Wallet Recover

A tool to help recover Multibit HD corrupted wallets.

How it works

Multibit HD uses BIP39, so it is possible to know what addresses/keys are generated for a particular wallet.

From these words, this tool generates addresses and then checks the current balance for that address.

Place the words, separated by spaces in a text file. Be careful with this - be sure you remove this file properly afterwards. Don't just delete it. Wipe it properly using secure wiping tools.

Prerequisites

You'll need a JVM to run this and the ability to run maven as per below.

How to use it

    $ mvn package
    $ java -jar target/recover-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar /Users/ashatch/Desktop/words.txt --keys 10
    EMPTY,1P2amf9oQSdZYE92PrDMUgzNtTWHpvtsSE,0
    EMPTY,1HgTs5ZHLCtqjVqWiozz8CXRzmzwfNKT72,0
    EMPTY,19kgc1m4BoXLG48KxDWfT3YF1sgMCQxKxx,0
    EMPTY,12YhjVUXrj1TjMu2hhDYaj31GctubjrV5j,0
    EMPTY,1BCqXuZKdUVDtTTCs4hwHJaEn9DVEEgEed,0
    EMPTY,1Grtg6L4T6gGQbchFVaWV1Qwxy4cEX1gfQ,0
    EMPTY,15n57hnu5ZbVY8rvKKQ1bDdEVSeZTYV6ZH,0
    EMPTY,1LBv59ahsvoE9DXmpbK46q23aDZm5T6m2Y,0
    EMPTY,1EwH3RqrNTq218wGWBdfTxDhPTk4CRxx5K,0
    EMPTY,13h6TbhcL8HsxdHUAPWCgMeRrZSNa68XHz,0

If a particular address does happen to have some coin, you'll get, e.g:

    FOUND,1P2amf9oQSdZYE92PrDMUgzNtTWHpvtsSE,100000

Running the same command with the additional --privateKeys switch, then the private keys are also listed, so that you can then add them to your wallet.

Usage

    usage: Recover <words file> [--forChange] [--forRefunds] [--keys <arg>]
           [--privateKeys] [--requestsPerMinute <arg>]
    
    Attempt to recover wallet keys
    
        --forChange                 process addresses used for change
        --forRefunds                process addresses used for refunds
        --keys <arg>                number of keys to output, default 100
        --privateKeys               output private keys
        --requestsPerMinute <arg>   requests per minute to check balance,
                                    default 30
    
    Typical case:
       recover /path/to/words.txt --keys 200 --privateKeys