Forgot to save my private key

[ahnr]

Hello,

I just signed up for my neo wallet yesterday, but I forgot to save my private key. Is there any way I could recover it? I have the transaction history from bittrex to validate the transaction.

[canesin]

Nobody can help you if you lost your private keys, that is a feature.

[ahnr]

Really? There's no log within the neon wallet directories that would have my key? Please, I need help. I put 250 neo in my wallet.

[M-L-A]

No. A log would be a terrible idea and be extremely unsecure. People would have their money stolen very easily if this were the case.

[ahnr]

Please, anything that would help restore it. I have the full transaction on my bittrex account. it also provides a textld if that helps. Please anything!

[ahnr]

Is there anything in the neon folder that could lead to my private key? Anything? Can I get a 2nd opinion from a senior engineer/developer?

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On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 6:33 PM, Alan Fong ***@***.***> wrote: No. A log would be a terrible idea and be extremely unsecure. People would have their money stolen very easily if this were the case. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#63 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/Adc_AwuoCamaFyQjHUBgIMA4BDlIP9wyks5sWl4DgaJpZM4Oy1OY> .

[canesin]

I'm so sorry for your loss @ahnr, I have also lost about 200 bitcoins by loosing my keys in the past. This is math, not a simple rule that can be broken - this is the result of the so called hiding property of cryptographic hash functions.

[ahnr]

Fabio, Could the private key be stored in any type of log or folders within the neon folder? Can we 100 percent validate this?

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On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 7:35 PM Fábio C. Canesin ***@***.***> wrote: I'm so sorry for your loss @ahnr <https://github.com/ahnr>, I have also lost about 200 bitcoins by loosing my keys in the past. This is math, not a simple rule that can be broken - this is the result of the so called hiding property of cryptographic hash functions. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#63 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/Adc_A4_JylOjKjtTospe_eRF68UfXOK_ks5sWmyDgaJpZM4Oy1OY> .

[canesin]

@ahnr no, it is not stored.
1000 percent validate: you can look at the code for the reducer here: https://github.com/CityOfZion/neon-wallet/blob/master/app/modules/account.js .. it is held only on memory, if you logout the structure is destroyed from memory.

[M-L-A]

Yes, exactly- if it was stored as is that would be a horrible security risk. Obviously unwanted.