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What tools are available to analyze the bitcoin blockchain?
I know Chainanalysis.com runs a service, but I'm not sure they would even want to help.
Are there any open source tools? Or any tools?
I know Chainanalysis.com runs a service, but I'm not sure they would even want to help.
Are there any open source tools? Or any tools?
This week some very early bitcoin moved.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/satoshi-era-wallets-moved-16-million-worth-of-bitcoin
Did these bitcoin follow the Patoshi pattern?
https://blog.lopp.net/was-satoshi-a-greedy-miner/
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/satoshi-era-wallets-moved-16-million-worth-of-bitcoin
Did these bitcoin follow the Patoshi pattern?
https://blog.lopp.net/was-satoshi-a-greedy-miner/
It's yet another fake.
Anyone can create a key with any name or email address they want on it.
Someone created a key here, they typed "satoshi@vistomail.com". It is not Satoshi's key, the name and email address are just entered by the user and not validated.
Then they signed a message that says "I created Bitcoin, I am Satoshi Nakamoto - Craig Wright" -- that's what the BEGIN PGP MESSAGE part decodes to.
Because they're incompetent with PGP they didn't use the clearsign option, so you have to decode the message to see the text being signed which is probably contributing to confusion.
thank youAnyone can create a key with any name or email address they want on it.
Someone created a key here, they typed "satoshi@vistomail.com". It is not Satoshi's key, the name and email address are just entered by the user and not validated.
Then they signed a message that says "I created Bitcoin, I am Satoshi Nakamoto - Craig Wright" -- that's what the BEGIN PGP MESSAGE part decodes to.
Because they're incompetent with PGP they didn't use the clearsign option, so you have to decode the message to see the text being signed which is probably contributing to confusion.
What does it say, and is there any online service that can verify this?
That can verify what?⭐ Merited by o_e_l_e_o (4)
If the OP's friend knows their passphrase is one of a dozen or so possibilities, the setup/reading the documentation for something like btcrecover may take longer than using iancoleman's tool.
It is the proper way to do it, though. If they don't know the passphrase, they can't be really trying a different password each time, even for a dozen of times. Let alone if the password is a long one which increases the odds of having few characters forgotten.
You'll most likely end up on brute forcing with btcrecover, so why not just do it in the first place?
I'm on windows and downloaded and extracted the files, but after that I'm not sure what to do. Any suggestions anyone?
I looked here but felt a bit out of my depth when it mentioned "Install Python". I'm not great technically but better than my friend so want to help them as its worth a bit now. https://btcrecover.readthedocs.io/en/latest/INSTALL/
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If I generate a sha256 digest from some text I get one string of letters and numbers, but if I generate a key pair using bitaddress, using the same text I get a private key.
What is the relationship between the digest and the private key?
Also I thought (and I'm probably wrong) that putting some text through the Sha256 algorithm produced a 256 character string of ones and zeroes. If that correct. If so how do we them get the digest?
Thanks for your help in understanding this
What is the relationship between the digest and the private key?
Also I thought (and I'm probably wrong) that putting some text through the Sha256 algorithm produced a 256 character string of ones and zeroes. If that correct. If so how do we them get the digest?
Thanks for your help in understanding this
I don't know the complete story, but i'm assuming he/she has a native segwit address (starting with bc).
He/She probably needs to change the derivation path to BIP84 (on iancoleman's site)...
He/She probably needs to change the derivation path to BIP84 (on iancoleman's site)...
Thank you and thank you for all the other replies. My friend thinks they can narrow down the passphrase a lot and so this may work, but I have suggested to them if they don't find it quickly they use Btcrecover.
To cut a long story short my friend lost a passphrase for a ledger wallet.
So following the advice of some helpful people here I asked them to use iancoleman.io to try the 24 word see combined with some possible passphrases and compare the addresses.
However her address begins with a "b", and Iancolman.io doesn't seem to give addresses in that format.
Can anyone suggest a solution?
Thanks
So following the advice of some helpful people here I asked them to use iancoleman.io to try the 24 word see combined with some possible passphrases and compare the addresses.
However her address begins with a "b", and Iancolman.io doesn't seem to give addresses in that format.
Can anyone suggest a solution?
Thanks
If we can do this, do we just use the BIP39 part and do we enter the 24 words in the seed section or the Mnemonic section?
First, download the site and transfer it to an offline computer, preferably one which will never go online again and is running a live OS such as Tails. You don't want to take the risk of your seed phrase leaking to the internet and losing all your coins.Enter your seed phrase in the top box titled "BIP39 Mnemonic". Then enter your passphrase in the next box titled "BIP39 Passphrase (optional)". Scroll down to where it says "Derivation Path" in big letters, and select "BIP44" if the hidden address begins with "1", select "BIP49" if it begins with "3", or select "BIP84" if it begins with "bc1". Then scroll down again and see if the address is there. If not, try a different passphrase.
If you still cannot find the address despite trying every passphrase you can think of, then you might want to consider using a program such as btcrecover to attempt to brute force it.
When trying to drill his password he must use iancoleman rather then Ledger itself and definitely he must do it on offline computer.
His SEED ==> BIP39 Mnemonic
His passphrase ==> BIP39 Passphrase (optional)
Thank you!
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So I have friend who had some bitcoin stored with a ledger wallet. They used the function where you have a dummy wallet in case someone gets access. They still have their 24 words but the real wallet copntaing the bitcoin was also behind a pin number and a password , I think.
So when they tried to access the bitcoin they only were able to access the dummy wallet. They cannot remember the password.
Will they still be able to use the seed words in another wallet with the same derivation path, even if they also used a password?
Or will they need to remember the password too?
Thanks
So when they tried to access the bitcoin they only were able to access the dummy wallet. They cannot remember the password.
Will they still be able to use the seed words in another wallet with the same derivation path, even if they also used a password?
Or will they need to remember the password too?
Thanks
The set of private keys created in Ledger from SEED + password is different from that one derived from the bare SEED. So to access his fund in another BIP39 compatible wallet your friend needs both things i.e. SEED and his used password, the single SEED will not help him. He cold try offline iancoleman.io/bip39/ tool to find his password.
Thanks for this. And thank you to everyone who helped. My friend thinks she can narrow down the passphrase but wants to establish what is the correct phrase before trying too many times in ledger.
So can we just use the iancoleman site to try different combinations?
If we can do this, do we just use the BIP39 part and do we enter the 24 words in the seed section or the Mnemonic section?
Can we enter these in and find the corresponding addresses?
She knows the address that has the bitcoin.
Thanks again
So I have friend who had some bitcoin stored with a ledger wallet. They used the function where you have a dummy wallet in case someone gets access. They still have their 24 words but the real wallet copntaing the bitcoin was also behind a pin number and a password , I think.
So when they tried to access the bitcoin they only were able to access the dummy wallet. They cannot remember the password.
Will they still be able to use the seed words in another wallet with the same derivation path, even if they also used a password?
Or will they need to remember the password too?
Thanks
So when they tried to access the bitcoin they only were able to access the dummy wallet. They cannot remember the password.
Will they still be able to use the seed words in another wallet with the same derivation path, even if they also used a password?
Or will they need to remember the password too?
Thanks
Thank you for all the replies. I found quite few old seeds, but have not tested them all yet.
Does anyone know if there is another bitcoin wallet that uses the same derivation path as electrum?
Does anyone know if there is another bitcoin wallet that uses the same derivation path as electrum?
I just forgot the password for my wallet. I did not lose the seed
You mean the encrypted password? What's the problem with that if you do have the seed? You haven't lost your funds.Ok.. I don't have the seed but may be able to find it.