Questions tagged [wallet-recovery]
The process of recovering lost bitcoins or private keys from a wallet/backup
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Is the unencrypted copy of the wallet still usable after a copy is encrypted?
My wallet is not protected with a password, I have a few receiving addresses generated and a some funds in it, then I make a copy of the wallet and I set a password on this one.
Will the old ...
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Sent BTC to Jaxx Wallet Never Received [closed]
A friend suggested I use Jaxx Wallet so I downloaded the software and sent my BTC using their QR Code from Coinbase. Looking back, I should've left it where it was!
It never arrived. I also sent LTC ...
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Lose wallet access
how to detect the name of the wallet used with the address based on the address.I lost the smartphone.there the transfer of coin to my wallet address but I can not access the wallet caused by the ...
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Bitcoin Core Old Wallet.dat Vulnerability
Own a wallet.dat file from 2010-2011. Yesterday I saw there was a vulnerability which is makes attacking somewhat easier if your wallet is generated by old client and I'm pretty sure my wallet is ...
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BTC recovery from registration details without wallet.dat [closed]
I started mining march 2009, i remember registering. is there any way to get my BTC back from the registration process? I know you need the wallet.dat and the password or key to access the BTC, but is ...
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I made a $60 transaction to my BTC wallet and I’ve only received half of it ands it’s been 4days [closed]
Can someone pls help or explain to me what’s going on.
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Is it possible that one knows how much BTC is in wallet.dat without knowing password?
Someone says that he or she wants to sell his or her wallet.dat which seems to contain a lot of BTC.
He shows screenshot of wallet software containing many BTCs.
He says that when I place wallet.dat ...
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Is there any way to recover a bitcoin private key using some parts of the key ?
I have a bitcoin wallets private key , but it's incomplete like you can say it's 70% of the private key , there is some alphanumeric missing for the middle of the key , is there anyway to recover it ...
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Desperate need of help - Face ID stopped working on blockchain wallet app and I don't remember password [closed]
First of all, apologies if this is the wrong forum for this. I've contacted blockchain support and twice all I have gotten was a standard form response that says they cannot reset passwords, which is ...
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Seed restore from one wallet to another
Researching about restore walletS using seeds, I have one question:
I have 1 Jaxx wallet and the seed assigned to it.
Then, let´s say that I find another wallet that I like more, that supports the ...
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BIP 44 is scanning external chain really enough?
When reading the BIP 44 proposal I stumbled upon this paragraph about address discovery:
We scan just the external chains, because internal chains receive only
coins that come from the associated ...
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Do wallets save a backup of my private keys and seed?
Let's say that I do not trust a lot in myself and my ability to not screw my computer, so also my private keys.
Knowing the concept of wallet HD and having seeds to recover all your private keys ...
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Software wallets and what happen if you break your computer
I've been reading about wallets, web wallets, software wallets, hardware wallets...and there is one question that I could not clear up from other threads:
Your bitcoins are stored in the chain. Use ...
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On a shared wallet, if one of the recipients deleted their wallets off their phone, is there a way to rejoin? [closed]
We only had one 12 word backup for the main holder on their phone. The second person, on their phone didn’t get one(me). That I know of, I guess. But I deleted the wallet by accident. Now, is there a ...
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Imported Multibit HD wallet into electrum - Bitcoins are gone!
I got locked out of my multibit HD wallet and couldn't restore it with the seed phrase (even though it said they're valid) so I installed electrum and used the seed words to import the wallet. It ...
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Can't get into my MultibitHD wallet. I have the 18 recovery words but can't recover the wallet
I'm trying to login to my MultibitHD wallet and its saying the password won't unlock the wallet. I might have forgot the password, but I have a feeling I'm using the right password.
I have the 18 ...
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I have my 12 word bip39 phrase but not in the right order
I have my 12 word phrase, but when i enter it in a wallet, it brings up an empty wallet, so i think i probably wrote it down in the wrong order. What can i do to recover my wallet?
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what is type of wallet with 18 words seed?
1) I have 18 words seed
spray inject... (18 worlds total)
2) And i have some password/secret key or private key
GVzPYhu....... (35 letters total)
What type of wallet and what crypto ...
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Lost my Bitcoin wallet and have only 11 out of 12 mnemonic seed phrase words. How can I get my Bitcoins?
I am new to the whole Bitcoin thing, and I am having my first attempt almost going sour. I lost where I created my wallet. I have my Bitcoin address and only 11 of my mnemonic seed phrase words (of 12)...
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Balance zero after recovering wallet from seed-phrase
I recently got help my some experts on how i can recover my wallet using my private key, so i went ahead and downloaded brd wallet and block chain, then proceeded to recover wallet in the first and ...
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Restore lightning network node/channels
If one wanted to restore a lightning network node, what files have to be saved?
I read that saving hsm_secret is enough to restore private key(s), but I also read about a problem with channels. How ...
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(Bitcoin Core, recovering my wallet) problem finding the address I sent coins to in Bitcoin Core 0.11.2
Im trying to find my Address I sent my Bitcoins to but I do not know how to get into my wallet and since it is quite some time ago, I do not remember from where I sent it.
While trying to open ...
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My phones died and can't restore wallet on Copay [closed]
My phone recently died and I had to reset it all the apps. I tool the 16 character reference I was given in Copay to reinstate my wallet, but there is NOWHERE to put the 16 characters code. Have I ...
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Wallet.dat brute-forcing [duplicate]
I have a friend who discovered that they had a wallet.dat from 2012 and remembered that they bought some bitcoins. It turns out they encrypted the wallet file and have forgot exactly what the password ...
