I will not react here anymore, as the attempts at scamming me keep pouring in.
Real help is rare, and the bitcoin core wallet is really not usable for this kind of stuff.
I managed to make some progress, but still, I remain trying to get the transactions out.

thank you all for all the help (all others and scammers were reported)

Makes you wonder why bitcoin is in the stat it's in.

Thanks to the help of some users here, I now go the dump files ... but they're all in Segwit.
The wallet was from before august 2017 so I don't know why this is not in Legacy format.
Is there a way to salvage these?
I have the passwords, the file, the export ... but still not found any of my old legacy adresses and the tx I need.

Any help would be appreciated.

Hi new update:
So I've opened the X1.dat wallet... and it synchronized and rescanned.
When it openend, everything was blank. No tx, nothing.
I did a dumpwallet command from console on that wallet file... seems when I open that resulting file, all the adresses it dumped are in Segwit. That's not what I needed at all.

How can I make it do a dumpwallet command on the Legacy adresses?

thanks for all the help so far, it got me going, I feel I'm getting closer

So, after all of this:
- redownloaded the blockchain without prune
- opened the wallet X1.dat ...
- the wallet opened after an hour of whatever it was doing in the backgrond (it's 2020, can't believe the bitcoin core software is still this kind of thing, but ok... we'll have to deal with that)
- the wallet opened, but there was nothing, no transactions, not adresses, nothing (I'm sure there must at least be 10 tx in there)
- re opening the file with the -rescan option in command line now. It's not giving a status just "rescanning" on the first page.

So yeah. No smooth sailing for bitocin core (Now I rememeber why I didn't use this too many times it's not exactly user friendly to put it mildly).

If the currect one opens somewhere within the coming 24h I'll maybe know more.

Is it true that Legacy wallet transactions aren't shown in there?

I have 2 hardware wallets, that's ok... I just didn't play around with bitcoin core for ages, wasn't sure how to do all that.
I'll make a small guide once this is all done (I hope to get at least some left overs out of there)

thank you

Csmiami
Yes, I know what these wallets are from, as I've put them in a directory named 'marscoin' 'litecoin' and so on (yeah, I was in to a lot of garbage).
The one folder with Bitcoin contains 15 wallet files, eacht with another date (I was apparently paranoid of losing something so I've backed them up ... probably there are actually two real different ones, but I don't know, want to check them all to be sure).
The LTC is empty for sure, found back mails about doing that, the rest is for later, I'll follow the procedure you've posted. thx.
Priority is getting the BTC sorted out now. The recync of blockchain data is half way now.

 

Thank you ... if I start asking personal info, or shill an altcoin, then you can worry

The sad part is, that I have no way to show you that my story is true.
So maybe this whole forum is useless? If you want to show tech support to people, but you're branded a fraud or 'hacked account' the moment you ask something, then what's the point?

What can I do to "proof" you wrong without doxing myself? Nothing actually.

So :
guy asks for help with restoring old wallet file
guy is automatically branded a hacked account, and a fraud.

I have my own wallets on my own hard drive yes. If you think helping people with tech issues is a waste of your time, then why are you on here anyway? I would gladly show you how wrong you are, but maybe you're the bad guy after my information ? (yes, you can turn everything around that way).

I've not touched this material in years, ... getting my old pc back last week I suddendly started to re-scan all my hard drives for .dat files had to put them in HDD enclosures to do so.
I've mined with a CPU and GPU even, I've been through the LTC starting, the NXT launch, the Pbmining ponzi... I'm not a nood who stubled on a wallet file. And even if I were, I would indeed have the same exact questions than the ones I have yes, that's the nature of bitcoin.
If you're afraid about helping me is a waste of time, then by all means, don't help me and feel great about yourself.

Eh, ok ... didn't expect that. First of all, if I have an old wallet file and find it... and want help, where should I go to? This forum seems like the first stop no?
Second, if you doubt what I type, well, that's fine with me. Who cares.

I'm actually trying to restore over 15 wallets man, I've been in bitcoin since exactly July 2010 if you like to know.

