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Recovering BIP38 password without having the address #50

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Coding-Enthusiast opened this issue Feb 9, 2022 · 16 comments
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Recovering BIP38 password without having the address #50

Coding-Enthusiast opened this issue Feb 9, 2022 · 16 comments
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@Coding-Enthusiast
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Since the BIP38 string already contains an address hash, recovering without the address itself is technically possible but it would add 1x Base58 encoding and 2x SHA256 hash and our IConverter implementations don't have that option yet. The encoding part has to be optimized otherwise the speed could decrease significantly.

This feature is postponed until there is either demand for it or version 1.0 is about to be released.

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@malcamal
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Hi , What about known password ,but 6Pn******************* recovery need. Do you have a plan such options in future ?

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Hi , What about known password ,but 6Pn******************* recovery need. Do you have a plan such options in future ?

If you mean a damaged string (eg. missing some characters) there already is an option for it under Missing Base58.

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malcamal commented Apr 24, 2022 via email

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There are exactly 58 characters in a BIP38 encrypted key string. Realistically you need to know at least 50 of them with the position of the remaining missing digits to be able to recover it.

@iamchaay
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There are exactly 58 characters in a BIP38 encrypted key string. Realistically you need to know at least 50 of them with the position of the remaining missing digits to be able to recover it.

hello, i have an encrypted private key but i don't know any details of the BIP38 password. is it possible to find it thanks to your software? I have the encrypted private key and the public wallet

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hello, i have an encrypted private key but i don't know any details of the BIP38 password. is it possible to find it thanks to your software? I have the encrypted private key and the public wallet

Hello. You need to know something about the password to be able to recover it, at the very least the length of it.

@Huckelbarry
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Someone has hacked multiple accounts of mine.

@Amirhossie
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Hi I have my private key and public but I lost my decoding phrase how can I find it

@marssystems
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If you have your private key just import it into a new wallet and you will recover your funds.

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@Amirhossie
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In which wallet
I try it on Coinomi it need BIP38 Phrase

@marssystems
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Bitcoin Core only needs the privkey.

@Amirhossie
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It don't have any import options

@marssystems
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What doesn't ? Bitcoin Core ?

@Amirhossie
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Yes ,say that it don't support

@marssystems
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In Bitcoin Core, open the console window and type - importprivkey
This will recover your funds.

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