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Topic
Board Bitcoin Technical Support
Re: guidance "recovering" bitcoin.
by
LoyceV
on 28/01/2019, 18:43:37 UTC
Short version: You probably need Bitcoin Core (now 200 GB), and the file you're looking for is wallet.dat.
Make safe offline backups before doing anything else!

Long version: [overview] Recover Bitcoin from any old storage format.



If the blockchain was 5Gb, then the coins you have got in the wallet will probably buy you a Lambo. Smiley
Judging by his post history:
Mine is : 1QCvEe6xU6Dsh83bxEaEsh8ftGnoqUvgoH
He's looking at at least 2BTC ($7000). And that brings me to the next point: Don't trust any PMs you receive!