Thanks Ranochio, I have a knowledge of using command prompt (using cisco command line and windows batch files is no prob either) just wasn't shure what you meant. It's clear now. I'll start bticon-qt with the -upgradewallet and then -rescan as well.
If the blockchain is downloaded I'll try my wallets. I'm indeed not sure if everything was emptied (might have been some 'small' leftovers there, that I didn't bother with at the time, I'll surely let you know how it goes once I've opened these older ones.
I didn't know about the upgade command, so thanks for that.

thx ranichigo,
The upgradewallet command will be necessary I guess, I'm first re-syncing the whole blockchain to have the best starting situation to do all of this.

Others told me I could see the balances, but I don't know where I can see these old adresses. (I only have a password written down on a text file and the .dat file, all other info is lost).

To go to cmd in bitcoin core, I just need to go to settings I presume? Or do you mean command on a linux device? (I'm using windows as you might have guessed .

thanks for all the help so far

I don't know the address or anything, I just have the .dat file itself from a backup (all the other info was lost) and the passphrase.
I'm willing to download the full blockchain again, that's not the issue, but I was wondering why there's no good info out there to really restore an old wallet file.

So if I have 2011.dat for example, and rename it to wallet.dat and place it in the bitcoin folder where the new wallet is then restart bt core then it should work?
I heard older wallet files were incompatible since 2012 or something.

PS: before anyone asks, no, there's not a fortune on there probably, I just want to make sure the balances were emptied, as I can't remember what I did with it back during these days. I didn't take bitcoin too seriously in the beginning (my bad).

Hi there,

I've got my old computer back from storage (2011-12) and have some older wallet.dat files on there (I've experimented with a lot of coins, but mined bitcoin as well back then).

I need some good and up to date advice or guides on how to access these wallets.
I've tried downloading bitcoin core 19.1 but the wallet files seem to "go past date" or something. I needed to de-activate pruning. (I did so, but then it downloads the while tsunami of data again at 1990s speeds:( )

If I download the whole blockchain again on bitcoin core, then shut it down and replace the wallet.dat it generated with my wallet from 2011, will it work?
Or are these older pre 2012 wallets incompatible?
If so... is there a way to get into these wallets (I have the passwords and so on)

Invested in this ICO - It's now 24hours past the distribution date and still seen nothing.

I've invested with ETH - and the balance is on the escrow address on the nvo.io website.

What's going on? What will happen next?

I guess number 36
Nice page!

I agree with your list here. Already have some RIPPLE and NXT and will buy more in 2015 for sure, for the same reason you do. I'm not convinced of Stellar tbh, but NXT and RIPPLE will surely rise when their implementation and features start to catch on.

Ripple is really working togething with the banking industry (which is also a reason for concern) but their main strenght is their network of course.

NXT has the overhand when it comes to features (assets, voting system, monetary system and so on...) onlu pity that so few online shops accept it for now, ... but then again they're only been online for one year and a bit, so no surprise.

In 2019, the NXT will have evolved fully and we're going to live in a world where cryptocurrencies found a way to be as fast, easy and secure as fiat currencies, with the extra of being more reliable and less prone to 'printing money' by the governements.  It's just the next step, we went from cassette tapes over CD's to MP3 in 10 years... we'll evolve from paper money, over debet cards to crypto in the next decade.

I agree, since the very first idea I was sold for NXT. Although the naming still bugs me (I find it one of the few mistakes they made marketing wise) the NXT network, features and system itself is far, far more evolved than most alt coins, and even bitcoin itself in many regards.
On the other hand, what makes NXT great is the community and the developers.  I buy NXT almost every few weeks, to build up a nice portfolio holding,... when merchands are ready to adopt it, and the exchanges begin to see more and more potential it will soar. I'm not a price speculator, I'm just hoping NXT will be really used and really have value (no matter the exchange rate for $).

Thenever I see comparisons between NXT and other coins, I find it hard to believe it's only a nr.9 to 11 spot on the market-cap list,... there's a long way to go (also for bitcoin, which is still of course the main traction to crypto for many) but I feel we've come a very very long way in one year of NXTcoin.

thanks for the nice post, it's good to see some people really examining the marketspace, and eventually check NXT and like it

Same guy/thief as with the Flashponzi site from few weeks back... site and modus operanid are exactly the same.
Don't trust this crook with any amount.

They quit?  Didn't even have 1/4 back  bummer.