Unanswered Questions
193 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Setting up to create PSBTs using Bitcoin Core from 10 year old non-deterministic wallet
I have an old wallet from 10+ years ago. It was created using an old version of Bitcoin Core before deterministic wallets were a thing. I have it now on an offline computer that has Bitcoin Core 21.0....
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Generate addresses from Trezor's xPub using Python
I am trying to generate BIP32 HD addresses from my Trezors xPub key.
I keep getting errors with most of the libs our there. What am I missing?
pywallet:
from pywallet import wallet
xpub = '...
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How to force close a channel at the original state, for a good cause
A few months ago I created a payment channel from my desktop node, on LND, to my mobile node, on Blixt. Then I tested a few payments between the nodes, and the final balance on the mobile phone is now ...
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Partial private key recovery
I had the pleasure of setting up a Bitcoin wallet using the Blue Wallet app and diligently noted down the 52 characters of my private key on a piece of paper for backup purposes.
Upon revisiting the ...
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What is the difference between singlesig and multisig xpubs?
When exporting the xpub from my SeedSigner, I'm asked whether to export the "singlesig xpub" or "multisig xpub." I understand the use cases for each but from a technical standpoint,...
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Derivation path for brute forcing "25th word" on a multisig wallet
So I added a 25th word to my seed, forgot it, and am (after 6 months of on and off guessing) relegated to brute force (3rdIteration/btcrecover).
Succinct question: what derivation path should I ...
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Electrum Seed Purpose for MultiSig Wallet
I'm curious as to what exactly is protected by the seed that Electrum generates for a multisig wallet. My knowledge of the protocol implementation is rather basic, so please correct me where I'm wrong ...
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What is the best way to restore an old Multibit wallet to the new version (and also different OS)?
My files from Feb 2014 (on a dusty old usb) are as follows, all in a directory called MultiBit.
directories:
multibit.log (containing a log file)
multibit-data, containing four backup directories ...
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How to generate btc addresses from XPUB?
I have an xpub key and I'd like to generate the sequence of btc addresses in PHP based on the index.
Is there a way to do that?
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Does BIP86 not use a unique prefix for extended keys?
Do BIP86 extended keys not use a unique prefix?
For example:
BIP44 = xprv/xpub
BIP49 = yprv/ypub
BIP84 = zprv/zpub
BIP 86 = xprv/xpub?
In other words, do BIP86 extended keys share the same ...
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Recovering an old wallet created using dice rolls
Years ago in 2016 I created a wallet to pay off some hackers that hacked a friend's PC. There was some small change left, most of which I sold, but I think there's still some BTC there that might be ...
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Using BIP32 derivations, can all seeds theoretically produce all public keys?
I was interested in how many possible combinations of BIP 32 derivation paths exist, which could result in a public key derived from a seed. While some people colloquially call it "unlimited,&...
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What format is this wallet stored in?
Background
Some years ago (2017) I must have found a way to 'serialise' my wallet, because I stored the following in my password manager:
Name: "Bitcoin wallet"
Password: (typical generated ...
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How to claim funds in a multisig address from a money pool psbt?
Mostly followed this guide on how to create a psbt where multiple users pool money together. Everything is done in regtest.
The gist of what I did is as follows:
Created 2 different descriptor ...
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Stuck in the middle between unconfirmed transaction and empty wallet
I initially set a low fee to one transaction, trying to cancel the transaction I runned bit coin core with -zapwallettxes and all transactions in bit coin core disappeared. I still can see the ...
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