Hello to all old timers and newcomers. First and foremost I want to thank the ones that helped me so much years back. I wouldn't still be on this path if it wasn't for all your insights and support.
Here are the links to previous runs I've had trying to determine what I got and how to get it back.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5325117.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5326228.0So, here are the facts - In 2012 I was running an offline version of Electrum using a thumbdrive with the blockchain on it. (Yeah, back then the blockchain was that small!)
When I ran the wallet.dat data through it, Electrum generated a 12 word seed that uses the BIP 39 list. I also derived an xpub and verified funds. The xpub is on a disk as a string of text...somewhere.
In 2012 I confirmed the mnemonic phrase worked and could access them at least through Electrum as it would at the very least give me access to the keys.
Fast forward to now. I have been trying to get BTCrecover to work for me but it has been quite challenging over the years. I had to give up after the machine I was using just didnt have the "Guramba" to parse the data and kept crashing. So now I have a beast of a PC to run BTCrecover in Linux.
I am still tinkering with the seedtoken file to make it work and to pare down the possibilities. I am also trying to figure out the derivation path as this was Electrum and I got no clue which version my January 2012 build was.
I've gotten many problems with Ubuntu lately. I just doesn't want to update correctly. So I've resorted to using POP OS and it delivers where Ubuntu 22.04 fails. I am however still having trouble getting GPU acceleration and pyopencl to work correctly. Here is a pic of what I am currently running.
https://imgur.com/3hwjYs7 I know I have something, just gotta find the right way to get at it.