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I guess this wouldn't work with an encrypted wallet.dat which was introduced later than 2011.
by splitbrain 13y ago
I guess this wouldn't work with an encrypted wallet.dat which was introduced later than 2011.
- 1337biz 13y agoIs there any tool to brute force/run password lists against wallet.dats? I have one around that I am adding coins to but just can't remember my own password.
- liam_ja 13y agohttps://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Wallet_encryption https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Wallet_encryption It would be pretty unfeasible to attempt a brute-force, due to the number of encryption rounds.
- 1337biz 13y agoI usually use a similar pattern for my passwords. That way I could probably generate a few hundred combinations and run the list against the wallet. Would of cause be easier if there were a tool for doing that.
- Anderkent 13y agoThere is a service! http://www.walletrecoveryservices.com/ http://www.walletrecoveryservices.com/
- JorgePasada 13y agoA++ Recommend Dave, good guy.
- nwh 13y ago6 attempts a second on a high end i7 is as good as it gets. If you don't remember 90% of it then the coins are lost.
- celticninja 13y agowhy thye fuck would you keep adding coins to it if you dont know the password? More likely you have obtained someone elses wallet.dat file that they have encrypted and they do not know you have a copy of this wallet.dat so they are still using it, and you do not know their key but would quite like to access their coins.
- 1337biz 13y agoNope, it is just that I still have some hope in my abilities to guess the right password. I'm quite the optimist by nature ;)
- celticninja 13y agothere is optimistic and there is stupid. send any new coins to a new address, sure you may remember the password but hedge against that possibility with another wallet, please. for my sake, for my sanity, do it for me.
- JorgePasada 13y agoYeah the wallet in this post was created around version 0.3 or 0.4 of the Bitcoin client if I remember correctly.