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Board Bitcoin Technical Support
Merits 17 from 7 users
Re: Oh boy, I've got wallet.dat
by
NeuroticFish
on 10/01/2023, 19:21:26 UTC
⭐ Merited by o_e_l_e_o (4) ,BlackHatCoiner (4) ,hugeblack (4) ,ETFbitcoin (2) ,hosseinimr93 (1) ,vapourminer (1) ,DdmrDdmr (1)
The coins are still there. I guess I can try some dates

I would start with
2009-01-09 (Bitcoin's first transaction date)
2016-05-05 (the date that wallet got funded at)

Make sure you do tests offline, or if you are knowledgeable enough, on a live OS, still offline. Hacks are really a thing and 10BTC is an overly good looking amount.
Make sure you know how your father was writing the dates (mm/dd/yyyy. dd.mm.yyyy, yyyy-mm-dd or other ways)
Beware of people that may offer you help in private, some may be scammers.
Good luck.