Is there a way to restore an old .wallet file?

Evo-Crypto commented 3 years ago

Hello i found an old .wallet file on my old USB-Drive. I don't have any .info file or backup file, just the .wallet file. Importing into the multidoge wallet doesn't work. Is there a way to find the Private key or the adress to even check if i have ballance on this Wallet?

AfzalivE commented 3 years ago

I just did this. You can download Dogecoin-qt (Dogecoin core), copy the wallet.dat file to the location used by Dogecoin-qt, then start the app.

It should show the unconfirmed balance and then you can go to the "Much receive" tab, open up Help > Debug window > Console and type dumpprivkey <receive address> for each address. Put all the outputs in a doge-private-keys.key file (each key separated by a new line) like this:

key1_goes_here
key2_goes_here

Then import this key file in MultiDoge. It will recognize all the keys.

Unfortunately, synchonizing is going to be a significant amount of download. If you don't want to download, you can use Exodus and use the "move funds" option, paste each private key there.

But it sweeps those addresses to incurs transaction fees.

Evo-Crypto commented 3 years ago

Thank you for your answer! But i don't have a "wallet.dat" file, i only have a "multidoge.wallet" file from Multidoge. Is there a way to convert it to an .dat file, so i can try this?

SSouper commented 3 years ago

i have the same issue, trying to open a old .wallet file errors out with com.google.dogecoin.store.UnreadableWalletException Could not read wallet. i dont have the .info file

chris-hjelmfelt commented 3 years ago

If you have a backup of .wallet you don't use the import tool. Did you try File-> Open Wallet and then choose the .wallet file you want to restore?

Evo-Crypto commented 3 years ago

Yes i tried this and got an error. The Error sayes: "com.google.dogecoin.store.UnreadableWalletException Could not read wallet"

chris-hjelmfelt commented 3 years ago

Could your wallet backup file have gotten damaged? That's kind of what it sounds like to me.

Evo-Crypto commented 3 years ago

Could be yeah. Its an 6 year old Wallet and got moved through 3 PCs over the time. Sadly i only have the ".Wallet" file and not more.

chris-hjelmfelt commented 3 years ago

Yeah I had a bunch of files along with the .wallet file. I bet it doesn't know how to restore with only that one piece, It might be worth holding onto. If you think you have a bunch of coins maybe you would eventually find someone who had the knowledge to reverse engineer enough to see if the private keys are in that file. I don't know enough to be able to tell.

Evo-Crypto commented 3 years ago

Thanks for your answers! I will definitely hold on to it :)

chris-hjelmfelt commented 3 years ago

I found this article about .wallet files: https://fileinfo.com/extension/wallet It looks like there is a tool for extracting info from a Multibit wallet which uses the .wallet extension as well so there's a chance it might work. It does take some technical knowledge, but if you are really determined, or have a friend who can help, this might be a way to get at your keys: https://github.com/Multibit-Legacy/read-multibit-wallet-file Good Luck!

armour248 commented 2 years ago

I'm an idiot. But when I do "npm install -g mbexport" I get the following...

npm ERR! code EEXIST npm ERR! path C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\mbexport\build\mbexport npm ERR! dest C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\npm\mbexport.cmd npm ERR! EEXIST: file already exists, cmd shim 'C:\Users\xxxxxs\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\mbexport\build\mbexport' -> 'C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\npm\mbexport.cmd' npm ERR! File exists: C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\npm\mbexport.cmd npm ERR! Remove the existing file and try again, or run npm npm ERR! with --force to overwrite files recklessly.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2021-07-14T21_07_50_089Z-debug.log

and when I just go to a command prompt and try mbexport I get....

internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:905 throw err; ^

Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\mbexport\build\mbexport' ←[90m at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:902:15)←[39m ←[90m at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:746:27)←[39m ←[90m at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:76:12)←[39m ←[90m at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:47←[39m { code: ←[32m'MODULE_NOT_FOUND'←[39m, requireStack: []

I noticed that it's trying to find the module at C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\mbexport\build\mbexport and my directories seem to end at C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\npm\

chris-hjelmfelt commented 2 years ago

try uninstalling mbexport and then installing it again

npm uninstall -g mbexport

you could also try forcing an npm update in case npm is having problems

npm install -g npm@latest --force

ReverseControl commented 2 years ago

@Evo-Crypto Did you resolve your issue?

armour248 commented 2 years ago

I couldn't figure out my situation either. I just gave up after trying to use mbexport and not getting past the error messages I was getting

Evo-Crypto commented 2 years ago

@ReverseControl sadly no. The wallet extractor works quite well for newer wallets I testet with. But with my old Dogecoin wallet it gave an error and asks for my password. Maybe the .wallet file is broken or I forgot my password.

ReverseControl commented 2 years ago

If you guys eventually find a solution please post it here. I will suggest we close this issue for the time being.

@patricklodder @rnicoll @michilumin I suggest we close this one.

doge2021 commented 1 year ago

i have the same issue, trying to open a old .wallet file errors out with com.google.dogecoin.store.UnreadableWalletException Could not read wallet. i dont have the .info file do you fixed it? you may reach BTC recovery service on twitter. he helped me on my doge wallet year ago. good luck

doge2021 commented 1 year ago

I couldn't figure out my situation either. I just gave up after trying to use mbexport and not getting past the error messages I was getting

do you fixed it? you may reach BTC recovery service on twitter. he helped me on my doge wallet year ago. good luck

doge2021 commented 9 months ago

@ReverseControl sadly no. The wallet extractor works quite well for newer wallets I testet with. But with my old Dogecoin wallet it gave an error and asks for my password. Maybe the .wallet file is broken or I forgot my password.

you need the password to access to it, if you have rough idea of the password, https://www.btc2doge.com/ can help

doge2021 commented 9 months ago

I couldn't figure out my situation either. I just gave up after trying to use mbexport and not getting past the error messages I was getting

if you still have the file, can contact https://www.btc2doge.com/ for help

bonnelouise commented 4 months ago

I got help from https://cryptorecovers.com amazing service, saw that btc2doge is down. but they did the trick! :)

SSouper commented 4 months ago

I got help from https://cryptorecovers.com amazing service, saw that btc2doge is down. but they did the trick! :)

oh noo did your github account get compromised?

langerhans / multidoge

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