An approach to recover change addresses from old wallet.dat backups
We made this little guide that may help people recover funds lost to change addresses, from their old wallet.dat backups
https://trade.nestex.one/docs/recover_old_wallet.pdf
You don't actually need to move funds to test if this methodology works! You can also 'test' the premise noted in the guide by creating a wallet (labelled 'wallet A' as per the guide), backing it up, and then generating many more addresses and now you have a 'wallet B'.
- If you do share this guide, please do so under the CC BY license and try to use this PDF as-is.
- If it does add value we'd like to hear back from you! No we don't need a donation. Just tell me it worked for you, that's my happiness.
The intent here is to help people out. There is no commercial perspective here.
Also, many thanks to bias for guiding me with the right way & place to share this. Here's a big THANK YOU to an awesome member of the bitcointalk community!
IMO, anything that can help out anyone is always welcome. Especially if we are talking about such a serious issue. Maybe it would be good to make an additional post in another section of the forum that has more visibility. Like Beginners & Help, or Development & Technical Discussion for BTC.
https://trade.nestex.one/docs/recover_old_wallet.pdf
You don't actually need to move funds to test if this methodology works! You can also 'test' the premise noted in the guide by creating a wallet (labelled 'wallet A' as per the guide), backing it up, and then generating many more addresses and now you have a 'wallet B'.
- If you do share this guide, please do so under the CC BY license and try to use this PDF as-is.
- If it does add value we'd like to hear back from you! No we don't need a donation. Just tell me it worked for you, that's my happiness.
The intent here is to help people out. There is no commercial perspective here.
Also, many thanks to bias for guiding me with the right way & place to share this. Here's a big THANK YOU to an awesome member of the bitcointalk community!
We made this little document that may help people recover funds lost to change addresses, from their old wallet.dat backups
https://trade.nestex.one/docs/recover_old_wallet.pdf
Hope this helps someone!
https://trade.nestex.one/docs/recover_old_wallet.pdf
Hope this helps someone!
IMO, anything that can help out anyone is always welcome. Especially if we are talking about such a serious issue. Maybe it would be good to make an additional post in another section of the forum that has more visibility. Like Beginners & Help, or Development & Technical Discussion for BTC.