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Looking for wallet
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Sdlooking92020
on 23/10/2023, 07:52:46 UTC
⭐ Merited by LoyceV (1)
Hello, I have about 6-7 hard drives to look for some bitcoin wallets I most likely deleted. I read through some posts and figured I could use winhex (could not get pywallet to work for me) and search for those magic numbers: magic = [
    b'\x01\x30\x82\x01\x13\x02\x01\x01\x04\x20',
    b'\x02\x42\x60\x8D\x10\x40\x01\x01\x00\x00',
    b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x62\x31\x05\x00',  # Bitcoin Core wallet.dat
    b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x62\x32\x05\x00',  # Bitcoin Core wallet.dat (testnet)
    b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x62\x33\x05\x00',  # Bitcoin Core wallet.dat (regtest)
    b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x62\x34\x05\x00',  # Bitcoin Core wallet.dat (signet)
    b'ELECBUM',                           # Electrum wallet
    b'BIE1\x00',                          # Bither wallet
    b'Mini',                              # Mini private key format
    b'passphrase',                        # Blockchain.info wallet (encrypted)
    b'encpriv',                           # Blockchain.info wallet (encrypted)
    b'pmtu',                              # MultiBit wallet
    b'Extended Private Key',              # Extended private key (xprv)
    b'Extended Public Key',               # Extended public key (xpub)
    b'\x80',                              # WIF for mainnet
    b'\xEF',                              # WIF for testnet
]

I am unsure as to what I am supposed to do if I find them. As an example, I found this "0000000062310500" on one hard drive but unsure of the next step. I am gathering information as I search each drive for any of these magic numbers. Any info is appreciated and will gladly share anything I find.