Quote from: C0r3R3l34$3 on January 24, 2024, 07:24:00 PM

Hi I have came across a few old wallet.dat files on my PC.

After letting Bitcoin Core sync for 24 hours, the program is now ready.

I have a few questions.

I have pasted the file inside of this directory
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin

I then opened BTC core and did the following:
File > Restore Wallet > C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\wallet.dat

It the asked for "Wallet Name" I just entered anything.

After this I had the error:
Wallet loading failed. Wallet files should not be reused across chains. Restart bitcoind with -walletcrosschain to override.

I'm wondering do I simply just add the this (-walletcrosschain) or am I importing the wallet incorrectly?

Any help is appreciated!

Did you try pywallet an open source Python library?

It can parse your wallet.dat without downloading the entire blockchain and export the private keys

You can find it here
https://github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet

Good luck!
/KX