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Bitcoins recently sent from localbitcoins.com wallet not showing in recipient wallet [closed]
I recently sent bitcoin from local bitcoin .com and it's not registering in my wallet that I sent it. It's 1000$ what do I do?
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Login Problems with Greenaddress
I need help desperately! I am trying to get to BTC that is locked in a greenaddress wallet. I can log into the view only. When I put in the mneumonic & password, the system runs through ...
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How to Decry-pt encrypted BTC private key
I have public key and Encrypted Private key. I need to decrypt the private key or find the password. I need your help to do this.
Thanks all
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“Bit Coin Investigators” or Consultants for hire - to help locate a Bit Coin account after a person has died?
Do you know where I can obtain a List of "Bit Coin Investigators"
or - Consultants for hire -
to help locate a Bit Coin account after a person has died?
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How to get private key from 12-word backup and public key? [duplicate]
It turned out, to one 12-word backup, billion address could belong. It is not always sure app like Copay found all the address contains money.
Is it a way to infer the private key from 12-word ...
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Address is not imported while restoring 12-word backup [duplicate]
I tried to restore my 12-word backup with Copay and Electrum but non of them listed the addresses my money is stored in. What to do in this case?
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How to reach my coins? Know my 12 words but Copay does not restore it [duplicate]
I know the mnemonic. But can not restore it in Copay. I backed up in Copay earlier. Now does the 'trick' they recommend me here, but it did not work.
("Settings" > "Wallet" > "More Options" >...
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Moving wallet without the funds
I've been trying to recover an old ninki wallet to mycelium by using the 12 words. The new walled is being created successfully but I see no funds.
I tried to run the ninki-recover script with no ...
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Impossible to restore Copay wallet on new phone
I just changed my phone and reinstalled Copay.
I'm trying to restore my BTC Wallet from the 12 words key phrase i saved, but copay keeps telling me "impossible to import.Wallet Recovery sentence is ...
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How can I recover privet key with a Root Key
I have on old version of ARMORY 92.3 and my mac and for some reason my mac will not upgrade to the lates version of of Armory
I want to recover my bitcoin and the pass phrase is not working the only ...
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Recovery BTC…recovery seed…trezor
my English is not very good and I apologize for any possible mistakes :).
Question1 I have a Trezor. He disappeared. I buy a new Trezor and insert 24 words (recovery seed). What then? Do I change ...
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Wallet locked out despite correct password
I am facing a strange problem with my altcoin wallet based on litecoin. I am 100% sure my password is correct but wallet says "password is incorrect". My MacOSX Sierra system crashed few times due to ...
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Wallet Host Error
I have a little bit of a bitcoin in Rushwallet. Rushwallet is closing on April 15, 2018, but last night there is a Host Error and it's still not connecting today with the same Host Error. If I have ...
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Locked balance in my wallet
I have transferred bitcoin form copay to my friend wallet 4 months ago and I just realized that my coin never sent to my friend's wallet and status in Copay wallet is "Locked Balance". My question is ...
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PYWallet Help? Trying To Recover 17 LiteCoin. Getting An Error. Spent WEEKS on this b4 asking :-)
So I made a mistake when I was new to Crypto. I used a Desktop Core wallet to store litecoin (17 of them). I somehow removed the program and deleted the wallet.dat file. The second I noticed I took ...
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Manually extracting ledger nano s wallet public / private keys using “Mnemonic Code Converter” from ledger
I have the following example seed:
morning twist board pelican denial retire middle inherit evil
ritual omit fade general toddler grace evoke recipe
sad minor destroy public dawn scissors cube
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Cloning a HW wallet's contents to one or more other HW wallets
Is it possible/feasible to clone the contents of a HW wallet to one ot more other HW wallets ( for example to have identical copies in different locations for backup )?
It appears that this should ...
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What patterns to search for bitcoin or litecoin wallet/keys in recovered disk image?
I'm one of those who years back had obtained some coins and then forgot about them and have since gone through new systems over the time. I just recently remembered receiving coin in a trade, and ...
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How to retrieve unclaimed BTC for wallets whose private key is lost
How to retrieve unclaimed BTC for wallets whose private key is lost
Kindly share details
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How do wallets (like jaxx) pair with each other using the mnemonic seed phrase?
I'm a bit puzzled on how a wallet pairing process works.
I know you can restore you parent private key from a mnemonic seed phrase. This will give you a parent private key. Using this private key how ...
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Recover keys from legacy blockchain wallet's mnemonic?
I have an old blockchain wallet that is worth trying to salvage
It seems the old password that the 18 word mnemonic originally had isn't working and another password I had listed also doesn't work.
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blockchain.info says password is incorrect, and wont allow me to access my BTC
I had a wallet ID through blockchain.info. I signed in, received my BTC from where I bought it, all was good.
I wrote down my 12 words for recovery and have them.
I changed my password to something ...
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How can I recover BTC sent to BCC wallet from Bitcoin Core Wallet? [duplicate]
I sent BTC from my Core Wallet to my BCC Wallet on my phone. The BCC wallet still shows a 0 balance. How can I recover it?
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Can I retrieve funds in a derived address with a high index?
I sent funds to a derived address, but I didn't know about the gap limit and how the addresses should be used incrementally. I've used a huge value for the index but wallets only check the first few ...
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What will happen to my bitcoin if my Ledger or any bitcoin hardware wallet will damaged?
I want to buy a hardware wallet for storing bitcoin because it is safe than an online wallet but at the same time, I am thinking that what will happen to my stored bitcoin if my hardware wallet ...
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can someone please help me I am lost i transfered coins from paxfull to bitcoin core
I bought bitcoins to pay a bill. which never happened because of something called protcal? IDK.
then i read online that bitcoincore was a good wallett to transfer and pay bills. now I have no idea how ...
