Questions tagged [lost-bitcoins]

What to do when money lost due to lost wallet, sending money to wrong address or other mishap.

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Unable to recover an old Android Bitcoin Wallet backup

So here's the thing. I have an old Bitcoin Wallet backup from 2015 that I'm trying to restore. However when I try to import it back into the android application, even though I'm 99.9%** sure I got the ...
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If I have the hard drive that I mined bitcoins on, can I find the wallet?

I used to mine bitcoins years ago and I still have the hard drive. I just don't know where to find the wallet or the key or any of it. Is there any way for me to do that?
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I keep losing my bitcoins

I have only just started using bitcoins but when I send them from my wallet they get lost and don't get to the other bitcoins address I can't understand it does anyone no why this happens thanks
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OS Windows Reinstalled, Bitcoin Core bitcoins lost, how do I recover them?

I've lost my bitcoins when I reinstalled OS on my computer. I still have my receiving address and the password I used to encrypt my Bitcoin Core Wallet. How do I recover the lost bitcoins? Does ...
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Is there a way to recover the original electrum seed from the encrypted one?

So I accidentally lost my electrum seed and password, but I still have the wallet file, so I was wondering if there is a way to recover the original seed from the encrypted one? I think my password ...
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I bought Bitcoin from a Bitcoin ATM at a gas station years ago and I lost the receipt

I bought Bitcoin from a Bitcoin ATM at a gas store when Bitcoin first came out years ago and I lost the paper receipt they gave me but I have a picture of the paper receipt and it has a code at the ...
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lost bitcoin on electrum - wallet closed after transaction went through?

i'm noob to bitcoin and lack advanced knowledge of how these wallets work. i followed guides on how to buy bitcoin and seemingly the transaction went fine, until my electrum wallet suddenly closed and ...
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Moved Bitcoin-Qt wallet to blockchain - can see my funds but can't send them?

It all started the other day when I sent some coins to Bitcoin-Qt, a 'safer' wallet ... was so slow to sync and was crashing et cetera. Anyway, I imported the wallet.dat to blockchain.info opening up ...
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Some bitcoin accidently got sent to an old deposit address, can i retrieve these bitcoins?

Some bitcoin got sent to an old deposit address, can i get this bitcoin back or is it lost?
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Blockchain.info receive payments API, bitcoins lost?

I use the Blockchain.info receive payments API. It's all working nice and good, but now I have a payment that doesn't reach my adress. It is unconfirmed for almost 24 hours. Also, the payment doesn't ...
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Bitcoins not showing up in MultiBit after backup import

I was using MultiBit (old version), which I've moved to USB and moved back after a while. In between, I'd done a system recovery (Win 7 64-bit). I reset the blockchain but still can't see the coins ...
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