keyhunter

A tool to recover lost bitcoin private keys from dead hard drives.

Usage

python3 keyhunter.py -i /dev/sdX --log ./sdX_log.log -o ./sdX_found_keys_list.txt

The output file lists found private keys, in base58 key WIF (wallet import format).

To import into bitcoind, use the following command for each key:

bitcoind importprivkey 5KXXXXXXXXXXXX
bitcoind getbalance

Features and Limitations

• Supports both pre-2012 and post-2012 wallet keys.
• Supports logging to a file.
• Cannot find encrypted wallets.

Credits

This project is a maintained fork of pierce403/keyhunter.