!

[pjcltd]

I have reached out to someone who may be able to verify my identity!

I have  had  a  DM on discord about this  and   i can confirm that  the user  is  who he says he is 
i have  emails going back to 2013  from him 
but they are no longer  in the  messages  on here 

hope this helps

thanks
Paul

[TheBTCRat]

Thanks Paul, much appreciated.

Hopefully they can cross ref DMs and addresses now.

[TheBTCRat]

I can report success!

I should have access in 7 days.

Thanks to all who helped, if my old account had any merits left I would share them out!

Rgds

Ratters

[logfiles]

I can report success!

I should have access in 7 days.

Thanks to all who helped, if my old account had any merits left I would share them out!

Rgds

Ratters

I am glad it's finally working out. For some time I was worried, thinking that they were not going to help you. Kudos to you for persisting.

I can see ownership change was queued today according to seclog which is a good sign 

[FinePoine0]

Done.

Sorry, totally the wrong place.

My old account was:

Name:   Ratters
Posts:   507
Activity:   378
Merit:   250
Position:   Sr. Member
Date Registered:   November 09, 2013, 09:49:41 AM
Last Active:   November 02, 2017, 02:14:26 PM

bpip

Your account is fresh, you can recover if you want.

[Ratters]

Thank you for all the help I received, I now have my old account back.

[skarais]

Thank you for all the help I received, I now have my old account back.

Congratulations for that, so I think your problem is now solved.
I think you might need to sign messages for the security of your account in the future. This can also help you to recover your account if something happens in the future. The next step, you can lock this thread because the problem is solved.