Anywoo last night I boot up one of the random drives I already had & transfered the majority of the files unrelated to media (music/video). One of the folders contain a series of public keys but funnily enough an Armory wallet screenshot I don't even remember from 2014. Screenshot has a box with eighteen random 4 letter combinations & a QR to regerated the wallet. Sent pics to CryptoJ0hn on email & will also send them to you.
I'm not sure anyone can follow what you do with those files on one of your "random drives". OK, I can't and that's just me, ignore it.
Your details are confusing. Public keys are this:
https://learnmeabitcoin.com/beginners/guide/public-keys/I've no good explanation why someone not-so-Bitcoin-technical would've a folder with a "series of public keys". Is this folder in proximity of some wallet related folders? Do you mind telling its name, unless it's totally private and self-named? Not sure if this would shed some more light into this mystery.
Does this Armory wallet screenshot look similar to this one?
https://recovermycryptowallet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Armory-Wallet-1024x655.pngSource of picture: https://recovermycryptowallet.com/recover-bitcoin-from-armory-wallet/I can't speak for the integrity of users whom you send possibly pictures of wallet recovery details. You should be careful whom you can trust with such details.
I also don't get why you speak of PGP keys in the context of wallets. You mentioned PGP keys already earlier which confused at least me a bit, but I didn't see it as important.
Every now and then new things pop up. Next is "keygen software". I would associate this with the warez scene, keygens being usually small pieces of software to generate serial keys for some software which needs specific serial keys to activate/license it.
This is no rant, I'm just confused by your story. Consider to omit unnecessary personal details of your family and how you spend your time. I don't see how this relates to your topic here. You may think it's nice for the context, but I find it rather off-topic and distracting. I don't know how others think of it.
Personally I find a lot of recovery related topics quite interesting because many have good challenges and things to learn from. Enough for now...
First post I made was just spewing out everything I can recall from 2010 - 2014 era. Feel its necessary not to edit that post & just use it as a reference as they key information is there regardless if its a bit of a mess. Its jumbled simply because so much time has passed. I now understand the difference between private keys & PGP keys. I must confess it did take some time learn everything again but I'm getting there slowly.
I am by no means bitcoin technical. Just feel into it in 2010 after reading the infamous pizza guy story & purchased $200 worth of bitcoin. What I did with those coins & the private keys still remains a mystery. Latest theory some sort of brainwallet that was converted to a paperwallet that could be printed. I know I used 8 words & a password to create the wallet. I also know these crucial pieces of information...nothing is missing like similar scenarios I've read.
The folder for the PGP keys are just a series of text documents that I'd saved from people on darknet markets along with my own PGP key & for some reason an Armoury wallet VERY similar the one in the pic you sent but not identical. I assume it was a single transaction or even a refund when MtGox collapsed. Both people I've been speaking to on email are solid guys not looking to scam me in any way shape or form. They have been very sincere & actually very helpful.
Thank you for taking the time to respond by the way & I apologise for the confusion. Yesterday I had my old Alienware M14x laptop checked by the local computer dude in hope that it could be used for some Github related test run of one particular program in an offline environment once factory reset. Turns out there was a graphics card or motherboard issue so in the end he pulled out the harddrive for me & the rest of the computer got binned.
Now I'm going to buy a new Asus Strix for online & factory reset the current Alienware 15 R3 for offline. Bit been a bit of a pain to get two computers side by side but I'm working on it.
Happy to post pics of the PGP keys & Amoury wallet (minus key details) so everyone can see I'm not making any of this up. It's the real deal I assure you.
