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Re: Passphrase recovery with Btcrecovery
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o_e_l_e_o
on 23/03/2023, 09:55:02 UTC
How did you export the xpub? If you are sure it is correct, then you can just use that directly instead of then deriving an address from it. Your search will also be a little faster using the xpub since btcrecover does not have to derive one or more addresses for each attempt.

Instead of using the --addrs argument, replace it with --mpk xpub6ABC...
If you also know the derivation path for that xpub, then include the following as well to narrow down the search further, replacing xx with the relevant numbers:
Code:
--bip32-path "m/xx'/0'/0'"

Do you suggest any other commands to use to reduce the number of variables?
If you can give us much information as you know about your passphrase (obviously without revealing the actual words), then we can try to optimize things as much as possible.