Re: Classic Multibit 0.5.18 recovery with 16 words passphrase help please
Still have access to a MultiBit Classic wallet backup from some days before the change addresses where created, so if there's a way to recover per hidden recovery phrase feature, I'd be very happy to learn how.
There is not "recovery phrase" feature available for MultiBit Classic... OP is adamant they were using MultiBit Classic and had a 16 word phrase. But those 2 things are mutually exclusive.So, either they had MultiBit Classic and were also using another wallet like Blockchain.info (that is one of the only known wallets that used a 16 word phrase system) or the OP is simply remembering things wrong.
It would not surprise me if this "Jim Burton" guy had shown this group several wallets that they could use... like, use blockchain.info if you want a "web wallet", use multibit Classic if you want to use a local desktop wallet etc.
I am very affirmative that Jim Burton insisted on taking the time to copy on a piece of paper 16 words that was randomly given (can't remember how) and he said that this would help to recover our bitcoin if we have issue like wallet lost or anything else (in my case my laptop is broken - but I still have it). Hence I was looking for a way to recover my bitcoin with my 16 words phrases. I searched the internet endlessly, really desperate.
And I am very very VERY VERY "affirmative"... that those 16 words have nothing to do with your MultiBit Classic wallet. MBC never used word phrases as a method of wallet backup. MBC backup options were exporting the private keys or copy the wallet file. Those were the only options.MultiBit HD used BIP39 word phrases, but they were either 12 or 24 words, it did not use 16 word phrases.
Have you tried the blockchain.info password recovery form as I suggested earlier: https://login.blockchain.com/wallet/forgot-password
Does your 16 word phrase work on that page?
