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Board Wallet software
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I found an 8 word mnemonic of mine. What does it go to?
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coinchip
on 01/04/2015, 17:12:36 UTC
Over time I have created many cold wallets using a variety of methods just in case one method is easily cracked or doesn't work in the future. I was going through my stash of cold wallet printouts and found one that is an 8 word mnemonic. The public address is written below it and it has a 5 BTC balance. I've tried everything I can think of but can't figure out what program or system it goes with.

I searched for the words and they are from a common English wordlist that has been passed around the internet for years and is used by aspell and cracklib among others.  Some of the words (not in order) are: hacksaw yogurt helium colon. I tried brain wallet (SHA256, single and multiple rounds), electrum, Armory, BIP-32, various paths of BIP-39, Hive, Greenwallet. The words aren't in the standard BIP-39 wordlist (and BIP-39 uses 12 words anyway).

I've been scratching my head for weeks over this and can't figure it out. Does anyone know a wallet or script or other method that works with 8 word mnemonics? I made it in 9/2014 if it matters. If you point me in the right direction and I'm able to recover the funds I'll tip you 1 BTC.