First of all, who stole them and how?

Yes, did that as well. I haven't tried nearly as much combinations though. If I KNEW the length of the password, it would be most helpful. Does anyone know where/how I can find the length of a passphrase? Is it somewhere on the debug logs or any other file in the core files?

This is interesting. Why would that work?

BTC Recover might be helpful if you know part or some of the password.

Hi,

Still trying to figure out what TF happened to my passphrase. I didn't change it (checked that) and it's been the same for years but sometime between Nov 27 and Dec 5th it stopped accepting the passphrase.

On Dec 5 I found this in the debug -- it never appeared before. Is it possible the the wallet automatically assigned itself a new passphrase??

2017-12-05 13:02:17 Binding RPC on address ::1 port 8332 failed.
2017-12-05 13:02:17 HTTP: creating work queue of depth 16
2017-12-05 13:02:17 No rpcpassword set - using random cookie authentication
2017-12-05 13:02:17 Generated RPC authentication cookie C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\.cookie

Is there any way for me to find out the length of my passphrase? I've tried brute force (btc recover) using the passphrase I know but it's exhausting every possible combination. If I could know the length, it might help me create a more precise tokenlist.

I'm using Bitcoin version v0.14.2 , Win10

Anyone?

ANYBODY?? Can someone help me here??

Hi,

I'm trying to recover my password and need to extract the encrypted hash. I'm using python 27 on Win10. Installation is working fine, all systems are go. Except the TXT file I create to dump the data always comes up empty.  Can someone explain WHY it's always coming up empty? This is the command I'm using to run the script:

C:\Python27\pythonw pywallet.py --dumpwallet > myhash.txt


FYI: When I try this command below, I get 'FILE NOT FOUND'

C:\Python27\python pywallet.py --dumpwallet > myhash.txt

Would be so very grateful if anyone can help me understand what I might be doing wrong.

That sounds scary but I don't think this is the case because I manage to copy/paste from other text files just fine. The corrupt wallet is even worse. Is it normal for wallets to just lock like that? If so, I'd consider that a SERIOUS bug in Core client. Any documentation that you know of mentioning this as a common problem?

I found  this error message on the Debug file and it never appeared at any time since I installed it. Oddly enough, it appears exactly on the day that my wallet stopped accepting my password:

2017-12-05 13:02:17 No rpcpassword set - using random cookie authentication
2017-12-05 13:02:17 Generated RPC authentication cookie C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\.cookie

What does it mean???

Bitcoin Core version v0.14.2 (64-bit)

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Hi all!

I recall my last passphrase but I was copying it from notepad .txt file. I opened up the txt file but guess what? Doesn't open! I cannot access this .txt file anymore. Thankfully I know the phrase, it is the same as I have had for years - WearelivingInahologramstupid$*** --  I type in the passphrase, doesn't work! I'm not sure why the notepad file its not opening but I'm wondering if MAYBE the copy/paste was adding random characters. 

I typed in the passphrase on notepad when I first set up this particular wallet and then I would copy it from that notepad. I would always copy/paste it from the text file.  What do you guys think? Could it be that Copy/Paste added extra random characters? It doesn't make any sense right? Or WAIT! Is it possible that some hacker maliciously changed by PW and is just loves watching me squirm? I can't figure this out! What could be the problem?

Geesh! I thought I had problems. I hope you manage to recover. I'm praying for you! Sending you good vibes.