If I RIPMED160 hash of my target address and use bags mode then how do I calculate the number which you have shown in your post above. Please explain. Thanks for your prompt reply. Appreciate it.

Total 155574970875904000 keys in 180 seconds: 864305393755022 keys/s

For wallet #120, when generating the Bitcoin address from the private keys found by Keyhunt, it does not reach the Bitcoin address presented for the wallet on the challenge website.

Shouldn't it be the same address?

I have been studying BSGS, and Pollard's Kangaroo methods for a while now. I have made an observation trying to mix BSGS with the Kangaroo method that I believe could be helpful.

I am newbie  to keyhunt. I have 32gb ram and rtx4070. While running the command line as ->
./keyhunt -t 8 -m address -f abc.txt -r  (from hexadecimal to hexadecimal) -q -s 10 -k 2048 -R
the speed is 5564110 keys/s. I wanna to scan backwards because I think the target address is nearest to back end of the range. Please suggest what is the most efficient command line I need to follow. Thanks

I assume the last seven characters on a private key is based on checksum then the search would have been 3*58.

I tried it on FinderOuter but the search is 3*58*58*58*58*58*58*58*58.
Ie 3=first character after 5.
Than 58 for one invalid character.
Then last seven characters for checksum ( 58 x 7 ).

Had FinderOuter provisions for elimination of checksum and calculated only the main characters then the search for valid key would have been very simple.

Unfortunately, the seller has never disclosed to me the address of my purchase hence I don’t have any clue as to what I own or I need to take into consideration before engaging third party wallet recovery.

Here is the statement I am curious about:

“On March 7, 2014, Mt.Gox Co., Ltd. confirmed that an old-format wallet which was used prior to June 2011 held a balance of approximately 200,000 BTC," the statement said.”   As reported CNN money - https://money.cnn.com/2014/03/21/technology/mt-gox-missing-bitcoin/index.html.

Hence, in FinderOuter, I have last six unknown characters and one unknown character in the middle of the key as basic search. I am replacing ‘F’ with H,J,K. This search will take a very very long time for completion.

I did know about the web site which you have mentioned but since it’s online, I am not comfortable checking out the checksum of the private key which I have in order to gather info of the corresponding pubkey address.

I am currently using FinderOuter offline but I have not come across checksum of pub address or private key, since the private key I have has been showing checksum errors on several occasions.

As I mentioned earlier on my posts, my key starts with 5 but is followed by ‘F’ and has ‘I’ included as one of the characters and ‘l’ on one of the last seven characters (which I presume as checksum) of the key.Please correct me if I am wrong.

My current position is that I am unable to share this key with any recovery/investigation due to unknown public address key and their total number of bitcoins.

Thanks for your response. I sincerely appreciate your efforts. Please let me know which website or tool is the best for checking the checksum and correcting the public address. Thanks.

Hi there,
    Can anybody explain what is meant by “bitcoins found in ‘old format’ wallet” and examples of their public keys/private keys.  Thanks.

Here is the statement I am curious about:

“On March 7, 2014, Mt.Gox Co., Ltd. confirmed that an old-format wallet which was used prior to June 2011 held a balance of approximately 200,000 BTC," the statement said.”   As reported CNN money - https://money.cnn.com/2014/03/21/technology/mt-gox-missing-bitcoin/index.html.

Can anyone please help me understand the above article of old-format wallet used prior to June 2011. Thanks

The statement you are referring to is about the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox, which was one of the largest and most popular exchanges for buying and selling bitcoins in the early days of the Bitcoin network.

In the statement, Mt. Gox is confirming that an old-format wallet that was used on the exchange prior to June 2011 held a balance of approximately 200,000 BTC. This means that the bitcoins were stored in an old-format wallet, which is also known as a "legacy" or "non-segwit" wallet. These wallets were the original way that bitcoins were stored on the Bitcoin network and used a different format for the public and private keys compared to the current format.

The old-format wallets were less secure than the new format wallets and are more vulnerable to hacking. It is possible that this old-format wallet was compromised by hackers, which led to the loss of the 200,000 BTC.

This statement is made by Mt.Gox in the year 2014, and it is indicating that they discovered an old-format wallet that they used prior to June 2011 held a balance of approximately 200,000 BTC. It is unclear what happened to those bitcoins, but it is reported that Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy in 2014 after losing 850,000 bitcoins, including 750,000 belonging to customers, and 100,000 of the company's own bitcoins.
It is important to note that Mt.Gox's incident is a cautionary tale for the crypto community to always keep their private keys secure and use the latest security measures for their wallets.

Can anybody advise me where am I going wrong and if possible please let me know any reference to gain some information.

Hi there,
    Can anybody explain what is meant by “bitcoins found in ‘old format’ wallet” and examples of their public keys/private keys.  Thanks.