Quote from: Mushai on September 19, 2024, 03:21:10 PM

Quote from: DVCMI776 on September 16, 2024, 05:59:37 AM

I've been able to recover some binaries that I'm not sure how to get converted back

If you have the binary representation of a private key, then you can convert that to hex and import it into a wallet. You could even generate a public address to check if there are any bitcoin in the address first.

OP never say he managed to recover 256-bit of private key or binaries which represent private keys though. Besides, you'll need to convert the binary to WIF which is supported by more wallet these days.

Quote from: DVCMI776 on September 21, 2024, 05:29:38 PM

Quote from: ABCbits on September 16, 2024, 09:44:01 AM

Quote from: DVCMI776 on September 16, 2024, 05:59:37 AM

Working with the hard drive, unfortunately all I really remember is that I stored the keys and other data in binary and hex formats.

Assuming you directly store 256-bit private key, rather than WIF or different private key format which have specific prefix/magic bytes, i don't see how anyone could do search effectively.

You've nicely summarized one major issue here in a succinct way.

In this case, there's little you could do. Performing sliding window (with 1-bit window) on entire HDD to get list of 256-bit of data would generate trillions of private keys if my calculation is correct.