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Bitcoin Wallet app for your Android device. Standalone Bitcoin node, no centralized backend required.
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Unable to Recover 2013 Wallet with Correct Password #1184

Closed eazarkman closed 1 month ago

eazarkman commented 1 month ago

Hello,

I'm having trouble recovering a wallet from 2013. Although I am certain that I am using the correct password, the app fails to unlock the wallet. I've attached a screenshot showing the issue I'm encountering:

Screenshot_20240821_192130_Bitcoin Wallet

To troubleshoot, I backed up my current 2024 wallet and noticed that the data structure looks completely different from the 2013 wallet. This leads me to believe that the recovery process may not be compatible with older wallet formats.

Could we consider incorporating support for older wallet formats in the recovery process? Alternatively, if there are any tools or methods available that would allow me to unlock this 2013 wallet, I would greatly appreciate the guidance.

schildbach commented 1 month ago

See https://github.com/bitcoin-wallet/bitcoin-wallet/blob/main/wallet/README.recover.md. Decrypt via openssl and determine the type of backup being used, likely old Base58 format.

The app doesn't support restoring from the Base58 format any more due to various safety reasons.