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Re: Need Urgent Help To Recover My Old Lost Wallet
by
digaran
on 24/08/2023, 16:35:49 UTC
i have shared examples of the public key and the remaining WIF Characters , not the real one , i am aware  that this sensitive information can't be shared with anyone .


well , it's not a sold fake hex edited wallet or something like this , it's my own wallet from 2011 / 2012

nothing wrong with the case , i have been reading through Secp256k1 in the past few years and i know that it's impossible to bruteforce a 256bit private key , but in my case i have some bits missing from the end of the wif , it's not easy as i know because the checksum is missing too , so i was thinking that i can try ( even if it's not possible ) to do it through the same entropy that was core using in 2011 / 2012 .

at least i know the start range of my old private key .

i have tried to write some simple python codes that using the random module , but the problem is the random here is repeated and i need something to be done that makes the code saves the work from the last point and start from it , i guess diving in the ocean through public keys will not lead me to anything .


i think that the randomness logic that bitcoin core was using can be found in the Key.cpp in the core source code , but i don't have such knowledge to implement it through python .


so i need a little helping hand to arrange things together , maybe i know something but it's scrambled in my head so i don't know the right ordering of it .
You are knocking on the wrong door, what you need is a service, a programmer could do what you are looking for in exchange of a fee.
Btw, you can't reproduce the exact conditions of when your private key was generated, the purpose of randomly generated key is to avoid reproducing it again.

I suggest to open a service request here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=52.0
And ask for a willing programmer, you will see how fast you get what you need.

Good luck, hope you find your coins.